This is a bit of a rant, but really I am more amused than anything...
What is it with pink 1-lb dumbbells? Why do I keep seeing photos advertising "toning" (because of course it is always toning) routines with itty-bitty dumbbells?
Why don't women pause to think a minute and realize that, unless they sit immobile in front of the TV all day, never lifting anything more than a potato chip, that lifting one pound "weights" is pointless?
If you've ever taken a gallon of milk off the shelf at the grocery store, you've lifted more than a pound. If you've ever picked up a baby, you've lifted more than a pound. Heck, my 1-quart Texas Tea Bucket insulated mug from Bill Miller's probably weighs more than a pound when it's full!
And yet...And yet, they're still sold. And bought, obviously, because no one would stock merchandise they couldn't move.
According to Weight Watchers Magazine, my almost-four-year-old is an advanced lifter! They consider using five pound weights to be advanced! (No, she doesn't actually pump iron, she just plays with them 'cause she's seen Mommy 'playing'.)
And yet, I must confess I do indeed have a pair of pink 1-lb dumbbells:
That is my oldest daughter, at 10 months of age. Yes, I got the idea from Stumptuous.com.
I'd hope that spreading photos like this around would embarass grown women into lifting something heavier...