Scooby's Home Bodybuilding Workouts Don't Buy These!

Hey Folks, I need your help with this one. Please scan and send me your favorite deceitful, outrageous claims by advertisers of supplements/fitness products so we can give them the ridicule they deserve. Each month I will choose one particularly greedy, deceitful company and expose their product. This will be a lot of fun and maybe, just maybe, we can keep some kid from wasting their hard earned money on some useless/dangerous product.   Here is my ranking system:

 

	A waste of space, money, and the planets resources.  Probably works but there are very inexpensive alternatives which are better.
	Basic lies and bullsh*t.  Unsubstantiated claims.
	Complete and total steaming bullsh*t!  Probably dangerous.

 

	Slender Shaper   Their completely unsubstantiated claim is "oscillating system helps 'melt' away unwanted fat!", what a crock of bull!  This is hysterical!  Its a portable version of those wall-mounted vibrating belts that women used in the 50's!  Watch this very funny video of the slender shaper in "action".
	ROM - The 4-Minute CrossTrainer © For the low, low price of $14,615.  Are you serious??? Fourteen thousand dollars for a piece of cardio equipment?  How about a $130 bicycle instead?  Complete bullshit, they claim a "complete cardio workout in 4 minutes a day".  The only thing their USC "Study" proves is that 4 minutes a day of cardio is better than 0 minutes a day.
	$48 Strike Trainer  I am somewhat speechless after watching their promotional video.  I had to check out the website several times to make sure it wasn't someones idea of a joke.  You gotta watch their video, its a hoot!  $48 for a piece of foam that you stick to the wall with a suction cup.  A Richard Simmons aerobics video is much more effective than this thing.
	$215 Red You can swivel your way to health!  NOT!  Its an overpriced barstool!  They claim this thing gives you 6-pack abs - what?  You would see much better results from walking than from using this overpriced dust collector.
	LoveHandler They tout: "The best way to sculpt your abs, trim your waist and lose your 'love handles'" - I dont think so!  Remember folks, there is no such thing as spot fat removal! The only way to trim your waist and lose love handles is thru eating less and doing more cardiovascular exercise.
	Foldaway elliptical strider.  Here is a good example of a completely ineffective piece of cardio equipment.  To lose weight you need to get your heart rate up and to get your heart rate up you need to do work.  In an effective piece of cardio equipment, there is a method of converting your work into heat somewhere in the device.  In a simple bike, it is a brake pad scraping on a rim making the rim hot.  In most modern exercise equipment there is a generator which turns your work into electricity which is then dumped into a resistive element which gets hot.  In these modern devices, the electrical resistance can be varied which changes the intensity of the workout.  You will note that this device has no method of converting your work into heat.  Sitting on the sofa and flapping your arms would give you about the same workout as this device.
	Anator-p70 from MuscleTech claims: "The most powerful DNA-activating muscle size and strength product ever developed!" . Huh? What the heck is DNA-activation?  They further go on to claim: "Genetically triggers rapid and dramatic muscle growth".  Proof please!  They claim:"Anator-p70 is the result of over five years and over a million dollars in research at the University of Nottingham by Team MuscleTech™ and the leading authority on muscle metabolism research, Dr. Paul Greenhaff".  OK, if you have done a million dollars of research then show us the results published in a reputable journal supporting your claims!  If you take a look at Dr. Paul Greenhaff's web page you will see that he did research funded by MuscleTech but in his list of publications I don't see any articles supporting any of the above claims.  MuscleTech, am I missing something?  If so point me to the research supporting your claims and I will gladly remove you from this "wall of shame"!
	Lets start with this online offer which touts "25lbs of muscle in 8 weeks!" just $37.  Although they dont come out and claim that you will make this kind of gains, it is implied.  It is just not possible to gain 25lbs of muscle in 8 weeks!
	$1999 "core trainer".  There are much less expensive ways to train your core and they dont take up half the room! To their credit they dont make any unreasonable claims.
	$99 The Ab Lounge.  "Testing proves the Ab Lounge 2 is more effective than standard bent knee crunches".  Oh really, what testing?  How was it done?  Hey folks, you do not need any piece of equipment to exercise your abs - just a carpet.
	$89 Ab chair delux.  "In just minutes a day, you can transform flabby abs into sexy swimsuit abs".  Really?  Prove it!  The only thing that will get rid of flab is diet and aerobic exercise.