Went shopping this week and bought some new sneakers with little balance pods on the soles. Kind of weird looking, little spongy pads guaranteed to improve your balance and posture “while you walk!” Who could resist?
One might think that after three decades of working in sales, I would at least be a tad skeptical, if not downright snort-diet-Coke-out-your-nose-while-you-scoff cynical about hard things being made to look easy, and on most subjects, I can be almost practical. But claims of shortcuts to weight loss and fitness tend to make my left brain explode while simultaneously making my right brain behave like a dog hearing “Wanna go for a walk?” Tail starts wagging, body is twirling, and face says, “Oh boy! Can we? Huh? Can we? Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!!”
Get home and happily lace ’em up, envisioning my new military posture, when I notice a small warning label on the box. “Do not wear while exercising.” WTH?? I promptly filed that under “Do not take while operating heavy machinery” and inserted my dance DVD. Having a ball until I grapevined into a side lunge, toppled off my front pod, and took out my coffee table. They say three stitches ought to do it…
awsome,,made my day,,,,
Thanks, Kathy! At least I wasn’t holding my shotgun! :)