How many Exercise Gadgets from Info Commercials have you bought from?

smileyface · 08-12-2007, 04:52 PM

Hi all. Just curious about how many exercise machines, tapes, "the easiest machine ever" have you bought and resold because you didn't like it? I was flipping through the channels and thought about all the exercise stuff I have bought and didn't like them. I would probably say I bought 10 items in my lifetime. What would you say?

Deanna

fawn · 08-12-2007, 05:39 PM

Many! My dumbest purchase was the ab shocker. Remember that one?
Yeah right.....let's burn the fat off of that stomach first!
Some I wish I still had as I have invested a lot of money in my home gym that I actually now use!

scmadm · 08-12-2007, 06:35 PM

I did get the "breathing" video from a woman I can't recall her name. What a waste of money.

I also got a bowflex. Best money I ever spent. I actually have 2 of them in places i spend a lot of time, home and my camper.

SugarFreeSheila · 08-12-2007, 07:06 PM

I bought the Torso Track back in 2000, and sold it because I was moving out of state. It seemed pretty effective to me then! However, my body fat was too high at the time to really show all my hard work. For abdominal work, I just follow various 10-minute ab videos offered free (well no, not free - just already paid for!

) via my DVR.

A lot of the machines are great, but I feel for good abdominal conditioning, all one really needs is their own body and enough room to lie down. That is all I've done for the past 6 years, and I am very satisfied with my results.

Froggyjean · 08-12-2007, 09:23 PM

I have a Thigh Master!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!! But I didn't get it from an infomercial. Bought it once they were in the stores. I just remember those AWFUL Susan Sommers infomercials thinking, is this really meant for women? I think there's a bunch of guys stopping on this channel right now. EEEK!!!

wcdgemini · 08-12-2007, 10:08 PM

I bought the ab roller thing. I used it umm, about once.lol...

jezzie · 08-13-2007, 02:01 AM

Quote:

How many Exercise Gadgets

twist machine ... cross country ski machine ... air glider machine

All of which were used less than five times and can't even be sold
because everyone else uses theirs for a clothes rack too.

Diana · 08-13-2007, 03:23 AM

I think Years ago we bought an ab Roller

jada · 08-13-2007, 04:18 AM

Bioslim with hoodia a dieting mix---HA what a joke

hay · 08-13-2007, 06:56 AM

A few years ago I bought Slim in 6. I actually did like it though....if I could find it I would probably do it again! Not the whole eating plan they lay out for you though- yeah right.

I also bought Pilates..same story there. Now I'm starting to realize I lose things easily..haha.

deb3 · 08-13-2007, 07:06 AM

Are you kidding? I've had the Ab something or other, the torso track, the thigh master. the bun and thigh master, the aeorflight (?) - the breathing tapes with Greer something- you name it!! I'm a sucker! I should be banned from watching those things!

jada · 08-13-2007, 07:28 AM

yeah infomercials are so convincing sometimes, especially when they compare what the fat person looks like in comparison to the thin one. "would you like a flat tummy in just 2 weeks? then sit back relax and let us show u how" blah blah blah "and if you buy our product now you get one free" Have u noticed how none of the people can really act on these infomercials it sounds like they reading off a screen. the only one i think was really cool is Billy Blanks DVD man he knows how to work off a sweat

Lynda99 · 08-13-2007, 08:19 AM

None, but I want a Bean!

homestretch · 08-13-2007, 09:04 AM

I had the Ab roller and I used it once and sprained my back! Then I also had Richard Simmons Deal a Meal - desperate times, desperate times.

OurLuvsFromAbove · 08-13-2007, 09:18 AM

Hmmm lets see, I had these gel-a-thin diet pills/gel that you rub on fat areas
cost me nearly 100$ and didnt work lol..
and I have a gizelle, and i love it, but I forgot to bring it with me when I moved in with hubby, and I really do miss it cause it works and it doesn't hurt my knees.. now i just gotta find a way to get it to brooklyn from long island.. i dont have a car, and im not sure my parents car is big enough...

amlundie · 08-13-2007, 09:31 AM

I have a gazelle that I bought at walmart and I love it. I haven't really bought anything off the TV cause I never have the money too. But there are plenty of things I have REALLY WANTED to buy! Thank God I have been broke at all those times of weekness!

zizi · 08-13-2007, 09:53 AM

Nordic Track cross country ski machine - used it religiously for years and worked my way up to doing over an hour on it, usually six days a week. Realized I really needed to develop more muscle and bought a Total Gym. I have a bad back and bad knees - back injury from a car accident in the early Nineties; knees destroyed from obsessive jogging (and a possible congenital predisposition to develop the condition). So I bought the Total Gym designed for use in physical rehab establishments. LOVE IT!!! Get more results from the Total Gym than from anything else I've ever tried.

