Emmaus Resident Launches Fitness Kickstarter

Co-founders, David Gritz and Justin Mendelson started Perfect Burpee after one too many burpees on a flimsy workout mats. They realized that workout mats were not designed for high-energy exercises such as cross training, kettle bell exercises, and burpees. Perfect Burpee is a high performance and slip resistant workout mat designed for athletes doing vigorous home training.

“Perfect Burpee is wide enough for wide-pushups, long enough for burpees, and durable enough for dumb bells,” says Mendelson. It is constructed with a slip-resistant nano coating on a layer of natural rubber. And, it features unique designs such as angled edges to enforce great form and to make it easy to rollup for storage.

Determined to build the best product on the market, Justin and David tested dozens of high-end yoga mats to determine the perfect combination of comfort and durability. “We both workout at home, so we were determined to build a product that we could both use every day,” said Gritz. This is also why they’ve decided to run a Kickstarter campaign to try and crowdsource the $20,000 necessary for an initial product run, to continue design work, to build a community fitness enthusiasts, and to produce the Perfect Burpee at scale.

Kickstarter campaigns operate under an “all-or-nothing” funding model so if the Perfect Burpee project doesn’t reach its goal at the end of 35 days then Mendelson and Gritz go home empty-handed. To learn more about their project, go to www.perfectburpee.com.