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Fun Gym
A gym where the equipment is fun and game-like | |
This past weekend I saw an episode of total wipe0out, where contestants compete to complete an obstacle course. It struck me that the courses were like a real-life Mario brothers game. And they looked like a whole lot of fun!
A friend of mine recently had an engagement party at Bouncy Castles, and,
boy, after all these years, it sure was fun to bounce around! I quickly realized how out of shape I was when I got winded after some 10 minutes and the kids were still going strong.
I abhor gyms; they seem to be the more boring and dull places where people drag themselves to do the most mind-numbing exercises in the world.
I think it would be great to have a gym that had equipment that was fun to use -- something more like attractions at a Chuck E. Cheese or amusement park. Equipment could have game elements, like a whack-a-mole that takes some strength to whack. You could incorporate competition, like stationary bikes where you race with others in a video game screen above. Or, you could have teamwork stations where you 'advance' by working together, such as rowing oars in a roman or viking-style ship.
Obviously, one could invent many different fun and interesting exercise stations; unfortunately, the text input box on this site is too small to list them all.
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Obviously you haven't seen the quantity of stuff that various other people have managed to fit into that "too small" input text box. |
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On the other hand, you don't really want to list a bunch of fun excercises, because then this Idea might be flagged for deletion (lists are frowned-upon around here). |
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//various other people //
[chokes on sandwich]. Other? OTHER??? |
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I'm sure this came up a while back and I ranted about the concept being an oxymoron then as well. |
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[DrBob], I was writing to [lawpoop], and therefore "other" meant "other than [lawpoop]". OK? |
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"fun" gyms have been done to death here. Needs to be far more original than this to dispel this bone. |
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