I never used to wonder why I jogged, lifted weights, did all those exercises when supposedly a female.
But in 2010, I noticed that even my tiny terriers could easily out-run me. I began to wonder how to make myself able to run the same way.
I thought a while, then cut a sapling, grabbed some wire, and other things, and made a device I call "the gallopers," that made me able to run "four-footed" effortlessly, even out-running my dogs! I had to keep stopping to let them catch up.
It also seemed to eliminate gravity; I could go up and down steep, stony trails without slipping, or tiring, at jogging speed.
But to my surprise, just using this device a few minutes a day, or less, made my abdomen rock-hard, developed my shoulders, stretched my joints, and made me so limber I could lean over and put my hands flat on the floor and hold them there, for the first time in my life, despite being 58 years old.
Suddenly, I could do twice as many pull-ups and when I hiked mountains on foot, my stamina had also doubled. Strangely, my waist size shrunk also.
Soon afterward, I moved to Saraburi,Thailand, and my blubber body quickly returned-despite exercising desperately- before I finished ordering parts and making another pair of gallopers. But two days later, I was back in shape.
A young Thai police lieutenant with whom I'd exchanged English lessons for driving me to Khao Yai national park to do bird photography, borrowed my pair of gallopers for a short run across the courtyard.
The next day he showed up at my house, saying that he woke up with hard abdomen muscles and with such strength that he felt discouraged from wasting his time any more on his rigorous training exercises every night.
He kept borrowing my gallopers until I made him a pair in self defense, but only to use at my place.
From then on, he'd be waiting to meet my motorbike when I got home from work, and we'd play galloper-soccer for hours, at high speed, until the stars came out. Every person who tried out the gallopers told me the same overnight-hard-abdomen story next time I saw them, including a Thai girl who had only crossed the porch once on them.
I still haven't licensed them yet, as I've been intimidated by patent fees and paperwork, much to the annoyance of many people who want to buy one.
My last prototype can be folded into a small bag, and is even faster than the others, but for everyday I use a sturdy early prototype version pair that can't be collapsed, since it never breaks, to save the improved prototype model.
