quote:That's right, a jump-rope minus the rope. All that's left is two handles, so you jump over the pretend rope. Or if you are truly lazy, you can pretend to jump over the pretend rope.
So...basically, this guy patented "the handle"
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
Some people are taking the whole wireless thing too seriously.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:It is also good for mental institutions and prisons where rope is a suicide risk, said Clancy,
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-pH
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I'm jumping rope in mind.
Ooops.
Ow!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Did you just get a brain cramp, Bob?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I think he should call it the Gump Rope.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
*blink, blink* Well, heck! I'm going to invent a weightless weight machine!
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Thing is that properly using either the jump ropeless or the weightless machine will tone up ones muscles.
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
Sounds like someone saw a Mime doing it and liked the idea.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
You know what's really silly? I was imaging two people standing several apart, each holding one handle and swinging them in a circle, while someone stood between them and jumped rhythmically.
The best part, though, is the series of quotes from professor Mike Ernst:
quote:The idea isn't all that crazy, said Mike Ernst, a professor of kinesiology at California State University in Dominguez Hills.
"I think it's silly but at the same time if somehow, some way it promotes physical activity, gets kids active, then I'm all for it," Ernst said.
The more he thought about it, the more Ernst said he could see the benefit, adding that the act of jumping, not the rope itself, is what provides exercise.
"Do you need to jump with a rope? You don't," Ernst said. "But I wouldn't buy the product, I can tell you that. I'm not an idiot."
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
Given the weighted balls designed to provide tactile feedback (something missing from ropeless handles per se), it's really not a bad idea. The next step might be to add sensors to tell if they're being moved in a synchronized fashion.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Other devices have that. It's kind of a rope thing. Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
Seriously, if you can't jump rope because you aren't coordinated, jumping up and down does the same thing, no handles required.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
I'm going to patent a similar device, except that you use it for jumping jacks instead of just jumping straight up and down.
GENIUS!
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
quote:Originally posted by Juxtapose: Other devices have that. It's kind of a rope thing.
Yes, but there isn't a room in my apartment without a ceiling fan or hanging light fixture. There is a problem being solved here. It might be a small problem, but still.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Unless your apartment's on the ground floor, I doubt your neighbors would appreciate you jumping rope anyway...
-pH
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
It is, indeed, on the ground floor.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Why not just do jumping jacks with a couple of small free weights in your hands?
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
I'm not actually exercising at all. I'm just pointing out that there is a legitimate innovation here with an actual application. As I pointed out in my first post, traditional handles don't offer the tactile feedback that's the focus of this patent. Neither do free weights.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"I'm not actually exercising at all."
I bet you could make some money on that fact somehow, Schmuel. Maybe an nonexercise video. has anyone made those yet?
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
I wonder if there's a market for a Stairmaster without all the moving parts. I think I'll call it... stairs... patent pending.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I'd like to get in on the ground floor of that one!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I don't know, Bob. I'd take it one step at a time if I were dantesparadigm. But he might have a case.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I give my ascent.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Oh, Bob, I love it when you take to de railing of your own thread.
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