Konami's push-up counter keeps you motivated

Trust us, we know how tough it is to count to 999 in our head while closing in on a cool thousand push-ups, so we could not be more excited to see Konami's push-up counter. Okay, our entire team couldn't hit 1,000 collectively in one sitting (okay, maybe so on a good day), but for those macho, macho men out there, this thing will certainly keep you motivated as you look to max one out and hop over to another. Feel free to start the chin-to-big red button-action as soon as you muster up ¥1,764 ($15) required to claim one of your own.

[Via TechDigest]

[Peter @ Oct 13th 2007 7:37AM]

I thought it was a new Hot Wheels until I saw the diagram.

[601210 @ Oct 13th 2007 8:18AM]

Just plain stupid.

[BarryBee @ Oct 13th 2007 8:18AM]

Wow, I need one of th......, oh wait it's not that hard to count to 10. *Puts money back in pocket and walks away*

[pickupjojo @ Oct 13th 2007 8:20AM]

Maybe we'll have it at the Army! :-)

[strider_mt2k @ Oct 13th 2007 8:25AM]

It's better than my slap-dash version.

"That was easy"
"That was easy"
"That was easy"
"That was easy"

[babyface @ Oct 13th 2007 8:29AM]

The only problem is gurlie Japanese men never make it past 50.

[X3Bulls @ Oct 13th 2007 10:54AM]

Thats why the world record for pushups is held by Minoru Yoshida of Japan who did 10,507.

[B @ Oct 14th 2007 1:29AM]

I believe that retort earns X3Bulls a night in the bed of babyface's mother.

[dsgamer21 @ Oct 13th 2007 9:18AM]

I like the sticker in the corner of the box, maybe that's what we're missing - a crocodile sitting there watching you, ready to bite off your arm if you don't get to 999 pushups.

[DVDreams @ Oct 13th 2007 4:24PM]

I think the Croc is laughing at the idiot who would actually buy the product.

Japanese Crocodile

[Paris @ Oct 13th 2007 9:32AM]

What about those of us who can do over 999?

[Jonathan Keim @ Oct 13th 2007 9:42AM]

We buy two

[craig @ Oct 13th 2007 10:54AM]

You need the counter more than anyone.

[tad @ Oct 13th 2007 9:35AM]

now when i get eyes on my chest i can read it while i'm doing the push ups

[N30 G30 @ Oct 13th 2007 11:27AM]

Call me a sucker but I'd buy one with Solid Snake on the cover and use it like 3 times.

I should work in marketing this product.

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Oct 13th 2007 11:28AM]

when i first saw this post I thought this some yu gi oh resurrecting product...

[John @ Oct 13th 2007 11:41AM]

Wouldn't you get a blister on your chin if you push that thing 999 times?

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Oct 14th 2007 5:18AM]

That's when you start tapping it with your forehead.

[source @ Oct 13th 2007 11:56AM]

so, slow day isn't it?

[3rdsun @ Oct 13th 2007 1:28PM]

so would tapping on it 990 times be considered cheating ,and whats the grand prize if I make 1000, another 1000 pushups

[Reverend @ Oct 13th 2007 2:16PM]

OK, so I get how the Up, Up, Down, Down part works...

but how am I supposed to do the Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A part of the code??

I can't break 1,000 push-ups without some help!

[mushrooshi @ Oct 13th 2007 4:30PM]

Push Push Revolution!

[kuzu-b @ Oct 13th 2007 5:11PM]

This thing stops you from being able to do a full, true push-up, which anyone that is dedicated enough to pushups to actually consider buying one of these is going to realize and not buy one.

[Jhongerkong @ Oct 13th 2007 7:03PM]

anyone who would tap that 990 times should be detained

[jdrock @ Oct 14th 2007 1:41AM]

990 is the "Chris Benoit" Level, and it should automatically phone Social Services.

[john @ Oct 14th 2007 12:42PM]

Steve jobs can keep track of your bows to him - keep you fanboys honest.

[TerraCotta @ Oct 14th 2007 11:51PM]

It is unbelievable how such a stupid product could make it into the market. If you do push up, the only thing you need is to know how to do it properly WITHOUT cheating.

This device is for people who need to learn counting. Because they probably have low IQ, so in order to go slowly, they have to do some push up to operate the device.

The manufacturer should mention that this is limited only to the national market.

[Soup @ Oct 16th 2007 6:08PM]

I think it's supposed to be a tie-in for a Japanese game show. I remember watching a program where they put two kids in front of similar (bigger bugeted) buttons and saw who could do the most in 5 minutes. It came out to be like 600+ against 350-something, and we can see it's designed to handle triple digit inputs, so...