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Five Worst infomercial fitness products EVER

thatsfit.com — I don't really watch all that much TV, but the few times I do, I can't help but at least stop and watch an infomercial for a few minutes. My favorites definitely have to be the fitness infomercials. Where else can you see such bad acting, even worse efforts of making "the old version" of an exercise look like it can break your back, and at the same

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  • stronglifts, on 11/16/2007, -4/+14Can those business owners sleep at night from selling stuff that doesn't work?
    • lol24, on 11/16/2007, -15/+9works for microsoft
    • haterrade, on 11/16/2007, -1/+2luckily they were sleeping on a Phipps Tempur-pedic foam mattress which rocks you to sleep!
    • bacchus1313, on 11/16/2007, -1/+2Yes, on a bed procured from the ill-begotten earnings of desperate fat people who cant fathom running, sit-ups, push-ups, or walking for Christ's sake. There are FREE ways to get exercise people, they just require more motivation than dialing a phone at 2 a.m..
    • marksism, on 11/16/2007, -1/+4ON A BED OF MONEY WITH MANY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
      • slayerab, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1What would I do with a million dollars?
        Two girls at the same time
  • InuX, on 11/16/2007, -5/+17For 5 low easy payments of 29.95* but wait! call in the next 60 seconds and we'll knock one payment off so you'll have to pay 4 easy payments of 29.95*. But wait! Call in the next 5 seconds and get one free!

    • BobMysterioso, on 11/16/2007, -7/+5thats almost correct - the last part is -
      Call in the next 5 seconds and get a second one free.
      • Jwoey, on 11/16/2007, -4/+11my favorite is, "Call in the next 60 seconds and we'll throw in this giant heavy oblong item for free! You just pay shipping and handling.
      • InuX, on 11/16/2007, -6/+2added it for kicks =)
    • Tigress74, on 11/16/2007, -1/+2And if you call right now we'll throw in a Super Slicer!! or a set of Ginsu knives
    • floridiot2, on 11/16/2007, -2/+7I wanna make a product for 3 easy payments, and 1 hard ass payment.
    • ArmandoM, on 11/17/2007, -1/+1.
  • Sp0rAdiC, on 11/16/2007, -4/+12Well the link he gave for his #1 worst fitness product had mostly good reviews...
  • nsummy, on 11/16/2007, -2/+36What a ***** site. If you are going to review the 5 worst infomercial products at least embed videos of said commercials. This site borderlines on complete spam.
  • sundancekid503, on 11/16/2007, -2/+13The Ab Tronic should definitely be on this list:
    http://www.tv-showroom.com/html/AbTronic.htm
    • DarkSamus, on 11/16/2007, -1/+3i came here just to say that ***** should've been the no. 1 scam in the universe, i can't remember what happened to mine
    • fuzzynyanko, on 11/16/2007, -1/+1Did that thing even work? The way that thing supposedly works is scary.
    • doctechnical, on 11/16/2007, -1/+2That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the headline. A gadget that shocks your muscles into twitching. That sounds like a load of fun, like some sort of abdominal Tourettes Syndrome. Whee! Look at that blubber fly!
    • Dhalgren, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1Or the Ab-Abber 2000:
      http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Ab-Abber_2000
  • uziko, on 11/16/2007, -3/+15People are too dam lazy, I have an invention it's called the superabmaximizer5000. It consists of a floor and your body. Lay on the ground do a crunch. It's more effective and it costs less.
    • meruru, on 11/16/2007, -3/+15That's crazy talk, how can you perform that exercise without a big, metal device or giant fitness ball?!
      • haterrade, on 11/16/2007, -1/+3lots and lots of expensive nutritonal supplements
    • DarkSamus, on 11/16/2007, -1/+3blasphemy
    • einstevo, on 11/16/2007, -1/+3but dude! if you do crunches you instantly turn into a fat guy with a goatee, turn black and white, your neck starts hurting, and you give up after 3 crunches
      • chuckDontSurf, on 11/16/2007, -1/+2Don't forget you instantly start to feel excruciating pain as if someone had your nipples hooked up to a car battery.
  • mal1964, on 11/16/2007, -7/+1AB belt http://76.163.233.246/i/290179660306/
  • vdgmr1213, on 11/16/2007, -4/+9What? No videos? Burried
  • Nathanage, on 11/16/2007, -4/+2Anytime Suzanne Somers or Chuck Norris is willing to "take off an additional payment if you call within the next 60 seconds" or "get a second one free (it makes a great gift)" i think to myself....thank god for the darwin awards.
  • astrotrain, on 11/16/2007, -2/+5Its a shame how washed up actors can get a gig to sell useless junk and make people "believe" it makes them loose weight.
  • EclipseGSX, on 11/16/2007, -1/+4Don't forget the Gazelle, endorsed by the one and only Tony Little. Yeah, baby -- you can do it!

