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Fitness Equipment

RankNameRatingMore Info
1The Ab Circle Pro ReviewArray3.583.583.583.583.58
2The KettleWorx ReviewsArray4.634.634.634.634.63
3The Firm Wave ReviewsArray4.54.54.54.54.5
4The T-Bow ReviewsArray4.254.254.254.254.25
5Malibu Pilates Chair ReviewArray3.753.753.753.753.75
6The Ab Rocket ReviewArray3.253.253.253.253.25

The Ab Circle Pro Review

by Julia on August 11, 2009

The Hype:
The Ab Circle Pro claims that using it will burn fat whilst trimming and toning your abs, buns, hips and thighs, with results guaranteed.  You get the machine itself, a nutritional guide and instructional DVD lasting three minutes; there are optional extras, including a calorie-counter. The Ab Circle Pro boasts different levels of resistance [...]

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The KettleWorx Reviews

by Julia on November 17, 2009

The Hype
KettleWorkX is a complete fitness programme built around exercises using Kettlebells.  First developed in Russia and till recently the territory of huge grunting muscle builders, the kettlebell – basically a metal weight with a handle – has now been tailored for the general fitness market.
The infomercial promises you’ll melt away the pounds and tone [...]

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The Firm Wave Reviews

by Julia on September 4, 2009

The Hype
You’re promised phenomenal results with your own personal gym to get into the best shape of your life. The Firm Wave from thefirmwave.com  offers you over a hundred total-body exercises, supercharged calorie burning, and 24/7 fat burning. The Firm is a US company that is well established and well recommended for weight-loss [...]

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The T-Bow Reviews

by Julia on September 16, 2009

The Hype:
The T-Bow claims to offer Cardio, Power, Strength Training, Balance, Core Stability and Stretching all in one package.  Similar in shape to The Firm Wave but larger, sturdier (takes up to 660 lbs) and better designed, the T-Bow offers a complete home or studio workout.
There are no bells or whistles with the advertising, and [...]

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Malibu Pilates Chair Review

by Julia on November 10, 2009

The Hype
Described as the affordable, portable way to get Malibu slim and sexy in your own home, the Malibu Pilates Chair offers a full body sculpting and toning workout with adjustable spring resistance and easy-to-do flowing cardio moves.
It looks like a stool with some pedals attached to some springs which you work with your arms [...]

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The Ab Rocket Review

by Julia on August 20, 2009

The Hype
Enthusiastically advertised as the way to turn that spare tyre around your middle into rocket-hard abs, not forgetting the Flexmaster attachment (costing more, of course), that can help turn your Ab Rocket into a sort of Pilates machine for a full-body workout.
The hype burbles on, telling you that if you want sizzling hot abs [...]

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Thigh Glider Reviews

by Julia on May 14, 2010

The Thigh Glider from www.thighglider.com infomercial claims it’s the ultimate thigh, bun and hip shaper. Well at nearly $180 + S&H it had better be
This piece of equipment is aimed at the ladies particularly those ladies obsessed with their inner and outer thighs (that would be most of us then).
The sales blurb is [...]

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The Cardio Twister Review

by Julia on August 14, 2009

The Hype
Claims to get you fit with a twist, as the handlebars twist from side to side while you work your legs on the bidirectional stepper. There’s a 30 day trial offer for $14.95 which includes the machine, diet guide, workout DVD and the user manual, with optional extras of a low-fat, low calorie diet [...]

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Ab Flyer Reviews

by Julia on August 25, 2009

The Hype – Ab Flyer Reviews
Yet another ab machine that claims to give you the incredible, sculpted, ripped six pack and hourglass waist that you’ve always dreamed about.  This one is innovative as you’re up off the floor kneeling on pads and swinging your knees in a Unique Reverse Arc Motion so that you can [...]

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The problem with clever names for fitness products (or any product for that matter) is that it can make it difficult for consumers to actually find it on-line once they’ve spotted it on the latest infomercial.
Lets face it most of us watch them in the small hours of the morning usually after a few beers. [...]

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