The Bedgear Blog

Bedgear, the pioneer of performance bedding essentials, offers uniquely designed products that fit your sleep position and body frame. 

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Our first ever Campout at Petco Park was a success! San Diego Padres season ticket holders received the opportunity to campout on the field at Petco Park on August 8th following the game against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Everyone who attended received a bedgear Padres Themed BG-X Performance Pillow with Dri-Tec® and Air-X® technology and had the opportunity to get a personalized bedgear pillow fitting.

Fans had a blast hanging out on the field, meeting the Padres Mascot, the Swinging Friar, and watching Despicable Me on the big screen!

We even held a raffle where one lucky winner was able to sleep on a mattress for the night!

If you couldn’t make it this year, we hope to see you there for next year’s event! You can purchase our Padres themed performance blanket and Padres Themed Fusion Performance Pillow right on our site or at the Padres Team Store in Petco Park!

When you wake up bright and early after getting your sleep fuel and the birds are chirping, you haven’t checked your phone yet, and you have a moment of peace before your hectic day starts. This is your opportunity to get a great, energizing start to the day. It is commonly known that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but not that many people realize how important your morning exercise routine is to prepare for your daily tasks and feel rested all day long. A great way to wake up and focus yourself is by doing yoga, even if you only have time for 10 or 15 minutes.

A 15 minute yoga routine centers the mind, balances the body, and jolts you awake with more lasting energy than any coffee drink can provide you with. Even on those mornings when you can barely get out of your bed, force yourself to go to your mat or even on your rug to do a short yoga session. See the below poses for a sequence that anyone can do to feel good, perk up, and open your hips, shoulders, and lengthen your spine. If you do these poses every morning you’ll go to work feeling focused, centered, and ready to take on the day with ease and joy.

1.  Child’s Pose

From kneeling, bring your chest down onto your thighs and your forehead to the floor with your arms stretched out in front of you as far as they can go. Take at least 5-10 slow breaths in through your nose, letting your chest expand. The further your hands reach out and the further down your thighs meet your calf, the greater the stretch for your back and shoulders

2. Cat/Cow Pose

Move into a tabletop position with your hands beneath your shoulders and knees beneath the hips. As you inhale, look forward or up reaching your tailbone towards the sky. Exhale as you tuck the chin to the chest and reach your tailbone to the floor. Continue through this movement for 5-10 breaths

3. Downward Dog Pose

Widen your palms a little wider than shoulder width, tuck in your toes and lift your hips into the air. Your chest should move back towards the thighs, your arms out straight, and roll your shoulders away from your ears for another 5-10 breaths.

4. Standing Forward Bend

Stand up straight with your knees locked and bend your torso down forward as far as it can go, letting it hang. Keep your neck and head relaxed and bend your knees if you have to but make sure there is tension in your back so you know you’re getting the stretch you need in your back and hamstrings. Do this for about 10 breaths and you’ll feel more awake, relaxed, and about a foot taller.

5. Standing Side Stretches

Standing up, inhale the arms up straight and exhale and let one hand slide down with the other hand still raised to go up and over your head. Allow your head and neck to relax while you feel a stretch in the ribs and side of your body. Slowly inhale back to center and continue with the opposite side.

6. Tree Pose

Keep feet hip distance apart and bring the hands to the center of your body while you inhale and bring one foot up, placing it either on the calf or thigh above your knee and exhale reaching your arms up to the sky. Stay in this position for at least 5 rounds of breath before your switch with your other leg. This position stretches out your back as well as balances and centers you for the day.

7. Triangle Pose

From a standing position, widen your leg stance really far and turn your right foot out to the side to make sure the heel is aligned with the center arch of the left foot and take the arms parallel to the ground and reach out to the right side, keeping both of your legs straight. Then pivot your arms, moving in opposite directions, keeping the chest open and lengthening your torso.

We absolutely love it when customers send in testimonials about how much they love our product! Finding the right pillow to fit you is so important. Check out this great testimony below.