    http://tonylittle.ytmnd.com/
    • reed311, on 11/16/2007, -0/+3The Gazelle is actually pretty decent. You won't get as good a workout as running, but it's good for people with weak joints. It's about the equivalent of a brisk walk; which isn't much, but if you do it for an hour per day, you will see results... and eat healthy of course.
  • law1ess, on 11/16/2007, -2/+3Tony LIttle's Gazelle is one of the worst EVER!
    Here's a video of Tony Little showing some chic how to use his equipment. Starts out looking like a porno.
    http://www.tonylittle.com/videos/TL012T.MOV
    • DarkSamus, on 11/16/2007, -1/+1i tried that at a modell's and it was really fun for like a minute
    • gweezil, on 11/16/2007, -2/+1The thing about the Gazelle is that some suck and some are awesome. There are about 7 different models. You have to get one with the resitance shocks. Set it to level 2 or 3 and it's pretty good. I wanna bang my chick on it someday if she's up to it. Tony Little is indeed an annoying douche though.
  • PaperMonkey, on 11/16/2007, -1/+4So when you saw the Osim iGallop did anyone else think Symbian 2.0..?
    http://www.brookstone.com/store/product.asp?pid=53 ...
    • nakedman, on 11/16/2007, -1/+1That looks nothing like a new version of a mobile operating system to me.
    • benenglish, on 11/16/2007, -0/+0Actually, it's more of a Sybian Lite.
    • kaoswriter, on 11/17/2007, -0/+2I definitely thought that was going to be some phone at first, and had to come back to your comment to make sure you really did just make a typo.
      • PaperMonkey, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1huzzah for typos.... bah.
        Stupid spell check not knowing what I actually meant to type...
  • chsbrgr, on 11/16/2007, -3/+3I prefer the Dual ExcerciserMaster 3000
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0lW_Sxeo_Y
    • DarkSamus, on 11/16/2007, -3/+2foxworthy is a corny hick, quit watching trash
  • CaviMike, on 11/16/2007, -2/+5The Bodyblade's real purpose is for shooting invisible arrows.
    • doctechnical, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1Like that dude on the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon?
  • TWINFM, on 11/16/2007, -1/+20I just love the way infomercials make the simplest things look so difficult--like a sit up, or a push up--and they always have a fat sweaty guy trying to do one. Then he gets all confused and rolls over on his side and hurts is back and shakes his head...it's hilarious
    • Dhalgren, on 11/16/2007, -1/+5And the colors are always really muted... I never understood that. Maybe it's to imply that "this is the old way"...
  • ShooterMcGavin, on 11/16/2007, -1/+4My favorite workout machine informercial was always the Gravity Edge Home Gym... that was great. It was like an actual show.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWzXz6wSfoY
  • kmlixey87, on 11/16/2007, -1/+2The "Power Glide" is actually a good workout. and its not really an informercial product. it seemed to me that the website digg directed me to was a fitness blog, whereas the writer didnt seem to know much about what he was talking about.
  • mlvassallo, on 11/16/2007, -7/+3Buried for "I don't really watch all that much TV".
  • WorkingDead, on 11/16/2007, -0/+3If money was all it took to have a nice body, then everyone would have one. Seriously, if it was as simple as buying a diet pill or a certain machine then you would just buy that product and be done with it. What it really takes is time and effort, which not many people have both of. Also, the more out of shape you are, the harder it gets to start down the path. If you can make a habit out of exercise and stick to it for the first month, then it gets progressively easier. I've found that a much better investment that the latest infomercial craze is a good workout buddy.
  • Bull985, on 11/16/2007, -1/+4Buried for not including John Basedow's "Fitness Made Simple"
    • dextrocardia, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1Whenever I see that commercial, it always looks to me like his head doesn't match his body. Like he's photoshopped or something. Kinda puts him in the "Uncanny Valley."
  • Zoshchenko, on 11/16/2007, -1/+2Hard to limit this to the top 5. There are at least 20 that should be on such a list.
  • dasunst3r, on 11/16/2007, -1/+2Anything from infomercials is useless crap for stupid people if not an outright scam. Enough said.
  • fety, on 11/16/2007, -2/+1Actually the BodyBlade seems like a really good piece of equipment. Good cardio as well as for rehab and toning. Lots of youtube vids out there. Just shake your arms back and forth for a good 30 seconds, then imagine that with some resitance. Yeah, it feels gooood!
  • rocknroll4ever, on 11/16/2007, -1/+0 The thing I cant understand is that you see these gorgeous blondes doing all those fancy exercises and I wonder if you look that good why do you bother using some of this weight loss stuff for ?
  • Instaa, on 11/16/2007, -2/+1What a terrible list. Most of those products had good reviews and there are a ton of ***** products that could be ahead of most of those 5. Bodyblade #1? People have been buying that thing for years and actually liking it, how can that be even on the list? It is like having a list of the world's worst affordable cars and having Toyota/Honda #1. Buried.
  • MerryMortician, on 11/16/2007, -1/+1how about the ab energizer?
  • Berkana, on 11/16/2007, -1/+5Soloflex machines are not entirely useless. They can be hacked into wicked ballistas and catapults.