Before I bought the Total Gym, I bought the Timeworks machine. Anybody remember that one? "Eight minutes a day" (or something ludicrous) to get in shape. I could barely do four minutes on that contraption! It was like a bicycle with resistance for lower body combined with twisting your upper body in a half-circle with resistance.

Bought Tae-Bo (spelling?) but it was too rough on my knees. I cannot jog anymore without injury and even some of the kicks were enough to trigger knee pain.

Most recent purchase: Bow Flex Treadclimber. I've worked my way up to level 8 or 9 in resistance in the past, for twenty or more minutes; at present, I'm doing levels 1 and 2, struggling to make it to 25 minutes and it is kicking my arse!

Fell for that fat blocker crap; I forget the proper name. Fell for the Phase Two Carb Blocker, too.

P. S. Sheila, you look ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!! I'm SOOOO jealous!

tymom · 08-13-2007, 11:05 AM

Treadmill.
Weight machine.
Gazelle.

None off infomercials (did see the Gazelle there first, though.)

All are now long gone.

zizi · 08-13-2007, 11:18 AM

What is a "Gazelle"?

amlundie · 08-13-2007, 11:33 AM

this is the gazelle

Firmingrojo · 08-13-2007, 11:37 AM

i bought the Bean for DH and he hasnt use it yet...........I have and the kids............I like Turbo Jam Abs better than the Bean. But this is what he wanted for Father's Day but he just cant seem to get his butt off the couch! He has watched all the Vids that came with it.........but hasnt done it yet..........
Laura

fawn · 08-13-2007, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Froggyjean

I have a Thigh Master!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!! But I didn't get it from an infomercial. Bought it once they were in the stores. I just remember those AWFUL Susan Sommers infomercials thinking, is this really meant for women? I think there's a bunch of guys stopping on this channel right now. EEEK!!!

Hey chickie are you using that thing? It's really working on my inner thighs! I'm doing 1000 of them 3x a week!

luckylychee · 08-13-2007, 12:21 PM

Lately I've seen on tv this machine that vibrates so supposedly when you stand on it, it's workign all your muscles for you. I think it's rediculous, but as I kept watching I started believing in it. That's when I knew it was time to change the channel.

SugarFreeSheila · 08-13-2007, 12:25 PM

I bought the Gazelle in 1998 and remember thinking it was fun. The only reason I returned it was because I was always going back to my treadmill! It's just my favorite.

The Total Gym is wonderful, too. I bought the Total Gym Platinum from QVC in 2001, and it got me started on the whole strength training thing. It's great if you don't want to bother with a gym membership! At the time I lived in NYC, and would do the Total Gym for the body, the Callanetics ab segment for my midsection, and walking on the treadmill for 20-30 minutes - each a few times per week.

Zizi (love your name), thank you for saying that.

zizi · 08-13-2007, 12:38 PM

Thanks, Mel!!!

Thanks, Sheila!!! And you are very welcome!!!

weasel! · 08-13-2007, 01:22 PM

Here's a money-saving tip -- you can pick up expensive, sometimes never used exercise equipment for a song at yard sales and through classifieds like craigslist. When someone says, "never used it, it's been the closet/basement for years" you can believe it's true!

Peskie · 08-13-2007, 04:37 PM

stationary bike--seat hurt, gave it away
stair climber--fun for awhile, but got bored and gave it away
cardio-glider--loved it awhile, lost interest, gained interest again...still have it, it's an off and on thing. Friends and family who visit love to play on this.
ski machine--never liked at all, gave it away
gazelle--like it when the batteries are fresh to motivate me with calories burned, still have it and use it a couple times a week
Leslie Sansomes walk away the pounds, kick boxing, walk and jog, etc DVD's...like them in spurts, keeping them
Prevention exercise DVD's-pilates and ab stuff--don't like and don't use
Billy Blanks DVD's--haven't gotten brave enough to try yet
some rope thingee that I can't even remember what it was--didn't like it
ab lounger--love it, use it 3 times a week or so for over a year and a half
some kind of ab thingie you put around your waist and do stomach exercises that I never fully understood...gave it away, hated it
bowflex--love it, but it sure does take up space...good thing I decided to turn the garage into a home gym
in ground pool--best exercise thing I ever bought!! Not from info-mercials, but they do show enough commercials for that to count. LOL!!
hand and ankle weights--hand weights use occassionally....bought at store, not off tv
pilates ball--never figured out how to do it. Pilates and peskie do not mesh well. I use this for PT exercises only now instead

