# What we've all been waiting for: The Shake Weight for Men has come! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552 "2010-06-17T14:53:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/1 "2010-06-17T14:53:23Z")
[Pun intentional](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbsSeVr5NSI). ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/2 "2010-06-17T15:15:29Z")
It’s SCIENCE FACT! It comes with an IRON CLAD KICK BUTT GUARANTEE!!! And all the exclamation points you can HANDLE, baby! Every time I think that I’ve seen the most ridiculous weight loss product ever, someone tops it. ---
**Author:** ![moldybread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@moldybread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldybread)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/3 "2010-06-17T15:26:37Z")
WTF? Seriously? LOL ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/4 "2010-06-17T15:37:18Z")
I don’t think they’re touting it as a weight loss product are they? Just something to replace weight lifting. When I was in rehab for a shoulder / elbow injury I had to use a flexible bo like thing. Honest to God, 30 seconds on that thing and my muscles were screaming! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/5 "2010-06-17T16:38:26Z")
Traditional dumbells can only work you out in Black and White. Shake Weight works you out IN COLOR! Seems like a good gift for anyone who really likes guys. We’ve had threads on this device before. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/6 "2010-06-17T20:21:06Z")
I’ve heard the one for men is bigger and longer. I do not know if it us uncut. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/7 "2010-06-18T00:35:30Z")
Has a big head, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/8 "2010-06-18T03:36:52Z")
If that kind of exercise worked, I’d have forearms like Popeye. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/9 "2010-06-18T07:10:52Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I don’t think they’re touting it as a weight loss product are they? Just something to replace weight lifting. I went back and looked at it, and you’re right. I guess I conflated it with “weight loss shake”. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/10 "2010-06-18T20:46:17Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I don’t think they’re touting it as a weight loss product are they? Just something to replace weight lifting. > > When I was in rehab for a shoulder / elbow injury I had to use a flexible bo like thing. Honest to God, 30 seconds on that thing and my muscles were screaming! Yeah, me too. The bow thing had to be flexed at the right, pretty high, frequency, so it really was a good workout for the shoulder muscles. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/11 "2010-06-18T23:53:29Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > [Pun intentional](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbsSeVr5NSI). I saw the womans Shake Weight in Walmart. The video made me laugh, It just looks wrong, somehow…A man shaking a phallic thing like that 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/12 "2010-06-19T00:09:34Z")
So does it work? ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/13 "2010-06-19T02:38:15Z")
Comments: > [@](#): > > What’s the use in this? If i wanted to get strong by jacking off…I’d just jack off… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/14 "2010-06-19T03:09:55Z")
Another comment: > [@](#): > > I LOVE THIS THING, I’M ALWAYS BEATIN OFF AND THIS THING JUST STRENGTHENS MY GAME, I HAVE A HARLEY AND ITS IMPORTANT TO LOOK COOL, BUT WHEN I’M NOT RIDING I’M JERKIN THIS THING !!! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/15 "2010-06-19T03:20:27Z")
> [@](#): > > What’s the use in this? If i wanted to get strong by jacking off…I’d just jack off… If I _could_ get strong by jacking off, I’d be Charles Fuckin’ Atlas by now. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-all-been-waiting-for-the-shake-weight-for-men-has-come/543552/16 "2010-06-19T03:32:06Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Traditional dumbells can only work you out in Black and White. Shake Weight works you out IN COLOR! For some reason this made me literally LOL. And yes, I mean literally. Still I must admit this thing looks like it uses a different motion than the one you are describing. Surely doing it that way would hurt.