Points for Imagination…
But I’d vastly prefer to spend an hour pumping some REAL weight in the gym, vs. doing “Taskercise™.” Working simple calisthenics into a housecleaning routine would burn some extra cals, I suppose, but life is just too short to be constantly focusing on “busywork” exercise.
Dear Santa: Pay No Attention to MSNBC.com
I’m referring, of course, to this (mostly) goofy Xmas list: 6 Gifts Fit for the Gym Rat. With the possible exception of the kettlebells, if I found any of this stuff under my tree on Xmas morning, I’d be scratching my head and wondering, “WTF?!” I mean, what self-respecting “gym rat” would use an Airope, for heaven’s sake??? In general, it’s not a great idea to buy a sport or...
Speaking of Exercise Gimmicks… Shoes!
Tara Parker-Pope has an appropriately skeptical post in the NYT about those Reebok “Easy Tone” shoes… here’s the money quote: But the claim that the shoes offer muscle toning is backed by a single study involving just five people, not published in a peer-reviewed academic journal. In that study, done at the University of Delaware, five women walked on a treadmill for 500 steps wearing either the EasyTone or...
Exercise Gimmicks: Vol. 4: The Wii Fit
Nintendo released the Wii in late 2006. I have two teenagers, and both are gamers, so naturally, they wanted one. We said “ok” – but there was no way to get one in time for Xmas…the consoles were “hot” and were sold out within minutes of delivery at the usual retail outlets. And “mother love” only goes so far: there was no way in Hell I was going to freeze my buns off, standing in line...
Toddler Treadmills?
Unfortunately, this isn’t a joke… My First Treadmill – Fitness Fun for Kids by iPlay Exercise—just my size! Fitness Fun is a range of fitness equipment for ages 3 and up. Each of our pieces is constructed of sturdy steel frames and features foam padding for safety and comfort. Whether burning off extra energy or pretend playing “just like Mom and Dad”, there’s no better way to show kids how fun it is to be fit!...
This Looks Like Fun…
Check these out: getjumpingstilts.com/post.html (scroll down to check out the vid – lol) I haven’t written about exercise gimmicks in a while, so I went looking around to see what I could find. I stumbled over “Powerskips” – which were developed in Germany. They’ve been around for a few years (long enough to garner a Wikipedia entry), but this is the first that I’ve heard of them. I gotta...
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