We have ALL been and done this....what is your worst?

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  • UnderCoverShyGirl
    UnderCoverShyGirl Posts: 254 Member
    hmmm, joined a gym once on a yearly membership (paid up front too) and never set foot in the place again!
    A treadmill, a gift from my husband at the time, i tried it out, but OMG was i bored stiff....clothes rack.
    Ab lounge...gift from someone for my kids, but i was determined to use it....and I did, sat right in it to watch tv...
    Oh and those rubber tube/band things that you put your foot in one and pull with your hands so you can do all kinds of neato toning...i was too afraid the bands would snap to brave using it. Still scares me!

    Weirdly enough the thing i used most was one of those silly sit up machines...you know, foot pedels a spring in the middle and handles to help you do sit ups. I would do 800 a day and lost a lot of weight once with that thing. For some reason, i just loved it (and wish i had it still). I think it had something to do with being able to exercise while laying on the bed hahahaha!
  • deb505
    deb505 Posts: 11
    Bought an elliptical haven't used it much, bad move? not sure cause its a good machine doesn't take up to much space and works great when I did use it. Ab cruncher bad move used it twice i think. Also bought a stationary bike "love it" use it while doing laundry so not everything in my house is a waste.
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian Posts: 1,255 Member
    A thought came to me earlier today. I have an exercise ball that I've only used about.... four.. five times at best. I keep saying that I'll use it to do some crunches, but that 20 minutes never comes. I mean it's not a very expensive net loss, but I bought it with good intention, only to have it mock me by tripping me up every so often in a 'cry' for attention. I guess it's the way the carpet is patterned, but it actually rolls around every so often and if not careful can (and always does) make it's way right in your path.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    OK, I don't remember the name of the contraption, but it was for abs and it was shaped like a large crossbow. You put the pad on your abs, hold the handles on the sides, and then did crunches. It was "weighted" so when you did crunches, it literally pushed against your abs. The theory was that it flattened out your abs at the same as exercising them, so you get rock hard flat abs that way.

    I think the Ab Lounge makes more sense, lol.
  • honeybadger175
    honeybadger175 Posts: 69 Member
    I bought a Nor**** Track when they first came out...worked great as a clothes line!
  • Brainsurgeon
    Brainsurgeon Posts: 26 Member
    A lifelong karate club membership.

    It was only after I signed up and went to the first class, that I remembered I don't like being particularly vocal or aggressive, both of which seemed to be a necessity in the class.

    I do have a treadmill but it gets plenty of use (as a form of exercise, NOT as a clothes hanger heh) so that one doesn't count.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    I bought a Nor**** Track when they first came out...worked great as a clothes line!

    HAHAHAHA!!! Evidently if you spell "Nordic" with a "k" on it at the end, this website thinks you are talking dirty.
  • unsuspectingfish
    unsuspectingfish Posts: 1,176 Member
    When I was 18 my mom bought a man powered tredmill. It was like the fred flinston of tredmills. The belt only moved when someone was walking on it, no electricity to move the belt for you.

    Call me old-fashioned, but I love those things. Somewhere, my mother still has one, and I intend to commandeer it if she ever finds it again. It's much more practical space-wise for my apartment than anything electric.
  • honeybadger175
    honeybadger175 Posts: 69 Member
    I bought a Nor**** Track when they first came out...worked great as a clothes line!

    HAHAHAHA!!! Evidently if you spell "Nordic" with a "k" on it at the end, this website thinks you are talking dirty.

    Hahaha! I was wondering why it did that!
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    My new kinsei trainers. They cost fortune, I wore them 4 times and my blisters are so bad I had to go and get some different ones last week.

    My husband has a rowing machine and a turbo trainer he has used each about 3 times but they sit there clogging up our annex.
  • kykykenna
    kykykenna Posts: 656 Member
    We, too, bought one of those electric current fueled ab belts. (WTH???!!LOL) Decided that on low it wasnt strong enough so cranked that baby up and let me tell you....it was about like a full blown labor contraction. Over and over. Either that or a dog shock collar strapped to my mid section. Sat down on the couch to do my "workout" and couldnt hear the tv from the hollering going on....lol
  • vaderandbill
    vaderandbill Posts: 1,063 Member
    We, too, bought one of those electric current fueled ab belts. (WTH???!!LOL) Decided that on low it wasnt strong enough so cranked that baby up and let me tell you....it was about like a full blown labor contraction. Over and over. Either that or a dog shock collar strapped to my mid section. Sat down on the couch to do my "workout" and couldnt hear the tv from the hollering going on....lol

    I have seen them being advertised again lately and I feel like I need to call a therapist every time the commercial comes on. I did research mine and a lot of people said that they had poor experiences while using the gel that comes with it. They suggested using a wet papertowel so that contact was ensured. Well, that must be some sadistic group because that was the dumbest thing I'd ever done....not only did it ensure contact but it also spread the current throughout my entire midsection.
  • dragonbait0126
    dragonbait0126 Posts: 568 Member
    Ab Lounge. Stupid! A chair to do crunches in...bleehh. I still need to get rid of that thing. Ha

    haha i have that too! lol

    Count me in on this one too. I bought it, put it together, tried it and hated it. It sat in my garage for 5 years before I finally got rid of it when I moved. It did not make doing crunches any easier. I DO need to get an exercise ball though. Now those are great for crunches.
  • shantillylace81
    shantillylace81 Posts: 39
    I bought an AB roller after giving birth to my first daughter 9 years ago. I stared at it for a while and said how the helll am I going to use that...I seriously put it to work daily when my baby would nap, first I started off weak then after a few weeks i became a pro..One morning I decided to do the AB roller on the hard wood floor and it slipped out in front of me and I hit my face on the floor super hard. Never used that damn thing again..LOL
  • thinkingthingirl
    thinkingthingirl Posts: 153 Member
    My step dad bought me an Abb King machine. It was pre used and he thought he was getting a bargain. The thing is the single most painful thing to do sit ups on EVER! The back on it was dodgey and tilted too far back. Its now a very handy shelf in the garage
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
    I bought a Kinect thinking I would do the Zumba game....yeah, used it once.

    My parents bought a $2,000+ elliptical and barely use it. I keep telling them to give it to me! I'd use it everyday!!!
  • spyork
    spyork Posts: 187
    We, too, bought one of those electric current fueled ab belts. (WTH???!!LOL) Decided that on low it wasnt strong enough so cranked that baby up and let me tell you....it was about like a full blown labor contraction. Over and over. Either that or a dog shock collar strapped to my mid section. Sat down on the couch to do my "workout" and couldnt hear the tv from the hollering going on....lol

    LOL, that has made my day (sorry) vaderandbill will also be joining you for an extended workshop on dealing with mental anguish, do you still have said torture device?
  • kykykenna
    kykykenna Posts: 656 Member
    We, too, bought one of those electric current fueled ab belts. (WTH???!!LOL) Decided that on low it wasnt strong enough so cranked that baby up and let me tell you....it was about like a full blown labor contraction. Over and over. Either that or a dog shock collar strapped to my mid section. Sat down on the couch to do my "workout" and couldnt hear the tv from the hollering going on....lol

    LOL, that has made my day (sorry) vaderandbill will also be joining you for an extended workshop on dealing with mental anguish, do you still have said torture device?

    By god we do!!! Stuffed in a drawer!LOL
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