smileyface · 08-13-2007, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amlundie

this is the gazelle

Yes, I bought that one too. And yes, sold it also. Thought that was going to get me in shape. How funny, huh !!!!
Deanna

smileyface · 08-13-2007, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fawn

Hey chickie are you using that thing? It's really working on my inner thighs! I'm doing 1000 of them 3x a week!

Wow, Fawn, 1000 a week!!! I'm impressed !!!!! You are way cool !!!

Deanna

OurLuvsFromAbove · 08-13-2007, 06:53 PM

lol maybe we can all trade our useless exercise equiptment! lol
anyone from new york wanna trade ? lol

08-12-2007, 04:52 PM	#1
smileyface Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 278 Gallery: smileyface Stats: 160/155/130 WOE: Atkins Start Date: July 07	How many Exercise Gadgets from Info Commercials have you bought from? Hi all. Just curious about how many exercise machines, tapes, "the easiest machine ever" have you bought and resold because you didn't like it? I was flipping through the channels and thought about all the exercise stuff I have bought and didn't like them. I would probably say I bought 10 items in my lifetime. What would you say? Deanna

08-12-2007, 07:06 PM	#4
SugarFreeSheila I'm here to help! Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5,189 Gallery: SugarFreeSheila Stats: 141 to 109 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 2001	I bought the Torso Track back in 2000, and sold it because I was moving out of state. It seemed pretty effective to me then! However, my body fat was too high at the time to really show all my hard work. For abdominal work, I just follow various 10-minute ab videos offered free (well no, not free - just already paid for!) via my DVR. A lot of the machines are great, but I feel for good abdominal conditioning, all one really needs is their own body and enough room to lie down. That is all I've done for the past 6 years, and I am very satisfied with my results. __________________ Before: Size 10-12; After: size 0-1 & 14% body fat *5'3", 8 years at goal* <-- Avatar pic taken January '10 in Cairo *Someone who "marches to the beat of a different drummer" is still a follower - they're just following someone else.* March to the beat of your own drum! Twitter

08-13-2007, 09:53 AM	#17
zizi MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 2,458 Gallery: zizi WOE: Low Carb Eclectic Start Date: one day at a time...	Nordic Track cross country ski machine - used it religiously for years and worked my way up to doing over an hour on it, usually six days a week. Realized I really needed to develop more muscle and bought a Total Gym. I have a bad back and bad knees - back injury from a car accident in the early Nineties; knees destroyed from obsessive jogging (and a possible congenital predisposition to develop the condition). So I bought the Total Gym designed for use in physical rehab establishments. LOVE IT!!! Get more results from the Total Gym than from anything else I've ever tried. Before I bought the Total Gym, I bought the Timeworks machine. Anybody remember that one? "Eight minutes a day" (or something ludicrous) to get in shape. I could barely do four minutes on that contraption! It was like a bicycle with resistance for lower body combined with twisting your upper body in a half-circle with resistance. Bought Tae-Bo (spelling?) but it was too rough on my knees. I cannot jog anymore without injury and even some of the kicks were enough to trigger knee pain. Most recent purchase: Bow Flex Treadclimber. I've worked my way up to level 8 or 9 in resistance in the past, for twenty or more minutes; at present, I'm doing levels 1 and 2, struggling to make it to 25 minutes and it is kicking my arse! Fell for that fat blocker crap; I forget the proper name. Fell for the Phase Two Carb Blocker, too. P. S. Sheila, you look ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!! I'm SOOOO jealous! Last edited by zizi; 08-13-2007 at 09:59 AM..

