Fat bodies flying through the air, attached to a bungee cord. Sounds like a perfect Saturday Night Live skit. But the TikTok trend has just shown up in Wyoming, and fans say it’s a ridiculously smart way to workout.
LARAMIE — Ridiculous Bungee Fitness sounds like it will be just as the name of this new Laramie business implies. Completely ridiculous.
Picture fat bodies flying through the air attached to bungee cords. It’s easy to imagine all the ways this could go horribly wrong for the less than fit. Where did this idea come from, a "Saturday Night Live" skit?
It actually came from Thailand in 2016, but started going viral on TikTok in 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it's going mainstream with bungee studios opening across the nation, including now in Wyoming.
The approach is tailor-made for TikTok. A few insane and eye-catching reels of people bouncing around like they're Tigger in Winnie the Pooh are bound to attract eyeballs.
But there’s a lot more to it than funny TikTok videos, as I discovered when I gave this new health care trend a try myself in Laramie, where Kayla Gregory has opened a new fitness club devoted to what she calls Ridiculous Bungee Fitness.
