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Universal Boxing Stands
Express Your Power®
Balazs Boxing & Fitness' very first product was inspired by a feisty featherweight woman who needed a heavy bag stand that could handle her left hook! Today, Balazs is led by that same woman!
"Express Your Power" began as a slogan to empower women. Empowerment of those who were not given the same chances, respect, opportunities, recognition and compensation (among other things) and often felt the brunt of their polar opposites--excluded, disregarded, belittled, and often taken advantage of and worse.
Balazs supports strong women who express their power in healthy and empowering ways! Of course, expressing one’s power in a healthy and constructive way is needed by so many people around the world, regardless of all the different ways that people identify themselves.
We hope that you too will share your constructive expression of what empowerment means to you. Please tag #expressyourpower
When we think of iconic women who have inspired others through their initiative and bravery, we often include:
Ann Richards
Aretha Franklin Barbara Walters
Barbie
Billie Jean King
Dolly Parton
Eleanor Roosevelt
Amelia Earhart
Greta Thunberg
Harriet Tubman
Jane Austen
Jennie Finch
Joan of Arc
Julia Child
Lucille Ball
Malala Yousafzai
Margaret Court
Margaret Thatcher
Marie Curie
Maya Angelou
Mother Teresa
Oprah Winfrey
Pat Summit
Rachel Balkovec
Rosa Parks
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sadie Hawkins
Sally Ride
Sandra Day O'Connor
Serena Williams
Of course, every day, every day women are powerful in historic and mundane ways.
Balazs Boxing supports women using the #expressyourpower tag. We proudly donate 10% of the Express Your Power sales proceeds to charities that support women.
See the Balazs products here Express Your Power
Show your power at #expressyourpower
Recent posts
"It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong.
You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin. You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass. You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean. You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas. You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time. You have to be a career woman but also always be looking out for other people.
You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is insane, but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining. You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood.
But always stand out and always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge that but also always be grateful.
You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line. It's too hard! It's too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you! And it turns out in fact that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also everything is your fault.
I'm just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us. And if all of that is also true for a doll just representing women, then I don't even know."
Gloria's full monologue. Barbie (2023)