Technabob » weights http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 CD Dumbbell Concept: Build Some Muscle with Your Old Compact Discs http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/06/cd-dumbbell-concept/ http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/06/cd-dumbbell-concept/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:00:28 +0000 Conner Flynn http://technabob.com/blog/?p=69436 Remember all of those AOL CDs that you used to get in the mail? What about all of those music CDs that are now obsolete? You probably have them sitting in a closet somewhere collecting dust. Well, it’s time to dust them off and turn those old CDs into muscles.

CD Dumbells
This concept is designed by Seung-il Kim and is all about recycling (and fitness.) This dumbbell concept turns discs into weights within a dumbbell. Your old CDs and DVDs are here to pump you up, girly man. Discs are perfect because they are thin and light, but together a bunch of them can really weigh a lot.

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The average CD weighs about .15 grams, so the weight adds up nicely and you can make the dumbbell weigh whatever weight you want. Sadly, it’s just a concept right now, but hopefully these become a reality. It would be nice to use those CDs for something besides drink coasters.

[via Yanko Design via Geeky-Gadgets]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/06/cd-dumbbell-concept/feed/ 0 Riiflex: Add Some Weight to Wii Fit http://technabob.com/blog/2009/04/13/riiflex-add-some-weight-to-wii-fit/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/04/13/riiflex-add-some-weight-to-wii-fit/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:18:43 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=11478 If you prefer sweatin’ with a Wii remote over doing the same with the “oldies,” you might be the target audience for the Riiflex. Also: those of you who really dig filling up your houses with Wii accessories, pay attention. In an effort to make Wii workouts more robust, one company has stepped forward to offer an actually useful Wii remote shell: hand weights that will hold your remote and nunchuk.

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The Riiflex shells operate simply as cradles for the two parts of your controller, and add either two or four pounds to the weight of the remote and nunchuk. Gotta strip off that remote jacket, however… and you certainly don’t want to chuck these bad boys through your television. Wii remote accidents, take two?

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Of course, you’ll need your new muscles to wrestle with the price tag: two-pound Riiflex weights retail for a whopping $34.95, while four-pounders will run five dollars more. If you can handle big numbers and are serious about Wii workouts, however, you can preorder the Riiflex weights now.

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]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2009/04/13/riiflex-add-some-weight-to-wii-fit/feed/ 0 Wii Weights: Get a Real Workout While Playing http://technabob.com/blog/2007/02/08/wii-weights-get-a-real-workout-while-playing/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/02/08/wii-weights-get-a-real-workout-while-playing/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:43:59 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/02/08/wii-weights-get-a-real-workout-while-playing/ If you’ve played the Nintendo Wii for any reasonable amount of time, you know that you can actually work up a pretty decent sweat while playing some games. Now you can really get a workout by adding these Wii Weights to your wrists.

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These Wii wrist weights feature adjustable inserts, ranging from 1lb. to 4lbs. and help you burn extra calories and build up your strength whether your frying up some eggs in Cooking Mama or you’re prancing around on your pretty pony in Zelda.

I suppose we should be glad that these are only a design prototype and not actually being made. I can only imagine the damage you could do to your brand new 60″ plasma set when one of these went flying off.

[via Alchemi via NOTCOT]

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