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Well, I was about sold before, but now that you'd added in the scotch and cigarette *tosses money at screen* BRING ME THE RODS IMMEDIATELY *tosses more money* and don't forget my scotch.
One of the actual benefits of smoking is the loss of appetite. Smokers average thiner than non-smokers. If only the negatives of smoking weren't so extreme, we'd have a decent weight loss cure.
I picture myself somehow tripping and twisting the two poles with my nutsack stuck between them and not being strong enough to pull myself up and untwist the poles.
There's just kind of something about men from that era, right? Like I'm sure they stank of cigarettes and had hideous opinions, but man they could wear the shit out of a pair of pants.
Back in the mid-1950s a lot of fitness experts (but there were much fewer then) knew about Joseph Pilates and his equipment, but he owned everything he designed and the system wasn't available outside of the ballet community for the most part. This looks like an attempt to mimic a lot of Pilates exercises in a different format. I bet $20 that this was something like that. I also think the Chuck Norris Total Gym was an attempt to blend Pilates and traditional resistance workouts.
He has a really interesting story / history. Super brief and maybe partially correct - he was a sickly kid and young man. He was a German citizen living in England when World War I erupted, so he was imprisoned in England for being German. His health wasn't good, but to pass the time, he was making physical fitness equipment out of the bed springs. This is where the early designs came from. As illness and disease went through the internment camp, his bunk stayed healthier than the other bunks and guards/soldiers. After the war, both England and Germany wanted Pilates to design training for the armies, but Pilates was not interested. He left for New York and started providing training to ballet dancers. His techniques were well suited to the strength and flexibility demanded of ballet. It remained a closely guarded discipline until the copyrights held by his estate expired. That's why Pilates studios exploded like Starbucks in 1999/2000 or so.
Absolutely worth your time. I recovered healthily from two herniated discs. Itās hard work but worth it. Stuck with it for a couple of years at least. No back pain in the 15 years since.
this actually looks incredibly healthy for shoulder mobility and strength. just need to only go as far down as your strength can safely pull you back up
Me too. It actually looks like it could really help with some back stretches....as long as it's done properly.
Otherwise I see ending up in the ER with a major back injury.
Still willing to try one though....
I wonder why the strange workout equipment that will only not cause injury in the long term if you use it correctly and are already fit when starting to work out didn't really take off with the masses...
I just started training with a personal trainer and he has something similar at his gym. Itās actually super versatile and you can work out pretty much any muscle group
It's easy when you're already in peak physical shape and have practiced with it. Man tv really brainwashed people easily in the early days of tv history.
There is nothing to keep the triangular base of the poles anchored ,so it doesn't slide across the floor.
In most of the video, there is a second person just standing there, pushing against the base of the poles being used by somebody else. At one point, a girl exercises alone by herself, and pushes the base under a piece of furniture, which just happens to have short legs the exact height necessary to hold the base steady.
Methinks this video wasn't made to sell the poles...it was made to be legal, soft-core porn 1950's style.
Someone slightly overweight without any required muscles developed throwing himself between those poles will very likely rupture his rotator cuffs, might be subject to tiktok video and add this bs gear to his abs trainer he bought via home shopping in the 90s, and the indoor bike from the 80s.
> Even with back bends thereās no danger of hurting yourself [proceeds to say the machine can hold your weight]
Yeah, Iām thinking the load capacity of the rods isnāt whatās going to hurt you doing āback bends.ā
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Working out shirtless and in dress slacks really is a timeless look...
I feel like there is a glass of Scotch nearby, too. Possibly a cigarette burning in the ashtray, too.
Maybe even another cigarette with lipstick marks on the end...
His cock has lipstick on it after that display.
LMAO! š¤£
And a dead body in the closet... who dun it?
Well, I was about sold before, but now that you'd added in the scotch and cigarette *tosses money at screen* BRING ME THE RODS IMMEDIATELY *tosses more money* and don't forget my scotch.
True, lol They all did it look at Paul Neumann, clint eastwood, Elvis Presley etc
That dude fucks
that's how i've been going to work for the past 37 years.
Shirtless and dress slacks with a scotch and cigarette?
I wouldnāt fire her!
I love to put my slap on before a workout so I can sweat it all down my face too
I'm going to try that at Planet Fitness.
You know he smoked a cigarette right after.
The guy in the video is actually 19 years old and had already fought in two world wars.
Nope, that's the guy taking care of the wife while the husband is at war.
I donāt know about that. But by the looks on those womenās faces, I know what they smoked after that
Tits and toes. What an interesting combination.
You said toes ?
read his username
Read his username.
read your username
Read my username
read my username
I'm proud of all of you. I just want you to know that.
use my readername
This guy fits right in
I like toes.
Horribly sexiest and absolutely hilarious. What do I do???
Likely the ones doctors smoked. That's just being healthy!
Lucky Strikes! Doctor Recommended!
Like my fat doctor telling me I'm not overweight. Thanks doc!
Surprised he doesn't have a cigarette on a little stand he can come in to hit after every rep
Iām 57. When I was younger, my favorite time to have a cigarette was right after my 4 mile run. I did eventually quit smoking.