Dear Eugene,

Pillow size really does matter! A few weeks ago, I went into a store nearby and purchased a Bedgear side sleeper pillow. The sales professional asked me whether I slept on my side or my back and chose the pillow based on my response. When I took the pillow home to use, it was too big. The new Bedgear pillow you gave me based on my size is perfect. I was very comfortable, and yes, I was cool. Using the incorrect pillow whether it was too soft or too wide caused severe neck pain, so choosing the right product for me is key to a good night sleep. Thank you for taking the time to find the right Bedgear pillow for me!

This past Wednesday bedgear sponsored the Tigers Road Trip on the Fox Fan Express Sports bus that left from Comerica Park in Detroit to Progressive Field in Cleveland Ohio to watch the Tigers take on the Indians.

The bus was filled with about 40 Tigers fans that had won tickets via social media contest. Everyone on the bus received a bedgear BG-X pillow, which they all loved! A video was shown on the way about the Tigers history and we also played some trivia games that included prizes of Tigers memorabilia. 

  Even though the Tigers lost 8-2 it was still a fun day and a few of the fans on the bus even won the chance to go on the field before the game started!

After a long day, everyone enjoyed getting some #SleepFuel and resting on their bedgear pillows on the way back.   

Everyone who attended the Citi Field sleepover this past Saturday night received a bedgear reversible performance Mets blanket with Dri-Tec® and Air-X® technology. Not only did every fan at the event receive a blanket but everyone had the opportunity to get a personalized pillow fitting.

 Even though the weather wasn’t what we had hoped for, fans still had a blast watching the Mets play the Braves on the big screen, being entertained by The Lego Movie and the complementary snacks

John Franco even stopped by the bedgear table to take photos with fans and there was a bedgear pillow fight between Mr. and Mrs. Met that you could not miss!

 Everyone had a great time at the event and the amount of people that went was almost double the amount of people from last year! The lucky fans that attended were also given tickets to the Mets game against San Diego on Tuesday July 28th, 2015.  

Did you know that you are actually less attractive if you don’t get enough sleep fuel? This is just another reason why you can’t cheat your sleep. Yes, beauty sleep is real; if you don’t want to look like a hot mess in the morning then you better be getting the recommended 7-8 hours. Studies show that getting a good night’s sleep really does improve the overall appearance of your skin. Getting enough sleep fuel doesn’t just keep dark circles from under your eyes away but it also helps you look younger and happier.

While you’re snuggling up with your pillow and snoozing away, your body is making sure that your skin is repairing itself. Damaged tissues get fixed with new skin cells that grow, restoring and rebalancing your skin. Without enough sleep fuel your stress levels also increase, which makes you look tired, angry, and definitely older. People with poor sleep routines not only have increased signs of aging but also have uneven pigmentation, reduced skin elasticity, and slower recovery from things like sun exposure. You know what that all means right? Wrinkles. That’s, right, if you’re cheating your sleep then you’re increasing the amount of wrinkles you have and making them appear faster and we know no one wants wrinkles!

Sleep fuel is the most powerful and natural beauty treatment. It makes your skin look radiant if you get enough of it, and dull if you don’t. The health and beauty products you use are also more effective overnight because they work better when you are at rest. So the more time you spend in bed the more you will see the benefits of the products that you use. You know what that means? Enhanced beauty and actual results! Try sleeping longer with your hair mask or face treatment and just see how much more effective it is. Indeed, beauty sleep is real, so if you want to get prettier, stay pretty, or not look a little bit, uh, off, then make sure you’re getting your sleep fuel and not cheating your beauty rest.

Sleep is essential to our quality of life and how we feel on a day-to-day basis. In addition, when we sleep our body repairs itself on a cellular level and removes toxins. It is crucial to our bodies and our minds; therefore it is necessary to get at least six to eight hours of sleep daily. If you’re not getting a good enough sleep at night yoga can help. Regular yoga practice is known to cure many ailments, including insomnia or abnormal sleeping habits. Yoga helps you to unwind stress at the end of the day and get a much better sleep at night. People who practice yoga fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and have an overall improved quality of their rest. The following yoga stretches can help you to relax and enjoy a peaceful sleep:

Standing Forward Bend: Helps to stretch the back muscles and increases the blood supply.

