Why doesn't the speed with which one can elliptical translate directly to the speed one can run on the ground? Sort of late to the whole 'machine' game, I have recently discovered the elliptical trainer...and the fact that you can change the little read-outs to see stuff like calories burned (which I don't care about), total strides (holy jeez, that number is kind of scary after 70 minutes), and distance (whoa! cool!). I just wish that I could maintain that same intensity and speed on asphalt. Any physicists out there ...or whatever smart, scholarly types might know the answer to this? It probably has something to do with impact, right? Or maybe friction? I'm grasping at terms here...help me out, smart people!
Why did I buy this stupid, plastic bouncy ball? Was it because my 3-year old wrestled it out of the giant wire cage in which it was trapped (against my protestations) and then proceeded to bounce it all over the place (again, against my protestations), dirtying it all up? And why did this guilt me into buying it instead of gross me out about Target's cleanliness?
I think it was because this cuteness was irresistible.
Do you travel as fast on the real ground as you do on the elliptical trainer?
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Can you use that ball as an exercise ball or do you already have one of those?
ReplyDeleteI don't get why your video hasn't gone viral either. Oh wait, it's missing bacon.... :)
Use of pictured bouncy ball as an exercise ball leads to popping...guaranteed!!!!!
DeleteBacon! *smacks forehead* of COURSE!!!!
Don't worry, we have all bought several of those bouncy balls. They are just fun and too colorful for the kids to pass up. I can't believe your video hasn't gone viral. I thought it was great:)
ReplyDeleteI couldn't see the video on the iPad, and then forgot why I was in the computer room. If there are other flakes out there like me, we are holding up the viral potential for the video! I am going to write it on the LIST!
ReplyDeleteLol...I'm pretty sure I conned my mom into at least one or two of those back in the day.
ReplyDeleteI think the elliptical / running disconnect is because of the lack of impact & friction. No contact with the ground = no energy spent pushing off/back against it, so you get it all back for free. :)
your girl has style! love the hat and sunglasses!
ReplyDeleteWe should collaborate on a video of you puking chocolate milk. If that doesn't go viral, nothing will.
ReplyDeleteWhat music shall we pair it with? I'm ready :)
DeleteI've bought so many of those bouncy balls for friends bithdays. Put a bow on it and tell them "For your birthday, have a ball!" Then it becomes their problem when their little kids bounce it all day long!
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I can't believe your video hasn't gone viral either. That thing was pure genius if you ask me :-)
ReplyDeleteAs a kid my sis and I would con our Mom itno buying us those balls all the time- I remember thinking that they were the BEST ever- just had to have them! Funny...
That pic of your little one in the hat and sunglasses - just made me smile!
ReplyDeleteI curse those bouncy ball displays!
I am NO physicist but I am WAY slower on the elliptical than on the ground. I used the elliptical in my recovery here and I did NOT love the numbers it spit out at me....Share your answers when you find them!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't ever have the BIG bouncy ball, more like the basketball sized one which I bought in a very similar situation for my son. After he hit me on the side of the head approximately 15 times while I was driving, I flipped and I took a pen to it in the car and popped it. Anger management??.....I felt just a little guilty about my outburst and he now has more than one replacement:)
Yes, that cuteness IS irresistible!
Elliptical trainers are fun, but trigger tachycardia in me, so I must avoid them.....
ReplyDeleteI bought a few bouncy balls from those cages, back in the day. They lasted a few years, We usually lost them before they died.
wow, I haven't been here in for.ever! my iPad can't access my blog list.. I should add you to my email subscriptions. it seems the only blogs I read are the ones that email me updates.
http://kabersblog.blogspot.com
You're a softie when it comes to your kiddos, just like me. That's why you own a big pink bouncy ball, which will get a hole it in within 3 days from some branch or rock or something (if you put it outdoors, like I made mine do).
ReplyDeleteAh, the elliptical. Used it sometimes when my heel was being bitchy, but it really never helped it. I could never go fast on that contraption, I went 10 min/mile constantly. Man, there are days where I WISH I could do a 10mm in a long run. Especially now. But I'd be pretty sad if I did a 10mm 5k. The elliptical is one of those mysteries in life where you just will never have an answer. :)
Totally love the big ball. Ours was purple. Shortly after we bought our purple ball, it appeared in my neighbor's garage. The 6 yo boy assures me that his parents bought the same one ... and ours mysteriously disappeared. Hmm.
ReplyDeleteWe have one of those balls, in red. I'm still in shock about how a $2.50 item has managed to entertain so many people for so much time, even when it's 80% full after being left outside to degrade and deflate for four months. It makes me feel like an idiot for ever spending more than $5 on anything. . .
ReplyDeleteI totally wish elliptical speed and mileage equaled that of running. And we had many a bouncing ball purchase when my kids were that cute. They're not so cute anymore, it's easier to say no ;-)
ReplyDeleteNo ball in my house. Your video is very cool and Nuun better be hiring you for all future ads. You take such long steps when you run.
ReplyDeleteAnyway I am resisting the urge to click on the worlds largest zit popping video so I better go.
too bad about the vid ;)
ReplyDeleteI liked it. and yes! we have those balls, until rex sinks his teeth into them, why do they always have those balls on display with those pitiful ropes holding them in - it's plain to see they were designed for children to reach in and steal. sigh
Oh man, those balls! With two boys (7 and 3), I have succumbed to buying the bouncy ball - big, small, and every size in between. It's a couple bucks to get through the store without a tantrum. Plus it will keep them occupied at home long enough to get the groceries put away. Money well spent I say!!
ReplyDeleteUm yeah, fell for the bouncy ball trick once. I wouldn't be able to resist that cute face, either!
ReplyDeleteLet's see, we've purchased a deep blue bouncy ball, a green one, a teal and white swirly one, a blue polka dot one, one with dinosaurs...should I go on? My younger son is OBSESSED. I partly purchase them out of guilt when he slobbers all over it but also to avoid a tantrum. She is pretty darn cute though.
ReplyDeleteThe bouncy ball cages are such a trap. There is a Sponge Bob Square Pants bouncy ball across the street, lying in my neighbors yard. It's faded, but I know for certain it isn't as old as my neighbor. He has to be at least 90 years old. Where the ball originated and how it ended up there is a mystery. Somewhat like the elliptical machine mystery. I haven't exercised in three years. I have no answers. But keep asking the questions. I like them.
ReplyDeletehmm the only big bouncy ball here is my stability ball and i hope it hasn't been bounced around target, but who knows
ReplyDeletei don't do the elliptical very often, not really sure why other than i'm doing so many other random things lately!
Ok. Enough with the soft-porn vid going viral. Let's stop talking about it and do something about it! I'm going to tweet about it AND use the words soft-porn. Maybe my whopping 1600 followers will get on the bandwagon and set this badboy free!
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