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A failure to Jyze.
By MizFit | December 23, 2009
Because I had a guest poster bail at the last minute I give you one of my fave posts.
Second only to Failure to Jyze: Part 2 in how hard it made me laugh.
Please to enjoy.
It is with a heavy heart Im here to announce I hath failed you.
This post was supposed to be a Tuesday Testdrive (review) and, instead, Im here to wave the white flag o’surrender.
(cue mournful music)
The culprit?
The product I wholly & utterly adored the promise of?
The Jyze.
(I’ll wait while you click on the link. You simply must.)
People, I had visions of my Jyzing all around town.
Jyzing as I chased the toddler about the yard.
Jyzing as I wandered the aisles in my local grocery.
Jyzing as I did my morning interval training on the recumbent bike.
Alas, it was not to be.
Yes, I can admit I was partially attracted to the silliness factor (fits perfect into my philosophy of PLAYouts) yet more than that I loved multitasking opportunity the Jyze offered.
The promise of burning more calories through the addition of an upper body component to my cardio? WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE?
ahhhh.
What’s not to love?
For me it was the Jyze.
*sigh*
To know me is to know how I hate to give a negative review.
This isnt a negative review, however, to the extent this MizFit never Jyzed an inch.
Now, the Jyze is *thoughtfully* sent to consumers prewound so I must emphasize that, were you not proud Mama to a Tornado who ‘helped’ & UNwind the device for you, you may quickly & easily have gotten to Jyzing.
Me? Not so much.
After the Tornado unwound the device, I grabbed the explanatory insert & commenced what I thought would be a quick rewind.
And I struggled.
And I twistedturnedlooped&tugged.
I grabbed my laptop & clickclicked over to the Jyze site where they explain three different methods to rewind the product.
Method one? FAIL. (interspersed with shouts of COME ON JYZE! Dont fail me now! You’re up on Tuesday!)
Method two? FRICK! This thing is killing me! Didnt work.
Method three: CRAP! Couldn’t quite master it either.
And believe me, Im not conveying well, either, how silly slap happy I became toward the end of attempt number three.
In all honesty, I received a pretty damn good core workout whilst laughing at myself & my lack of Jyze winding skillz.
Was I frustrated? Yes, but mainly because I’d be so eagerly anticipating hitting the streets of my ‘hood, Jyzing to my hearts content & seeing what the neighbors had to say.
Would they laugh? Would they long to join in? Would I grow fatigued? Would I be able to carry on a conversation wilst Jyzing?
All these questions were forced to remain unanswered.
Being the patient woman I am I called my husband at the office & pestered him until he came home waited until the Ren Man was free and sought his help.
Suffice it to say he didnt appreciate the fact I almost wet my pants laughing at his Jyze’ttempts.
He, too, read the insert, watched the video & then constructed his own method of winding involving his chin & some tape.
No (it didnt work) no (I didnt get it on film. I tried, believe me.) and NO (DICE with the winding).
Much to my chagrin, I was still 100% Jyze-free.
Now, in defense of the company their customer service is amazing.
When I emailed saying I was having trouble figuring out how to wind the device mere moments after hitting send I received an email response.
The individual gave me two other suggested tactics (didnt work for me) & an offer to call if I still couldn’t wind the Jyze.
I didnt call.
I havent talked to some family members in months it’s so freakin’ hard to make a call with the Tornado underfoot.
So that’s really it, people.
I give you the Tuesday Testdrive that never was (and, perhaps, the Jyze if you make a really good case & will pay for shipping.).
Topics: Tuesday Trends |
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 am
lol where did they think of that name from??
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:18 am
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December 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 am
Oy, what a name! I can imagine this as something I use once and then unwind and, like you, never manage to get it back together. Thus, it would sit in the corner, where I would glance occasionally and swear to use it before distracting myself with something that did not need winding.
I kinda wish you’d managed to show us how to use it but your tale of woe is very entertaining!
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:49 am
LOL, I have been around too long as I remember the first post - loved it then.
Jyzing is up there with hoolas for me too
- but I CAN juggle, ha!
December 23rd, 2009 at 4:48 am
OH
MY
GOSH!
This is so hilarious and I think I like the second post you linked more.
Their email??
Your video??
Made my day, Miz.
December 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 am
Do we get to know who bailed on you at the last moment?
December 23rd, 2009 at 4:59 am
Oh Miz this is one of my favorite posts too!
As is the second one.
That company realllly wanted you promote their product
I always wanted a third post where the owner came to your house…
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 am
This is so hilarious and I think I like the second post you linked more.
I like the second one more too, but couldnt post that without the first. I laughed so freakin hard making video #2 it WAS a workout
I always wanted a third post where the owner came to your house…
I need to search for the READER who made a HOMEMADE JYZE and got it to work (& sent me a video)—THAT was impressive…
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:13 am
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December 23rd, 2009 at 5:22 am
I love this one! Thanks for the memories!
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:28 am
I am a newish reader and had missed this.
Does it make me a stereotypical male that I now want to offer to buy it from you so I can “make” it work??
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 am
I remember this post! Did you ever get that blasted thing to work?
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:40 am
how
do
you
say
the
name
of
this
thing???
December 23rd, 2009 at 6:01 am
Great post! Glad I got to see it since I wasn’t around for the first.
December 23rd, 2009 at 6:07 am
Totally hilarious!! I lovedd this video…so made my day!!
HUGS
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:21 am
Best.failure.evah!
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:27 am
I so remember this post.. TOO FUNNY again!
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:27 am
major bummer! I was excited when I clicked and watched their video - it looks so easy. Oh well, glad I didn’t see it on t.v., I totally would have bought it!
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:55 am
Funny! I noticed in the Jyze video that the clips of the models were QUICK…I bet they couldn’t make it last very long, either, before having to re-wind it and continue shooting.
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:04 am
Hehe good ol’ Jyze. I think they should give them as freebies at the next blogging conference and everyone can walk around Jyzeing-it-up. It would be great.
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
This is my fave experiment of yours ever! Your face is the best part:)
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 am
this post was hilarious!!!
so sorry the jyze didn’t work out for you =(
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:26 am
Ah, this was one of my favorites too!
And how frustrating to have a last-minute guest post cancellation!
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:57 am
LOL! Thank you for reposting this! As a new reader I missed the first one and I’m LMFAO. I’d love to know how they came up with the name of that product!!!
December 23rd, 2009 at 9:01 am
Wait, so, you’re bragging because you jyzed twice???
December 23rd, 2009 at 9:24 am
TOO FUNNY
I have to agree with whomever said it abouve, however, that the second post you link is way funnier!
December 23rd, 2009 at 9:32 am
Ah yes, the Jyze. Your nemesis as the hula hoop is mine. (Well, the pull-up is also mine, but it’s actually difficult.)
December 23rd, 2009 at 9:42 am
Don’t think I ever saw Part II. I’m sure it keeps you up at night knowing you can’t Jyze
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 am
Sorry someone bailed on you, but love this post.
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 am
Sounds like the name of a bad porno.
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I had one of those as a kid - it’s pretty easy once you figure it out LOL
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Wonderful post - I bet this was better than the guest post would have been!
December 23rd, 2009 at 11:20 pm
LOL WTH?!!! Of course it would be from Utah!
December 25th, 2009 at 11:27 am
HEY MIZFIT –happy holidays - just watched your video - so sad–
if you the hip, stylish and amazing effective for your upper body email at info@myspingym.com — I’ll will send you something you will love!!
and read this blog… http://blogfully.net/2009/11/spingym-by-forbes-riley-product-review/comment-page-1/