Exerstriding
On my flight back home from NYC, I noticed a passenger holding these ski poles that weren’t ski poles. They had little rubber feet on them instead of spikey ski pole things. He looked like a young wanna-be mountain man. Or maybe he was just really pragmatic. His clothing was very practical. Nothing flashy. And he a had a beard. Which is very practical if you’re a guy, because none of us like to shave. And so I wondered, what were these special poles that the pragmatic bearded young guy decided to lug across country in a plane?
I was sure I’d somehow seen poles like that used for walking. So I did a Google search on walking poles. This led me to the Exerstrider site, which boasts about carrying the “world’s #1 fitness walking poles”. There is obviously heated competition amongst fitness walking pole companies. The site is littered with customer quotes you will enjoy reading, such as:
“Once I started using fitness walking poles, I could walk a lot longer”.
or
“I love my Exerstrider walking poles. I mean…….I LOVE THEM!”
Something tells me these walking pole people don’t have a whole lot to get excited about.
One of the other links in the Google search results was for “Walking Gear and Walking Clothing”. What have I been doing all these years, walking around in clothing not specially designed for walking!? It makes me want to produce a line of clothing specially designed for sitting. I’ll follow that up with a clothing line optimized for standing.
January 3rd, 2006 at 9:23 am
But was he wearing a foam square on his head? What conditions is a foam square optimized for?
January 3rd, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Actually, he was wearing an inflatable U around his neck. I think it’s supposed to keep your head upright when you fall asleep. What it really does, is make it look like you’re wearing a miniature life preserver as a preventative measure in case of a water landing.
February 2nd, 2006 at 5:05 am
The conditions a foam square is optimized for are, in no particular order…
Taking it in the pink sherrifs badge and a dry slap. Sometimes both at the same time.
February 3rd, 2006 at 10:00 am
Eli, You’re going to have to bust that foam square out for a little encore tonight…