Friend of Julie: Crazy Exercises

I talked a few days ago about fad diets, today I am hitting the crazy exercises that were and are out there.

Again, I admit to falling for many of these. The concepts were great, the promises were wonderful, but, again, if it is to good to be true…

Wrap your self up in saran wrap, exercise and you were supposed to loose inches fast! We went through a lot of Saran wrap, and it didn’t work.

I never bought a Mark Eden’s bust developer. BUT my steno teacher did. She was teaching us about check book registers and passed her’s around. Need I say more! LOL! The poor lady didn’t live that one down!! Anyway, lots of good advertising there. Showed lots of women with beautiful busts. But never showed the product or even explain how to use it.

How many had that small wheel with the 2 handles.? You would put your feet under the couch and hold the handles and roll out from the couch and roll back to the couch. VERY HARD!!! Many times, fell flat on my stomach as I couldn’t control the wheel to stop. Quite hilarious!! Even funnier was my sisters and mom and I would use that green face mask stuff and then exercise with that on. As the mask dried it would harden and we couldn’t talk to good! We were sights to behold!! My dad would just walk by and shake his head.

Another exercise I remember growing up, one my mother taught us. We had a long hardwood floor hallway. And we would sit on our butts and butt walk down it. Your legs would be on the floor and you would use your butt and legs to propel you to walk. At different times during the day myself or one of my sisters would be butt walking down the hall. I do remember my mom doing it at times, but mostly us girls. I often wonder now if this was supposed to be a legitimate exercise or was mom just getting the hard wood floor cleaned and polished!!!

Hopefully my sisters and my mom don't read this post!!

People had machines or went to places like a gym that had machines with a belt. You would put the belt on around your waist, turn on the machine and it would jiggle you like crazy. Not a pretty sight if someone had a lot of jiggly fat on them. Was supposed to shake your weight off.

sauna suits You could buy a suit that would make you sweat. Or we had an inflatable belt thing. We would put the belt on, blow it up and exercise. Was supposed to melt the fat off. Another hysterical moment in our house when we were growing up!

All the ads for 6 pack abs in just 8 minutes of exercise - YEAH RIGHT!!

Exercise in a bottle, don’t I wish!! Take a pill, will make your body re-act like you just exercised, the fat will melt off! Without sweating!!

toning shoes, came in a few different styles. I remember as a teenager the Doctor Scholls sandals. Tuning up your legs as you walk around with these special sandals. They were quite the rage. He made a lot of money!! He has nice stuff, but those shoes were something…

I have to say, in my adult life I bought a Suzanne Somers thigh master. I am embarrassed, but I did! I wanted thighs that looked like hers!! I can dream can’t I! The concept was good, but, well, lets just say that I still don’t have Suzanne Somers thighs!

The electronic Ab exerciser would send an electrical current into your abs which would make them contract and release. That was supposed to make them burn body fat. OUCH!!!!

Phiten Carmelo wouldn’t lie— would he? These celebrity-backed titanium bracelets are supposed to reduce pain and fatigue, improve strength, and aid “bioelectrical flow” Don’t even know what bioelectric is? Am I supposed to have it?

Dumbellutensils look ‘em up on google. Yup, dumb bell utensils. You get a work out while eating. Forks, spoons and knives that are dumb bells. The only dumb bells I can figure out are the ones that bought them. ( sorry if you did! I fell for many promises too!)

Then there is the face trainer. Technology Face Training, and endurance based high repetition form of resistance training for all 44 bilaterally symmetrical muscles of the face and neck. The face trainer fits firmly against the skint o provide resistance and help to build muscle and tone. Ooookkkkkkk….hmm

There are so many to good to be true exercises out there, always have been and always will be. Just like all the fad diet plans.

I am thankful Julie isn’t a fad diet or a scam!! She is an answer to many desperate prayers!!

Do you have any funny exercise stuff you want to tell us about?