JumpSnap….seriously?

Today we bring you a SPECIAL EDITION of the Daily Sizzle, or not-so-daily feature where we tear things apart. In today’s special edition, RP and I (MtK) will be having a discussion about the JumpSnap. If you aren’t already familiar with this product, please stop reading here and go to the site. Seriously.

MtK: My morning started with RP asking me if I had seen the JumpSnap, which he had described as the dumbest thing of 2009. I responded that there was still plenty of 2009 left, but after seeing what the JumpSnap was, I’m pretty convinced. This could even rival 2005’s Treadmill Bike for stupid thing of the decade. RP, just what makes the JumpSnap so awful?

RP: The biggest problem I have when trying to begin my critical anylsis of the JumpSnap is calming down my rage enough to organize my thoughts into something coherent.  I think that the JumpSnap is one of a few new inventions that are part of A leisure exercise phenomenon.  When it comes down to it, it’s a jump rope for people too fat and overweight to jump rope.  Another item in this category that I saw on tv this weekend was a chair for doing crunches in that also gives you a back masssage at the same time.  I understand that for some people, using conventional methods of exercise isan’t possible but showing these commercials with clearly physically fit people using these leisurecise devices is just misleading.  not to mention that The JumpSnap is a jumprope…without a rope.  This cannot be stressed enough.  MtK, did you watch the video? Your Thoughts?

MtK: I did watch the video, and I feel for you “where does my rage end and my ranting begin?” You’re spot on. IT’S A JUMP ROPE WITHOUT A ROPE. How many lazy people are going to sit on their couch, twirling it in one hand, beer in the other, while it makes the wooshing noise, thinking they’re accomplishing the same as jumping rope. Furthermore: the JumpSnap costs 49.99 for the starter kit. For that much, you could buy 50 jump ropes at the dollar store. You could even cut the rope and just use the handles. OR, you could buy 1 jump rope, and then pay some neighborhood kid $49 to do the jumping for you.

by mashthekeys
2 years ago