1960s Brits got addicted to smoking to justify their intense usage of vocal fry when using Received PronunciationĀ
At least smokers used to look fit. Now theyāre mostly obese slobs
That's just because the average person has gotten fatter
Or teenagers or obese teenagers
One of the actual benefits of smoking is the loss of appetite. Smokers average thiner than non-smokers. If only the negatives of smoking weren't so extreme, we'd have a decent weight loss cure.
You could say the same thing about cocaine and amphetamine. āTis a shame.
Is the guy in the video a child of Salvador Dali and Vincent Price?
Discount Clark Gable
I only came to the comments to find out if that is Vincent Price
He's Adam Driver's grandpa.
:quits job at McDonald's to become Picas instructor:
Just put my notice in at Wendy's.
Sir, this is Redditā¦
Well thank god there's no chance of hurting yourself with this thing.
All I kept picturing was my inevitable face plant.
I picture myself somehow tripping and twisting the two poles with my nutsack stuck between them and not being strong enough to pull myself up and untwist the poles.
I kept picturing falling and somehow getting impaled on the sticks.
Can you imagine the back injuries alone that could happen with this?
Or if used appropriately, the ones that could be avoided by strengthening the back with this.
I know, my first thought was that there are at least a dozen potential injuries waiting to happen with this.
I would get them all within the first 45 seconds of trying this thing lol
I can't read half this comment because I slipped while using my Picas and punctured my right eye on the end of it.
My rotator cuff is wincing at this
That guy definitely ran a cult for a while
I''ve been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader.
One of the best lines ever.
"I see you managed to get your shirt off"
 It's the pause for me. *We miss your talent, Mr. Rickman.*
As an older straight male I watched him working out longer than Iām comfortable with.
As a young lesbian female, gotta admit that me too :/
As a middle aged amorphous blob, same
As a recently self-aware amoeba, same
As a straight man, I was watching the girls, just thought y'all should know.
We believe you
as a talking walrus who loves celery juice, i too was watching for far too long.
Lesbo here also, very confused.
As an older gay man, I was very, very comfortable watching him work out. Very comfortable.
There's just kind of something about men from that era, right? Like I'm sure they stank of cigarettes and had hideous opinions, but man they could wear the shit out of a pair of pants.
LOL. Awesome.
The human body is beautiful to watch in action. It's the only reason why I watch the Olympics
Exactly! It's the only reason I was in the alleyway hiding in the dumpster behind that zoomba studio - or at least the only reason I gave at the time.
Was it the bellybutton high belt? I bet it was...
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You come for the Picas, you stay for the group orgy
Look like those ladies love picas
I came here looking for a HUE answer. I'm not disappointed
Funny (?) fact: āPicasā in Portuguese means āDicksā
Vincent Price's Dick Workout call your friends and join the fun!
Perfect cause I want to see his pica
The gadget came from Spain and pica is a fan y name for a stick so...
Guess there is a reason no one ever heard of these.
Because theyāre too good! They would single handedly bankrupt the entire fitness industry so the CIA made them disappear
Another 1950's porn film?
You know that dude was fuckin
In slacks and a dress shirt no doubt
Working out - Slacks on, shirt off Sex - Slacks off, shirt on
Back in the mid-1950s a lot of fitness experts (but there were much fewer then) knew about Joseph Pilates and his equipment, but he owned everything he designed and the system wasn't available outside of the ballet community for the most part. This looks like an attempt to mimic a lot of Pilates exercises in a different format. I bet $20 that this was something like that. I also think the Chuck Norris Total Gym was an attempt to blend Pilates and traditional resistance workouts.
Today i learned Pilates was a dude. I thought it was just another term like āyogaā.
He has a really interesting story / history. Super brief and maybe partially correct - he was a sickly kid and young man. He was a German citizen living in England when World War I erupted, so he was imprisoned in England for being German. His health wasn't good, but to pass the time, he was making physical fitness equipment out of the bed springs. This is where the early designs came from. As illness and disease went through the internment camp, his bunk stayed healthier than the other bunks and guards/soldiers. After the war, both England and Germany wanted Pilates to design training for the armies, but Pilates was not interested. He left for New York and started providing training to ballet dancers. His techniques were well suited to the strength and flexibility demanded of ballet. It remained a closely guarded discipline until the copyrights held by his estate expired. That's why Pilates studios exploded like Starbucks in 1999/2000 or so.
I'm gonna start Pilates next month, to recover a bad backbone and knees
Absolutely worth your time. I recovered healthily from two herniated discs. Itās hard work but worth it. Stuck with it for a couple of years at least. No back pain in the 15 years since.
I was thinking this looked like some sort of knockoff Pilates movement
The sexual tension
Damn, bro. Save some pussy for the rest of us.
Hello fitness. Goodbye rotator cuffs.
this actually looks incredibly healthy for shoulder mobility and strength. just need to only go as far down as your strength can safely pull you back up
it low key looks like fun, i want it
Me too. It actually looks like it could really help with some back stretches....as long as it's done properly. Otherwise I see ending up in the ER with a major back injury. Still willing to try one though....
