Comical snowboard exercise gadget - iJoy Board
Friday, 01. 25. 2008 – Category: Snowboarding
At the Metro Ski & Snowboard show last year I walked past several stands with novelty exercise equipment, tagged up for hundreds of pounds with some new spin on getting you ready for your ski or snowboard season without having to bust a gut. Seriously, just get yourself down the gym and stop taking short cuts.
Reminds me of a friend of mine at uni, who had some kind of electronic pad that you stuck on your midriff that was supposed to give you a six pack via a series of not too painful electric shocks. Ridiculous.
I digress…
One that caught my eye, and looked like a bit of fun at least was the iJoy Board.
If they had one in my gym I’d give it a go, but really, who would buy one of these? Get yourself a proper snowboard exercise plan.
Horses for courses?
There’s also the original iJoy Ride which seems to be hitting the shops here. Check out the classic video footage here. I challenge you not to laugh at this horse play.
Tags: Fitness, Snowboard equipment
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January 27th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I actually bought an Abtronic! I guess it didn`t really work. I did tend to take it out to the bars with me to impress my friends though - that may have been part of the problem…
February 8th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Robin Williams did an excellent bit about the ab belt shocker thing in his HBO Live on Broadway special
March 13th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I remember my school days, there was a kid that had one of those electric-shock abs things. I’m fairly certain all it did was cause him pain.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
iJoy Ride looks like fun, but not like a serious workout. It reminds of those gadgets that you see in old movies or mags that strapped around people waste and vibrated them. iJoy Ride may help with improving balance if you think about it.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:42 am
The ijoy ride fitness machine is not for fitness or exercise. If you watch a demonstration of how it works, its basically a giant vibrater for women!! I dont think these things should be advertised as exercise machines. They should be sold as what they are. Pleasure machines. Im watching a demo on idealworld tv. She is more than enjoying it. In more than just a fitness way. Good viewing but false advertising. Thanks.
April 18th, 2009 at 11:10 am
What are you all talking about. I take it you don’t know the principles of vibration thersapy. It does not only tone muscles much more rapidly that conventional exercise (many athletes use it on top of conventional exercise to super exercise) but it also increases bone density.
Now, while, I realise that anyone with motorneurone disease or MS would struggle to stay upright on this particular machine, the “Powerplate/Vibrogym” upright machines are excellent for retoning the muscles of sufferers of diseases in which the nervouse system deteriorates as vibration therapy is non dependent on a healthy nervous system: it will still tone the musscles.
I suggest you check out the science behind vibration (whole of or total body vibration therapy).
Whole of Body Vibration is what was used by the cosmonauts and later for astronauts to retone their muscles and increase their bone desnity as travel outwith our magnetic field causes loss of bone density and muscle tone. The US did not know about it until they joined forces with Russia where it was developed and used, initially, for teatment of osteoporosis then to treat their cosmonauts.
Investigation before condemnation is always a good practice.
Meg
April 18th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Woops! Dyslexia rules: KO!