So i’m a 3rd year university student who gets to spend a fair bit of time at home during the daylight hours. One of the pleasures (if you can call it that) of being home alot is that i whitness a plenty of daytime TV. Now i’m not sure what daytime TV is like overseas, but here in Australia we have a bunch of mid morning news-and-entertainment style programs.
Most of these programs run for a couple of hours, and ALL of them include at least a 2-3 of informercials.
One trend i keep noticeing is companies tirelessly flogging these ridiculous abdominal machines. The ads make ridiculous statemets like “you could be losing inches while you watch tv.” And they always include the before and after photo of some fat lard, who now has washboard abs, a barrel-chest and strong arms. Yeah… like all that came from doing crunches.
These advertisments all imply (directly or indirectly) that their machines can spot-reduce fat, which i’m sure most of you guys and girls know is a complete myth. So how is it that these companies are allowed to make such ridiculous and deliberatly misleading claims? They’re doing nothing but perpetuating a cycle of ignorance in pursuit of a quick dollar.
Im seriously considering some sort of campaign to get this shit off TV, but i dont have a clue where to start.
[quote]Ov3rman wrote:
So i’m a 3rd year university student who gets to spend a lot of time at home while others are working. One of the pleasures (if you can call it that) of being home alot is that i whitness a lot of daytime TV. Now i’m not sure what daytime TV is like overseas, but here in Australia we have a bunch of mid morning news-and-entertainment style programs. Most of these programs run for a couple of hours, and ALL of them include at least a 2-3 of informercials.
One trend i keep noticeing is companies tirelessly flogging these ridiculous abdominal machines. The ads make ridiculous statemets like “you could be losing inches while you watch tv.” And they always include the before and after photo of some fat lard, who now has washboard abs, a barrel-chest and strong arms. Yeah… like all that came from doing crunches.
These advertisments all imply (directly or indirectly) that their machines can spot-reduce fat, which i’m sure most of you guys and girls know is a complete myth. So how is it that these companies are allowed to make such ridiculous and deliberatly misleading claims? They’re doing nothing but perpetuating a cycle of ignorance in pursuit of a quick dollar.
Im seriously considering some sort of campaign to get this shit off TV, but i dont have a clue where to start.[/quote]
It’s great of you to have this idea! I will be supporting you 100%!!
I’ll start by educating people the real power of lifting weights by showing phenomenal testimonials such as being able to run faster, jump higher, etc… It’s the best way to start. If you want to fight the immortal empire of bowflex, you have to be able to compete with it. Elitefts should start advertising in live TV.
[quote]Ov3rman wrote:
So i’m a 3rd year university student who gets to spend a lot of time at home while others are working. One of the pleasures (if you can call it that) of being home alot is that i whitness a lot of daytime TV. Now i’m not sure what daytime TV is like overseas, but here in Australia we have a bunch of mid morning news-and-entertainment style programs. Most of these programs run for a couple of hours, and ALL of them include at least a 2-3 of informercials.
One trend i keep noticeing is companies tirelessly flogging these ridiculous abdominal machines. The ads make ridiculous statemets like “you could be losing inches while you watch tv.” And they always include the before and after photo of some fat lard, who now has washboard abs, a barrel-chest and strong arms. Yeah… like all that came from doing crunches.
These advertisments all imply (directly or indirectly) that their machines can spot-reduce fat, which i’m sure most of you guys and girls know is a complete myth. So how is it that these companies are allowed to make such ridiculous and deliberatly misleading claims? They’re doing nothing but perpetuating a cycle of ignorance in pursuit of a quick dollar.
Im seriously considering some sort of campaign to get this shit off TV, but i dont have a clue where to start.[/quote]
I’d support your cause only because the commercials run waaay too long and are annoying. The people who believe that you can build an ‘incredibly lean and muscular physique while watching tv’ are the target market for these companies. I’m sure most of the people that work for the company are also aware of it too. It’s all about money in today’s economy.
These said companies want to keep people in the dark about training because it keeps them in business. The sad thing is, whatever machines are advertised will sell like crazy with I’m sure incredible profit.
if you arent doing it right the rope will hit or trip you (the rope makes sure you work hard)
so you take the rope off the jump rope to make it easier
now you can go about it half assed because theres no rope to make sure you’re doing it right
this is the part where i do the face palm.
I know how you feel, I wish I had thought of it first.
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So why isn’t everyone jumping rope? Because ITS TOO HARD AND IT TAKES A LOT OF SKILL AND COORDINATION!! Even if you can’t jump just bend your knees and you’ll still get a great workout, without the impact!
