The best outdoor products for big and heavy people. From camp chairs to bike to paddleboards, we’ve got you covered!
I hate to tell you this, but the only cure for wanting a paddleboard is buying a paddleboard. I thought that, since I’m a fat guy, I would eventually just watch enough skinny people on paddleboards that I’d get over trying it. It didn’t work. So when that failed I went on a mission to … Read more
I remember when I first decided to get back into running. I set out my shoes and shorts the night before so I would be sure to get out the door, and crawled out of bed right at 5:30 (or maybe it was 7:30…I forget). I had decided to run down the main road right … Read more
So you’re a bit bigger than average but you’ve caught the kayak bug. Sorry to tell you this, but that bug isn’t going to go away! I was bitten by the bug to own a kayak several years ago and now have half a dozen of them in my garage. After hundreds of hours on … Read more
Every since I was a kid, I thought that being weightless would be the coolest thing ever. I had dreams almost every night that I could either fly or jump really high. Neither of those things ever happened. Instead, I got fat and became even more resolutely grounded. Well, not really fat, but I’m a … Read more
I still vividly remember one of the first guys I saw carrying. I was visiting my dad at a warehouse he managed and there was a fat, mountain-man-type fellow sitting and eating his lunch. What interested me was that he had a revolver sitting on the table next to his food. Being a kid I … Read more
“Go camping!” they said. “It’ll be relaxing!” they said. I guess they didn’t foresee the situation where my Walmart Camp Chair For Big Guys had two of the legs bend right in half and the seat tear, dumping me on the ground. While that day was a little bit painful and a whole heap embarrassing, … Read more
When I was a young guy I was looking for the easiest way to pack on some muscle and lose fat. I found an old rowing machine in my basement and, once I figured out that it wasn’t a weird old bench press machine, I hopped on to get a workout. It seemed way too … Read more
When I first decided to get back into riding, I looked high and low for a bike that would support my weight. Finding a bike as a big guy wasn’t easy, but I finally managed to find one with a frame rated for over 350 pounds (read about the bike here). The first time I … Read more
When I was in college, I walked around 5 miles a day to/from campus and between classes. While I enjoyed the exercise (ehh…mostly), there was one main problem with my walks. They took forever! There were 30,000 fellow students all vying for the limited parking spots at my school. This meant I always had to … Read more
When I was younger, my family didn’t have beach chairs. Or camp chairs. Or any sort of outdoor chairs. I don’t know if my parents thought they were for lazy people or what (we probably just couldn’t afford them), but we never invested in anything that would make our short beach trips more comfortable. What … Read more