Just got home, and must share a frustration. My daughter (who decided on the title of this post) and I were trying to find a simple rolled pad for my 7 foot bar, and her 3 foot squat bar.
Should be easy right? If you think yes, you're wrong.
We visited many places that I thought would have this simple item. Most places looked at me like I was crazy. The last place was a major Canadian retailer that had 2 huge rows of accessories.
Yoga mats, push-up bars, chin-up bars, tummy trimmers, hand weights, and every DVD available to mankind. All the DVDs showed groups of people doing these exciting step movements. They all had beautiful headbands on, along with very fashionable outfits. The titles were all either numbers, or some state of mind. And the accessories themselves all showed pictures of tanned, shaved, clean-cut models.
Now you know that I love all the alternative methods of training. I'm called Innovative Workouts right? But nothing hardcore or innovative is ever shown on these DVDs.
And when I try to find something involved with lifting weights, if it's not actual weight plates, forget it!!!!!! What a soft, marketed industry.
Don't fall for it folks. Get your own gym going, where you can do yoga, but also do chain work, band work, and slider board exercises. Then to add to everything, why not actually try to lift some weights. Wow.
Anyways, you want innovative? We bought a swimming noodle with a larger hole diameter. Came home and cut it to length. I then slit it, and there you have my roll pad. My daughter's bar is thinner, so the pad just slides on. She loves it. I'm happy. And I have had a chance to vent my frustrations, yet again, on an industry that is brainwashing millions of people. It's not going to get me, or my family.
Untll next time.
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