# Exercise Equipment or Sex Toy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055 "2007-06-06T23:33:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/1 "2007-06-06T23:33:01Z")
When I first started visiting the Straight Dope sight, Weird Earl had _Is it a dog toy or a marital aid?_ The site is gone now, but it was a hoot. 😃 Ladies and Gentlemen of the SDMB: I give you _Is it Exercise Equipment or a Sex Toy?_ [thegoodreverend.blogspot.com/2007/05/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy.html](http://thegoodreverend.blogspot.com/2007/05/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy.html) \*\*May not be safe for work. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/2 "2007-06-07T00:25:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven] When I first started visiting the Straight Dope sight, Weird Earl had _Is it a dog toy or a marital aid?_ The site is gone now, but it was a hoot. 😃 Ladies and Gentlemen of the SDMB: I give you _Is it Exercise Equipment or a Sex Toy?_ [thegoodreverend.blogspot.com/2007/05/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy.html](http://thegoodreverend.blogspot.com/2007/05/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy.html) \*\*May not be safe for work. \*\* [/QUOTE] _giggle_ I’ll not reveal how often I was right or wrong… ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/3 "2007-06-07T00:44:53Z")
I guessed all correctly except the first. One widget has a Wiki link that discusses the name of the thing. They eventually changed the name to something nondescript and boring, but originally called it a _Master Better_. Tee hee! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/4 "2007-06-07T01:12:29Z")
The correct answer is “All are sex toys if used properly”. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/5 "2007-06-07T02:22:24Z")
Some of those look really … intriguing. The exercise machines, yeah that’s it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/6 "2007-06-07T03:09:56Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] _giggle_ I’ll not reveal how often I was right or wrong… [/QUOTE] I have no shame: 5 right, 2 wrong. My instinct that anything with animal-like stripes is for. . . uh . . . personal training was right. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/7 "2007-06-07T03:35:30Z")
I got them all right. I don’t know if I should be proud of myself or ashamed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/8 "2007-06-07T03:46:32Z")
I hope no one missed #4. That one is pretty darn obvious. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/9 "2007-06-07T03:49:59Z")
:eek: I actually guessed too conservatively. Methinks me has much to learn. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/10 "2007-06-07T03:50:21Z")
Hmmm… missed one, mostly because I could not decypher what exactly it was or how someone would use it, until I went to the manufacturer’s website and could then see it from different angles and see how it was supposed to function. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/11 "2007-06-07T04:13:10Z")
I’m surprised they didn’t include the [Rodeo Boy](http://www.gearlog.com/2006/07/yeehaw_the_joba_horseriding_fi.php) (safe for work). ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/12 "2007-06-07T04:22:48Z")
[QUOTE=JRDelirious] Hmmm… missed one, mostly because I could not decypher what exactly it was or how someone would use it, until I went to the manufacturer’s website and could then see it from different angles and see how it was supposed to function. [/QUOTE] This is #3, right? I could figure that one out either. It’s the only one I missed. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/13 "2007-06-07T05:02:01Z")
Got them all right. I know a couple who have a swing hanging in their bedroom. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/14 "2007-06-07T06:46:57Z")
[QUOTE=JRDelirious] Hmmm… missed one, mostly because I could not decypher what exactly it was or how someone would use it, until I went to the manufacturer’s website and could then see it from different angles and see how it was supposed to function. [/QUOTE] That’s the only one I missed also. I’m not sure I want to know how it is used. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/15 "2007-06-07T12:48:14Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] That’s the only one I missed also. I’m not sure I want to know how it is used. [/QUOTE] There’s a link to an animated demonstration on the web page. And there aren’t even any nekkid people. It’s, er, interesting. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-equipment-or-sex-toy/407055/16 "2007-06-07T22:00:25Z")
[QUOTE=Zyada] There’s a link to an animated demonstration on the web page. And there aren’t even any nekkid people. It’s, er, interesting. 😃 [/QUOTE] It looks downright painful. That kind of range of movement(including changing angles) looks like it would not be good at all. A tear of the perenium seems the most likely result of an enthusiastic session. Hopefully you can make smaller rocking movements and get decent stimulation still, but I’m not sure how it would work. It looks like the neutral position is all the way down and you’d have to rock between full and half(never going below half, so always keeping tension on your muscles). It just doesn’t look like fun. The Sybian, on the other hand, seems a little too easy. What fun is it if you don’t even have to work for it? Enjoy, Steven