Goofy Fitness Fads

Newsweek has compiled a report on recent fitness fads:

1) Weighted Hula Hooping - a great cardio workout but you have to be careful not to pull a muscle

2) Strippercise - Pole dancing classes, chair centered lap dancing lessons and floor exercises that resemble Pilates

3) The Bodyblade - a long, swordlike plastic bar that you shake vigorously which supposedly causes 270 muscle contractions per minute - giving you washboard abs and chiseled shoulders

4) Aerial Aerobics - inspired by Cirque du Soleil - you tone up by climbing to the top of a cloth lanyard, wrap it around your feet and then hang with your limbs dangling.

5) Wii Fit Ski Jump - you get into a squat position, stay that way for a few seconds and then stand up straight. Helps tighten your derriere.

6) Asana Yoga - this series of yoga positions assists air in exiting your digestive system. The motion involves lying flat on yoru back, and pulling your left, then your right, then both knees into your tensed stomach squeezing all the stale air out of your body.