Cardio Jump - the ropeless jump rope

Ivan Seeking

http://www.buythecardiojump.com/Defa...dGFudQg&bhcp=1

I don't know what can be said. Maybe its a Zen thing.

waht

hahaha that made my day

it's even "compact for travel"

Moonbear

I can't stop laughing. I think I need to watch that video again...it's not often you get to watch buff men make total fools of themselves quite like that. It's perfect for the totally uncoordinated people who would otherwise trip over a rope, though.

Pengwuino

is this a joke? April fools was earlier this month.

I noticed in a few of the shots with the cordless idiot thing, the guy wasnt actually jumping, just going up on his tiptoes.

Moonbear

I noticed that too. See, it's definitely better he had the cordless jumprope rather than a real one or else he'd have tripped over it.

Greg Bernhardt

wow does that look ridiculous, I feel embarrassed just watching the video

phyzmatix

All hail humanity!

Phrak

Yeah. But it's a gizmo and has buttons. B-U-T-T-O-N-S.

And a shiny display. S-H-I-N-Y.

Ivan Seeking

I wonder if it takes into account your weight and the height of the jumps. I guess in principle it could use accelerometers to give an accurate accounting of the work done.

...eh, on second thought, [duh! ] the hands are not necessarily an indicator of the body motion. So there is no way it could be reliably accurate.

hypatia

That had me laughing to tears.

Huckleberry

Forget the gadget and just do the jumps.

As ridiculous as the product is, the exercise is a good way for people not accustomed to strenuous activity to get good conditioning. After a spectacular shipwide failire on a yearly PT test the captain initiated a bi-weekly exercise program. Part of it included a walking pace jog. Just getting the feet up in the air greatly increases the amount of effort of keeping the pace, and it's something most people can do without being discouraged. The product isn't necessary, but those who do buy it and follow the program will benefit. Fools perhaps, but if buying the product encourages them to exercise then I wouldn't argue that the money wasn't well spent.

It is funny though

drezz1

I guess anything that gets people to exercise is a good thing, it's amazing how sedentary a lot of people in our society are.

GeorginaS

Beyond that, it's truly difficult to know what to say.

GeorginaS

You thought that all the way through, right?

What a fantastic find this thing is, though.

evilpostingmong

I guess the jumprope industry is trying to match the phone industry by going wireless!
This product looks pretty lame. And "compact for travel?" As if jumpropes were
big to begin with.

Ivan Seeking

Funny! I saw the commercial again and happened to notice this: Watch the blonde girl pretty early in the commercial, in the side-by-side shot. In one screen she is using an actual rope, and in the other she is using the Cardio Jump. She jumps about three times as high when using the jump rope!

BrerOtter

When will they release the version for double-dutch?