Seated Forward Bend: Folding into this pose helps distract your mind, stretches out your hamstrings, and helps you to unwind.

Plow Pose: Putting your feet all the way behind you while stretching out your arms in front of you reduces backache and can help you get to sleep easier.

Cat Pose: A great stretch for the spine’s flexibility. It also helps massage the digestive organs, improving digestion, and therefore helping you sleep. The improved blood circulation also helps to relax your mind.

 Child Pose: A greatly relaxing stretch for the back, which also helps calm the nervous system so that you can sleep peacefully.

 Butterfly Pose: This pose can help remove fatigue from long hours of walking or standing and is also a good stretch for inner thigh muscles, the groin, and knees.

 Legs-up-the-wall Pose: This is a great pose to relieve legs and feet that are tired from a long day. It also helps to increase blood supply to the brain and relieves mild headaches, calming the mind.

 Extended Puppy Pose: A cross between Child’s Pose and Downward Facing Dog, this pose lengthens the spine and calms the mind, relieving stress.

Corpse Pose: Lying down in this pose after meals helps relax your entire system and can signal your body that it’s time to prepare for sleep.

Practicing these yoga poses everyday or before you go to sleep will ensure that you fall asleep, stay asleep, and get a quality rest for your body and mind.

Make sure to check out bedgear.com to see our selection of performance pillows, pillow protectors, mattress protectors, and sheets that are designed to provide you with the ultimate comfort and cool environment that your body needs to regenerate and recover while sleeping. Bedgear’s bedding essentials are centered on delivering a superior sleep quality in order to enhance and support your active lifestyle of performing your daily responsibilities, as well as exercise routines (like yoga), so you can live a happier, healthier, more rested life. 

Join bedgear at the Legends of Wrestling event at Citi Field on Sunday, June 7th at 3pm. The Legends who will be there include Goldberg, Ric “Nature Boy” Fair, Bret “The Hit Man” Hart, “Mr. Monday Night” Rob Van Dam, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Scott Steiner, The Nasty Boys, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, and more! They will be conducting autograph and Q&A sessions in Citi Field’s event spaces, while festival entertainment and photo opportunities will take place along the Field Level concourse. Fans will also have the opportunity to watch some of their favorite Legends compete in the main event, consisting of six wrestling matches in a ring set up on second base. 

Wanderlust Stratton is an all-out celebration of mindful living. Practice yoga and meditation, watch epic music performances, explore hiking, running, and biking, taste local and sustainable foods, and last but not least learn about bedgear and #sleepfuel!

Bedgear believes in living a healthy and active lifestyle, that is why we will be at Wanderlust Stratton to show how sleep really does fuel everything you do. We will be there doing personalized pillow fittings and giveaways!  Wanderlust Stratton is June 18-June 21.  Purchase your tickets today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wanderlust-stratton-2015-tickets-15536737801

Join bedgear® for the 3rd Annual Citi Field Sleepover on Saturday, June 20th, 2015 at Citi Field. All fans will have the chance to get fitted for a bedgear pillow!

Fans will have the opportunity to either sleep in the Outfield or pitch a tent on the Warning Track to watch the live broadcast of the Mets road game against the Atlanta Braves on the Citi Vision board in centerfield. In addition to the game, the Lego Movie will be shown! Last year was a blast and we hope to see you there for this fun family event! Tickets can be purchased here atmlb.com/1PGQlVX 

Check out these photos from last year’s sleepover!

This coming Saturday. May 9th 2015, the Detroit Tigers will be hosting a pre-game on field clinic at Comerica Park! As the part of our #SleepFuel partnership with the Tigers, bedgear® will be in attendance, doing pillow fittings and giveaways.

