Over the past few years, VITRO’s work for ASICS has been consistently high-quality, doing a remarkable job of depicting products’ ability to allow athletes achieve the impossible but not quite the unbelievable. I’m talking, of course, of popular spots that feature athletes out-running arrows and kind of walking on water, which I would link here but I know you’ve seen them hundreds of times already.

Because of this history, a new spot, “What’s Next” is a bit surprising. There’s nothing superhuman or jaw-dropping here. Just some good ol’ fashioned working out. In a note from VITRO, they mention that the spot was “shot in three days, in two countries, 4 parks, 3 gyms and an Italian restaurant, using 3 Olympians (Bryan Clay, Andy Potts & Ms. Lolo Jones) 12 elite US athletes in all — a hurdler, shot putter, javeliner, golfer, tennis star, triathlete, decathlete, pole vaulter, and track star. Cool Stuff: Our creative director wrote the lyrics for the song which provides the backbone of the piece.” Even more cool stuff: “Javeliner” is apparently a word. Try to use it in a sentence sometime this weekend!

While “What’s Next” certainly looks beautiful, and is very well directed (by some dude named “Xander”), it doesn’t exactly employ an execution brand new to the area of sports apparel. Perhaps as a results of heavy marketing, ASICS feels it doesn’t need to be different to stand out, having gained that brand recognition of the last few years. In short: It’s great, but not the groundbreaking work we’ve come to expect. Credits after the jump.

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Is “I got my own spoons” the next advertising catch phrase to sweep America? Wheaties certainly hopes so, and who better to get this off the ground than Kevin Garnett and the face of all things that require a professional athlete endorsement, Peyton Manning.

Why does Peyton have his own spoons? We never really find out, but as one of the official “creators” of Wheaties FUEL, along with KG, Albert Pujols, Bryan Clay and Hunter Kemper, he gets free reign to do whatever he wants.

Okay, it’s a remix video, and anyone with a basic knowledge of Final Cut and a YouTube account can make these in under a day. But, hey, just as Muggles (non-ad folk) still think flash mobs are cool, so too do they find remix videos interesting. Look at the comments on the video and the over 52,000 views its racked up in little time. After all, this DJ Steve Porter chap is behind such viral remix classics as Allen Iverson‘s “Press Hop,” Randy Moss‘ “One Clap” and Vince Offer’s “Slap Chop Hop. “We’re just hoping Wheaties next remix video might feature Brett Favre and Anthony Weiner.