Last night I was watchin’ a little bit o idiot box before I decided to turn in for the night, and I saw this gem of an exercise product.
If you’re gullible enough to buy this, go ahead!
The commercial was absolutely hilarious, because they kept showing women using it, their boobs bouncing up and down. My first thought was, “Who is this commercial actually for? The women who want bigger boobs and think this is the answer, or the men in the room with said women?” My second thought was, “The women in this commercial did not get the bodies they have by using this.” My third thought was that the terminology they used was stupid. They kept saying how it works the “bust muscles” and the “breast muscles.” Your boobs don’t have muscles in them. Your pectorals are below your breasts. Were they afraid to use the real muscle terminology for fear that us little womenfolk just wouldn’t understand? It also promises that you’ll have a beautiful bustline in just 5 minutes a day! Anything that claims you can look like the built people in their commercial in “minutes” per day is guaranteed to be bogus.
I bet if I picked up one of these things and tried to use it, it would break after a few tries. I’m sure if it actually works, you can work the pectorals a little bit, but for most people who are serious about strength training, women included, it’s a laughable device. It’s also got PINK grips on it for GIRLS. Cause we all know how much little girls love the color PINK. *facepalm*
I’m waiting for the day that all TV commercials for these dumb devices start with the tag-line, “Hey, STUPID, buy THIS!” and people will go, “Yes, master…”
is it wrong that the clip is strangely erotic?
you know they are probably selling thousands of these
I’m sure they are! The boobies are flexing! Oooooh! But they didn’t get to looking like that by using the boobie-flexing tubey thingie.
It’s actually amazing that people are so out of sync with what real, effective exercise is that they buy these things. I guess it beats the Acai-berry and what-have-you diet pill scams (there have been warnings about these products all over the blogosphere lately) but not by much.
Btw, the various ab-devices they keep pushing on the guys aren’t much better either. You can work your abs till you’re blue in the face but you aren’t gonna see results unless you loose the flab.
Very, very true, Mary. But people still believe that you can do target exercises and it’ll still be enough to make you lose weight. But they’re wrong. You need cardiovascular exercise and getting your heartrate up to lose weight (and even if you don’t need to lose weight, everyone should do regular cardio for heart health and general fitness), and strength training to build muscle.
Oh, and don’t even get me started on Acai berries! Ever since Oprah came out saying how great they are for weight loss (my ASS), all I get at work from some people are, “Do you sell acai berries? I’m on a diet!” Argh, my health food store doesn’t succumb to every new, little fad. Acai berries can benefit your health like any other fruit or veggie that’s high in antioxidants. It can fight free-radicals, helping to protect your cells from them. That’s about it. It doesn’t “flush away toxins and fat.” Nothing does. The only way to get rid of toxins is to stop putting them in your body, and the only way to [effectively] get rid of fat is to eat right and exercise. But people are so lazy and want an easy way, and will waste thousands of dollars on stupid stuff to get there without working hard.