Gates open at 11:00am, prior to their game against the Kansas City Royals. The Detroit Tigers on-field clinic allows for fans to walk out onto the field and participate and learn about different categories of baseball, such as base running, fielding, hitting, pitching, and catching.  Select players and coaches will be on hand to explain how to throw, field, run, give signs, steal bases, and hit!  Don’t miss this exciting event for the whole family!  

Can’t make it to the pre-game on field clinic? No worries, we will be at Comerica Park thru the 7th inning doing pillow fittings and giveaways, so make sure to stop by!

Check out some photos from our last pillow fitting with the Detroit Tigers

Not too long ago, bedgear’s head of player development, Holly, was in Hawaii and made an appearance on KHON’s morning news program to discuss the benefits of #SleepFuel and how bedgear’s talented professionals go about fitting someone for the right pillow.

Watch the video below to learn more!

The staff at bedgear is always excited to get fit for a pillow. Recently, it was Rob, our copywriter’s turn for a personalized pillow fitting. Getting fit for a pillow at the bedgear offices is no different than being fit in a brick and mortar store. The process is conducted the same way, the only difference is that the pillow fitting takes place in our showroom, using multiple pillows to find the right fit.

Kaylie, bedgear’s strategic account specialist, took the time to conduct the pillow fitting with Rob, asking whether or not he was a back, stomach or side sleeper.

“I’m typically a side sleeper, but I do end up on my stomach, too,” Rob said.

“Do you get hot during the night?”

“A bit, yeah. I usually flip the pillow over quite a bit,” Rob said.

Kaylie then went over the different aspects of bedgear’s extensive offerings. Starting with an Aspire® pillow for side sleepers, Kaylie asked “How does that one feel?”

Rob, who was on his side, a pillow napkin between his head and the pillow itself, rolled around a bit, testing the thickness and comfort of the pillow, simulating his actual sleep position. He made a face.

“What’s with the face?” Kaylie asked, jokingly.

“I’m not sure about the feel,” Rob said.

Kaylie nodded, “So you prefer a more firm pillow? The feel, as in how the pillow surface feels or something else?”

“The surface, for sure,” Rob said.

Nodding, Kaylie then presented Rob with a BG-X pillow, which is one of the more popular products with bedgear’s ambassadors like Javier “Astroboy” Villegas and more.

“This pillow has our React™ blend in it, which a lot of people like. It’s also a multi-positional pillow, which will help you since you switch from side to stomach during the night,” Kaylie said.

Rob rested his head down. While super-comfortable, the BG-X just didn’t feel right. Rob shrugged.

“Still the feel?”

Rob nodded. “Sorry to be a pain, I know, I’m being demanding!”

Kaylie laughed. She then grabbed a Storm series pillow – Rain. With an eye-catching design and Ver-Tex® coating, she laid the pillow down and Rob rested his head back. Almost immediately, he began feeling the difference.

“The Storm series uses Ver-Tex® to help propel heat away from you while you sleep. It’s also got our React™ blend, similar to the BG-X pillow, but I think, for you, the cooling fiber will be the difference-maker,” Kaylie said.

Rob turned onto his stomach. “This pillow is ridiculous,” he said. “I’ve never felt a pillow stay cool like this.”

“It’s pretty awesome, right?”

“For sure. This feels just right, to be honest,” Rob said.

“We just fitted one of our ambassadors for this same exact pillow, he’s a pitcher in the MLB. He said the exact same thing,” Kaylie said.

“Cool, one step closer to being a professional baseball player,” Rob said.

In the end, it was eye-opening for our copywriter to go through the pillow fitting process with an experienced professional like Kaylie. It was fascinating to hear the different descriptions of the pillows and to really feel the difference between the different fills and fabrics used in the construction.

This coming Monday, April 6th, the New York Mets will be hosting an opening day viewing party at CitiField! As the part of our #SleepFuelpartnership with the Mets, bedgear® will be in attendance, doing pillow fittings and giveaways.

The gates to CitiField open at 3pm, so come by and see us on the field level concourse to the right of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.

Be sure to visit bedgear.com to pick up your limited edition Mets #SleepFuel pillow!

Check out some photos from our last pillow fitting with the Mets at Spring Training!