    I'm surprised the direct electrical stimulation abdominal muscle building belts weren't included. Those and the dozens upon dozens of idiotic ab machines.
  • n10cities, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1Meh....wait about 6 months and you can buy the same pieces of equipment for $5 at a yard sale....people dump that stuff real fast....
  • Error601, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1I know a lot of people that like using slides. It's more fun than running. Cheap slides suck and should be called "trips" instead.
  • Treshnell, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1haha, Body Blade. There's one going for $155 on the bay right now.
  • chuckDontSurf, on 11/16/2007, -0/+0What about Slam Man? Basically a punching bag with a face on it. Even if you can get a good workout, the infomercial was hilarious.
  • guerj, on 11/16/2007, -0/+0Fluidity has to be the best infomercial , at least the best infomercial chick doing excercises :)
  • spaceyraygun, on 11/16/2007, -0/+4what about hip hop abs? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tCaEx-E_V4
    • uziko, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1omg that is definitely number 1 haha that is so dumb
  • wolfboy2883, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1I'll stick with my dumbbells and running, thanks. May be painful and time consuming, but can't argue with the results.
  • jubilee123, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1Bad attempt at comedy
  • ObeseSnake, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1Tony Little is a golden god!
  • Cyruss, on 11/16/2007, -0/+0Number one should actually be the magical fat loss belts.
  • macp, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1Even if you don't speak French, this is a hilarious infomercial by a French Canadian.

    http://www.tetesaclaques.tv/video.php?vid=111
  • Frisbinator, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1He is very wrong about the body blade. I'm going into Physical Therapy and have observed several offices who use it. Shaking that thing back and forth on an unstable surface is actually very challenging and is a very useful tool in strengthening stabilizer muscles all over the body. It is an excellent tool for people in rehabilitation as well as those who want to strengthen their core muscles.
  • lrapsc, on 11/19/2007, -0/+0The Body Blade may be good for physical therapy, but not for an actual workout. How could something, that an injured person is using for rehab, be a good workout for someone who is perfectly healthy?
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