IN JAMAICA

Cookware turned fitness
Do not drop it on your toe!
Thighmaster be gone

Yesterday my sister called me to tell me about her latest fitness craze, Kettle Bells. It is hard to say Kettle Bells without laughing- mostly because I don’t know and don’t understand what it is, but in my mind I have some vision of a Christmas song that includes gonging a Salvation Army donation bucket or something. Anyway, she insisted that I google it so I do, and this is the first (and up to now) and only image I see:

This picture makes my day on a number of levels. First, I cannot imagine working out with an iron ball that I can so easily let go of and drop on my head, and two, that of all people chosen to model what I believe is a kettle bell in action, it’s this guy- he has a mustache (I will post my thoughts on mustaches and other assorted facial hair later) and little to no upper arm definition, and three, the photoshopped slogan of “Kettlebell it up!” on his shirt.

This image is so, so good. The shape of the KB really reminds me of the old Atari Kaboom! game of dropping bombs or the Hamburglar or basically any cartoon-jail imagery, and it makes me appreciate all that Suzanne Somers did to make wacky fitness gadgets part of our normal household lives.

Don’t think that I’m against researching the kettle bell any further, hell, at this point I need to dust myself off and get myself to a class and try it for myself! This is also a good reminder that it’s always important to keep an open mind when it comes to learning new ways to workout and stay fit. For example, look at what the Japanese have to offer!

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