Like many high school aged boys during that all-important time of physical maturation and quest for social acceptance, Patrick Whaley sought to up his athletic prowess and personal appeal.
His solution: stuff his backpack with heavy textbooks and repetitively do shoulder shrugs on his way up and down the hallways on his way to class.
“What I realized is that all I did was give me poor posture and a sore back,” said Whaley. “So over time I started thinking, ‘Well why not design something that I could use to bulk up my muscles throughout the workday?