CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Walking by itself is fantastic exercise. Walking with spring-loaded poles ... is required. The devices I tried last week, Hälsa Resistance Poles (halsamat.com), cost anywhere ...

Have you ever strapped yourself to a spring-loaded machine ... Meanwhile, Lagree Fitness is coming out with a new version of exercise equipment this week: the Megaformer EVO.

It’s a spring-loaded electrical socket that aims to put an end to vampire power, juice that’s drawn from plugged-in appliances and devices when they’re not being used but remain in standby mode.