Power Balance: Silly Bands for Adults. Brand of crazy Posted by Shirley Brady on August 23, 2010 02:00 PM It's understandable why kids are fascinated by Silly Bandz, those still-popular brightly-colored silicon bracelets that form fun shapes, look cute stacked up and can be swapped with friends.
Adults are joining the fun, swayed by celebrity devotees such as Shaquille O'Neal to don the Power Balance wristband, a silicon bracelet that comes in somber colors, is worn one at a time, and isn't designed to be shared or traded. (Boo!) Instead, it offers magical qualities and not one but two holograms, making claims that most Silly Bandz collectors would raise an eyebrow at. The pitch: "Power Balance is Performance Technology designed to work with your body’s natural energy field. "Crossbow Cannibal" Killed Women, Ate Bodies.
A British man who admitted to shooting his prostitute victims in the head with a crossbow before dismembering and eating them was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, according to several British news reports.
Stephen Griffiths, 40, who called himself "The Crossbow Cannibal," pleaded guilty to murdering Susan Rushworth, 43, Shelley Armitage 31, and Suzanne Blamires, 36, the U.K. daily Guardian reports. Griffiths was caught when a building supervisor spotted him in the act on closed circuit television in Bradford, near the city of Leeds, in northern England, the Guardian reports. "(The supervisor) saw an image of someone on the third floor dragging a person into flat 33," prosecutor Robert Smith said. Australian Skeptics. The Today Tonight a current affairs show on TV Ch.7 recently (Dec. ’09) ran a story on the amazing and instant results to improve one’s balance, flexibility and strength, by simply wearing (anywhere on the body or even in a pocket) the Power Balance Bracelet.
This bracelet, made from plastic, is embedded with a tiny hologram much like the ones found on credit cards. It is this hologram that, according to the promoters, somehow ‘tunes’ the body. To quote from the Power Balance Australian web site: POWER BALANCE’S Mylar Holographic Disk (the same substance used to keep static electricity from damaging electrical components) has been imbedded with an electrical frequency that restores your body’s electrical balance, promoting a free exchange of positive and negative ions and align your body’s energy pathways. (ref) These claims alone are more than enough to raise a skeptical eyebrow with meaningless terms like “imbedded with an electrical frequency” and “align your body’s energy pathways”. On a fake band wagon? It may be getting flaunted by the likes of David Beckham and Christiano Ronaldo, but the latest ‘it’ accessory in the global sports circuit — a shiny rubber wrist band called the ‘Power balance’ bracelet — is being touted by critics as quite a gimmick.
The UK-based makers of the £ 30 band claim that these glorified bracelets improve a sportsperson’s body balance, strength and flexibility. But the kinesiology, or muscle tests, by the firm to demonstrate the effectiveness of the product are being termed ‘bogus’ by many groups. One such group, called Australian Skeptics, has even put together a video to show how such ‘tests’ can be faked simply by subtly changing the direction in which pressure is applied to the tester’s body.
Closer home, desi sports stars are clueless about the wristband, and can’t help but laugh at the fuss. “It has to be con trick. Why does David Beckham wear cheap rubber wristband? - Lifestyle. Sports stars including Beckham, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal and Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello have been wearing the bracelets at work and play.
Soccer star David Beckham has been spotted sporting a cheap rubber wristband because it enhances the body's positive frequencies and block out negative ones from devices such as mobile telephones and radios. The 35-year-old seen wearing the Power Balance bracelet while in Hollywood with wife Victoria, 36, and TV chef Gordon Ramsay. The band, which costs about £30, is meant to "optimise natural energy" and is popular with sports stars, reports thesun.co.uk Even Hollywood stars Robert De Niro, Gerard Butler, Demi Moore and Kate Middleton have taken to wearing 'mystical' black silicone wrist bands, which they believe will boost their performance.
The bands incorporate a hologram which its manufacturer claims is 'infused with healing and restorative powers', reports dailymail.co.uk. Power Balance For Imbalanced Celebrities Like Shaquille O’Neal (But Not Larry David) Rich, famous and seriously imbalanced. Why all the sniggering about Power Balance bands, the latest accessory for intelligent stars?
Should you be unfamiliar with this exciting technology, the Power Balance band is a rubber bracelet incorporating a hologram "infused with healing and restorative powers". "Everything in nature has a set frequency," explains inventor Josh Rodarmel, whose firm sells the bands for £29.99. "The body has a frequency and things which cause negativity to the human body – like cellphones and radiowaves – break down its natural healing frequency. My brother and I worked out a way of putting good frequencies into our holograms so they balance out the body.
" Amazing. So let's hear no more criticism.