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    Quote Originally Posted by JKTrix View Post
    I don't use it much, but it definitely is a workout. Shlup might have been using some hyperbole, but I can say that it is not the same as just picking up any random thing and shaking it.
    I think that may be why.

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    It's certainly does't work as well as, say, an actual weight.

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    Maybe JKTrix just has really girly arms.

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    An ex gf of mine bought one once. I couldn't help but think "You'll do it for exercise but not for recreation?"

    Women.

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    Heyyy. That commercial said something about dynamic inertia. And it had a man in a white coat pointing at graphs. How can it not be legit?

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    The female version weighs 2.5 pounds, and the male version weighs 5 pounds. I'd like to see them go higher, though.

    As far as I know, and I forgot to mention this in the introductory post, but the female version sells for $19.95, and the male version sells for $29.95.
    Is that your final answer?

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    It's as if no one knows that half of the stuff hanging down from under your arms are actually just muscles. Muscles aren't firm unless you flex them, so naturally the underside of your arms will hang a bit when you relax. Unless you have really smurfing huge muscles, but something tells me girls don't really want that.

    The shakeweight has been a prime target for jokes for quite some time on health and fitness related message boards. I wouldn't get one even if you paid me to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rantzien View Post
    Heyyy. That commercial said something about dynamic inertia. And it had a man in a white coat pointing at graphs. How can it not be legit?
    I asked rubahs what dynamic inertia meant and she smacked me

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperMillionaire View Post
    The female version weighs 2.5 pounds, and the male version weighs 5 pounds. I'd like to see them go higher, though.

    As far as I know, and I forgot to mention this in the introductory post, but the female version sells for $19.95, and the male version sells for $29.95.
    That's pretty dumb considering 5 pounds is nothing to most people. Even as a four year old I had no problem lifting 5 pounds.

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    I wouldn't get one even if you paid me to.
    Well that's just kind of silly.

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    I'm only answering this seriously because SuperMillionaire seems to have a little bit of genuine interest in it.

    The shake weight is not about lifting. It's about the resistance you get when you shake it. Getting much heavier than it is, and using it 'properly', could actually be pretty dangerous. It is not comparable to picking up a solid object of similar weight and just shaking it. The thing is designed so that the device feels 'heavier' the harder and faster you shake it. Its magnitude of adjustability, based directly on your effort, is something that solid devices just can't do.

    I don't think I would have bought it if I saw it was $30 (recall I saw it for $10). After all I knew I wouldn't use it much and $30 can get me things I would want/use more. Just wanted to point out that it's not as pointless as folks here are saying it is.

    Of course 'real equipment' and proper gym training or whatever would be better. But those don't cost $30 (or $10) and you generally can't do them while sitting on your couch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by SuperMillionaire View Post
    The female version weighs 2.5 pounds, and the male version weighs 5 pounds. I'd like to see them go higher, though.

    As far as I know, and I forgot to mention this in the introductory post, but the female version sells for $19.95, and the male version sells for $29.95.
    That's pretty dumb considering 5 pounds is nothing to most people. Even as a four year old I had no problem lifting 5 pounds.
    Yes but did you do 5000 reps of 5 lbs in 2 minutes? The oscillating momentum velocity friction factor accelerates your metabolism to allow for sustained fat burning maintained well beyond the workout period.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peegee View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by SuperMillionaire View Post
    The female version weighs 2.5 pounds, and the male version weighs 5 pounds. I'd like to see them go higher, though.

    As far as I know, and I forgot to mention this in the introductory post, but the female version sells for $19.95, and the male version sells for $29.95.
    That's pretty dumb considering 5 pounds is nothing to most people. Even as a four year old I had no problem lifting 5 pounds.
    Yes but did you do 5000 reps of 5 lbs in 2 minutes? The oscillating momentum velocity friction factor accelerates your metabolism to allow for sustained fat burning maintained well beyond the workout period.
    No, but I benched 80 pounds and ran laps at the age of eight. 2.5 and 5 pounds is not enough for people to get a good work out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Peegee View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by SuperMillionaire View Post
    The female version weighs 2.5 pounds, and the male version weighs 5 pounds. I'd like to see them go higher, though.

    As far as I know, and I forgot to mention this in the introductory post, but the female version sells for $19.95, and the male version sells for $29.95.
    That's pretty dumb considering 5 pounds is nothing to most people. Even as a four year old I had no problem lifting 5 pounds.
    Yes but did you do 5000 reps of 5 lbs in 2 minutes? The oscillating momentum velocity friction factor accelerates your metabolism to allow for sustained fat burning maintained well beyond the workout period.
    No, but I benched 80 pounds and ran laps at the age of eight. 2.5 and 5 pounds is not enough for people to get a good work out.
    You're forgetting the basic rules of physics here, a 5lb weight moving at a speed will through inertia feel heavier the faster you move an object the more G force it will develop. Based on this what starts as lifting a 5lb weight can through physics become the equivalent of repping a much higher weight. It's not about the movement of lifting the weight it's about the compression of the muscles so if you do the equivalent of 5000 reps with this thing at high speed you could in theory be doing 5000 reps a day of a much heavier weight. Shiny may have been able to bench 80lbs at the age of 8 but could she do it 5000 times in a day? I doubt it, in fact could any of us realistically bench 60lbs 5000 times in a 24 hour period?

    And incase you missed it, Trix has already posted essentially the same damn thing I just said here:


    Quote Originally Posted by JKTrix View Post
    I'm only answering this seriously because SuperMillionaire seems to have a little bit of genuine interest in it.

    The shake weight is not about lifting. It's about the resistance you get when you shake it. Getting much heavier than it is, and using it 'properly', could actually be pretty dangerous. It is not comparable to picking up a solid object of similar weight and just shaking it. The thing is designed so that the device feels 'heavier' the harder and faster you shake it. Its magnitude of adjustability, based directly on your effort, is something that solid devices just can't do.

    I don't think I would have bought it if I saw it was $30 (recall I saw it for $10). After all I knew I wouldn't use it much and $30 can get me things I would want/use more. Just wanted to point out that it's not as pointless as folks here are saying it is.

    Of course 'real equipment' and proper gym training or whatever would be better. But those don't cost $30 (or $10) and you generally can't do them while sitting on your couch.

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    see. that's why i can't oscillate while gripping something with my fist

    i'd get tired in 6 mins max

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