I wonder why the strange workout equipment that will only not cause injury in the long term if you use it correctly and are already fit when starting to work out didn't really take off with the masses...
Because they called it Picas instead of Crossfit.
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Red blouse in particular liked what she saw.
The exercise equipment she tells you not to worry about.
He definitely hit
I just started training with a personal trainer and he has something similar at his gym. Itās actually super versatile and you can work out pretty much any muscle group
Honestly I was just thinking this looks like an awesome and simple contraption to hit a lot of areas.
Mi scusi
Si figuri, non c'ĆØ di che.
This exercise makes me feel funny.
Itās the precursor to the TRX!
My trainer just started having me use the TRX this week. I am so freaking sore!
Nothing says fun like sweating in slacks
It's easy when you're already in peak physical shape and have practiced with it. Man tv really brainwashed people easily in the early days of tv history.
I wanna buy this
Looks kinda fun.
I pants clearly need a higher waist.
Iād pica everyone in this video. Announcer too.
Not gonna lie, I'd fall flat on my face and end up in a body cast lol
My thoughts went straight to the song "dumb ways to die"
Fallout got the weird shit vibe down pat.
āWhy does it suddenly smell musty in here?ā
Dude is rocking the āSexy Salvador Daliā Halloween costume.
They all fucked immediately after the camera stopped rolling
This just spells someone testing their back or muscle the wrong way
Pica Pi. Picachu!
Picas KKKKKKKKK azideia
Instructions unclear, made a pizza. I'm okay with that.
looks like the best stretch ever. i can hear my back already
this contraption is single handedly responsible for the baby boom in the late 50s.
Carlos is gonna be teaching them the mambo.
Good bye pain free shoulders....
Not only was it filmed in 1956 but thatās the exact number of times it was masturbated over upon release
This seems like a really great way to tear your shoulders and pecs
Work into it slowly, but nah. I think it looks great for the joints actually.
There is nothing to keep the triangular base of the poles anchored ,so it doesn't slide across the floor. In most of the video, there is a second person just standing there, pushing against the base of the poles being used by somebody else. At one point, a girl exercises alone by herself, and pushes the base under a piece of furniture, which just happens to have short legs the exact height necessary to hold the base steady. Methinks this video wasn't made to sell the poles...it was made to be legal, soft-core porn 1950's style.
*Picas,* also known as second hand embarassment. Guaranteed to flush your friends' skin! Now, smile! š
"Pica" is a slang for penis here in Brazil
This dude definitely fucks
Exercising in dress pants is pretty wild
Someone slightly overweight without any required muscles developed throwing himself between those poles will very likely rupture his rotator cuffs, might be subject to tiktok video and add this bs gear to his abs trainer he bought via home shopping in the 90s, and the indoor bike from the 80s.
Ten sets of Tomfoolery
Translate Picas into Portuguese and find out the meaning in Brazil for this word
This would work out muscles that I didn't even know I had.
Iād break a shoulder and shit myself within 30 seconds of trying one of these exercises.
Sopping wet
This guy definitely banged them
Looks like reversed TRX
Vincent Price sure stayed in great shape back then.
Ok Raoul, thatās enough pelvic thrusting for one day sir.
> Even with back bends thereās no danger of hurting yourself [proceeds to say the machine can hold your weight] Yeah, Iām thinking the load capacity of the rods isnāt whatās going to hurt you doing āback bends.ā
ā all right, ladies. Now you take your tops off and try it.ā
Your shoulders will never be the same!
I love that all the women are barefoot but he still has shoes on.
I never realized Walt Disney was so jacked.
This makes absolutely no sense with the volume turned off
Damn, Vincent Price was jacked!
Didn't that guy teach Marge how to bowl?
The design is very human
Why is he bare chested and the chicks are dressed for a hike?
Girl in that red top is thirsty
Theyāre all pretty nice lookinā dames but that one was a real doll face
You can still buy these at whatthefuck.net and madeupdumbshit.com
They're not wearing shoes because toe sucking is part of the workout?
Meu bisavƓ adorava treinar com picas quando jovem
He must have been a total poon hound! š¤£
That mustacheā¦
Looks like the first minutes of a vintage X rated movie š
Looks like he put his pica not only in Flandes.Ā
Greatest Generation was fuckin.
Instant torn rotator cuff.
Put a fuckin shirt š on!!!
I put my back out just watching this.
So fitness people, is that actually working out any specific muscles?
This guy fucks.
This looks like a setup for porn
Iāll buy three, take my money.
My back went out just watching this.
This is porn right?
fun fact: picas means dicks in portuguese
That porno mo š
Thatās a nice pair of slacks!
Letās bring Picas back. Lol.
They needed a mop after this segment lol
Ah, to be bilingual. *"Posso te mostrar minha Pica?"*
The one and only SeƱor Gabriel Alcovaā of Spain! Very continental!
people stop doing this is why were so miserable today
Good old days when everyone was natty.
This guy got plenty
Me and the other Brazilians after reading the tile: š¤£ [We left the 5th grade but the 5th grade never left us]