The Shake Weight

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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.

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:

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.