The Good Old Fitness Industry!
Be prepared for a good laugh…
Sticks To Stools - 7 Random Objects Sold As Exercise Machines
As you read through each product, it becomes abundently clear that the inventors have absolutely no interest in your well being. Dollar signs are the sole concern. If it can sell, it will sell. Whether or not it works is almost irrelevant.
Let The Buyer Beware?
The argument to my rant is Let The Buyer Beware. But what does that really mean? Is the industry so pathetic that we must always believe that the seller is corrupt? How did the fitness industry become so ridiculous? Passing a stool off as an exercise tool is as bad as selling a brick as a hamburger.
Are other industries so pathetic? Would the car industry try to pass off a rock as a new environmentally friendly SUV? When we buy a new car, should we question whether it actually drives? Where do we draw the line between clever marketing and total bullsh*t?
Suppose I buy a stool to lose weight, and it doesn’t work? Is it my fault for buying the stool? Should my ignorance be held against me? Perhaps I didn’t make a wise investment. I can understand this argument, but how is the consumer to blame when he or she has been conned by an entire team of marketing specialists? Not everyone studies exercise science. There are plenty of other career choices in the world. You could be a highly regarded stock broker, yet not know the difference between a ligament and a tendon. What you consider common knowledge is often completely foreign to others. We should all know the mistake of assumption…
What is the lesson to be learned? The answer is simple. No one can make any promises for you (about you). I can’t promise that you’ll read this site and lose weight. I have almost no control over it. Perhaps you can find some useful information here. Perhaps you can find some motivation. At the end of the day however, it is YOU who must put forth the effort. I can’t hold your hand and do the work for you.
When you see a product that promises the world, realize that you are reading a load of BS. The greatest gym in the world is worthless if you never get up, bust your ass, and use it. Your own personal effort and motivation is more important than the greatest tool.
I don’t need anything to get in shape. It is something that I want, so I’ll put in the work and get the job done. This holds true regardless of my surroundings. Equipment is always optional. You can exercise your body a million ways without anything. Some people go for it, while others sit around and wait for a new breakthrough to come along on late night infomercials.
News flash…
You may as well wait for pigs to fly, as it’s a far more likely scenario.
Ross
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“Your own personal effort and motivation is more important than the greatest tool.”
Amen……
Wow. I mean, WOW! Some people are SHAME-LESS!
When I brush my teeth, the muscles in my forearm, biceps, triceps, and deltoids all receive a great workout. Patent pending!
This just proves (not just for getting in shape, but for every endeavour in life) that it’s as important to put effort into learning everything you can about your goal before putting work into acheiving it.
This doesn’t mean you need a degree in exercise science before you can get in shape, it just means that putting effort into learning is as important as putting effort into doing.
never a truer word spoken! people these days in this xbox/skydigital/powerplate lazy world are always lookin for the silver bullett! the magic easy way to fitness when there no substitute for getting of their sofas and sweating! this desire for the magic bullett puts them unfortuantely at the mercy of these unscrupulous ad and marketing men who are all too eager to part them from their hard earned! hey guys there is a new fitness craze on the market just $99.99 - i’ve invented something called movement - brilliant!!!
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
true words spoken, my friend. however, the author’s sarcasm on the link is top shelf. and the stool guy’s counting is great as well!
That is probably the most ridiculous piece of “exercise equipment” I’ve ever seen!! Hilarious!!
Here are the main things that will get you in shape: running, pushups, sit-ups, pull-ups, and a healthy diet.
I was actually saw the rotating stool in a local sporting goods store just the other day and thought of this blog entry. The retail price (brace yourselves) was $99.99. First off, you can do the same movement with your upper body while standing up and holding a dumbell or medicin ball. Are we so lazy that we have to sit down to work out? Secondly, if you feel you must perform this movement as the stool would have you do, you can buy a bucket with a rotating lid, called a sit ‘n fish for about $25.00 that will do the exact same thing.