The Abdomenizer

[calzephyr]

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I happened to catch this article tantalizingly titled "The retro piece of exercise equipment my parents couldn’t give up". If that's not a "But wait, there's more!" call to action, I don't know what is. I was both embarrassed and shocked to discover that I am now officially old - that everything from my teenage years is retro :-D

Anyway, a little Googling revealed that The Abdomenizer is actually a Canadian invention and that it was developed by a real doctor, not an actor. Judging from the comments on the video, some people swear by it...so, who knows?

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Comments

[daryl_wor]

Whoah... I feel like we're often on this similar wave-length. Most of the last week I had "The Torso Track" lines a la Suzanne Somers stuck in my head. It kept repeating on me and made me wonder. I almost forgot about "The Abdomenizer", though. I had to play it and think, "Good Heavens!"

Of course, now I know the wonders of "roll-ups", not that I do enough of those. ^_^

[calzephyr]

Rock, rock, rock your way to a firmer stomach! It's surprisingly memorable.

I dunno what a roll up is, but I'm pretty sure I'm not doing it :-D

[daryl_wor]

Oh that's just part of one of my yoga-pilates routines, a roll-up. Although I was taught to do those in physical therapy too. More flowing method to target the big gut problem. Hee hee hee!