08-13-2007, 04:37 PM	#27
Peskie princess peskironi WIT Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: in happy anticipation of my daughters arrival!! Posts: 70,139 Gallery: Peskie WOE: whatever it takes to be a good, energetic mommy!!	stationary bike--seat hurt, gave it away stair climber--fun for awhile, but got bored and gave it away cardio-glider--loved it awhile, lost interest, gained interest again...still have it, it's an off and on thing. Friends and family who visit love to play on this. ski machine--never liked at all, gave it away gazelle--like it when the batteries are fresh to motivate me with calories burned, still have it and use it a couple times a week Leslie Sansomes walk away the pounds, kick boxing, walk and jog, etc DVD's...like them in spurts, keeping them Prevention exercise DVD's-pilates and ab stuff--don't like and don't use Billy Blanks DVD's--haven't gotten brave enough to try yet some rope thingee that I can't even remember what it was--didn't like it ab lounger--love it, use it 3 times a week or so for over a year and a half some kind of ab thingie you put around your waist and do stomach exercises that I never fully understood...gave it away, hated it bowflex--love it, but it sure does take up space...good thing I decided to turn the garage into a home gym in ground pool--best exercise thing I ever bought!! Not from info-mercials, but they do show enough commercials for that to count. LOL!! hand and ankle weights--hand weights use occassionally....bought at store, not off tv pilates ball--never figured out how to do it. Pilates and peskie do not mesh well. I use this for PT exercises only now instead __________________ ~~WHATEVER IT TAKES CHALLENGE (Smalley Mini Challenge)~~ RIP Sam-if love could've saved you, you'd be here forever! Mommy misses you! 1/7/1993-1/21/2010 I'm a LION.....listen to me ROAR!!! A lion's best qualities: Takes charge.....Determined......Competitive….…..Enjoys challenges.....Problem solver.......goal driven.....Strong willed......Persistent........ weaknesses: pleading the 5th Lion's Motto "Let's Do It NOW!!" Last edited by Peskie; 08-13-2007 at 04:38 PM..

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08-12-2007, 05:39 PM	#2
fawn Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 12,708 Gallery: fawn Stats: sz 18/4 WOE: Whole organic foods Start Date: February 7, 2000	Many! My dumbest purchase was the ab shocker. Remember that one? Yeah right.....let's burn the fat off of that stomach first! Some I wish I still had as I have invested a lot of money in my home gym that I actually now use!

08-12-2007, 06:35 PM	#3
scmadm Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Niles, Ohio Posts: 528 Gallery: scmadm WOE: Atkins	I did get the "breathing" video from a woman I can't recall her name. What a waste of money. I also got a bowflex. Best money I ever spent. I actually have 2 of them in places i spend a lot of time, home and my camper.

08-12-2007, 09:23 PM	#5
Froggyjean Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: TX Posts: 453 Gallery: Froggyjean Stats: 199.6/176.4/150 WOE: Low Carb Start Date: April 9, 2007	I have a Thigh Master!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!! But I didn't get it from an infomercial. Bought it once they were in the stores. I just remember those AWFUL Susan Sommers infomercials thinking, is this really meant for women? I think there's a bunch of guys stopping on this channel right now. EEEK!!!

08-12-2007, 10:08 PM	#6
wcdgemini Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 268 Gallery: wcdgemini Stats: 295/185/175 WOE: Atkins Start Date: April 18th 2007	I bought the ab roller thing. I used it umm, about once.lol...

08-13-2007, 03:23 AM	#8
Diana Allergic to Carbs- I break out in Fat! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Anderson, Indiana Posts: 38,576 Gallery: Diana Stats: 176.5/138.8/134 (5'3") WOE: The Original Atkins Start Date: 8/11/03 Restart 4/08	I think Years ago we bought an ab Roller

08-13-2007, 04:18 AM	#9
jada MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 1,162 Blog Entries: 3 Gallery: jada WOE: low carb Start Date: 28/07/05	Bioslim with hoodia a dieting mix---HA what a joke

08-13-2007, 06:56 AM	#10
hay Funfetti Freak Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: michigan Posts: 14,082 Gallery: hay WOE: intuitive eating.	A few years ago I bought Slim in 6. I actually did like it though....if I could find it I would probably do it again! Not the whole eating plan they lay out for you though- yeah right. I also bought Pilates..same story there. Now I'm starting to realize I lose things easily..haha.

08-13-2007, 07:06 AM	#11
deb3 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 779 Gallery: deb3 Stats: 220/210/120 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Restarted 01/01/08	Are you kidding? I've had the Ab something or other, the torso track, the thigh master. the bun and thigh master, the aeorflight (?) - the breathing tapes with Greer something- you name it!! I'm a sucker! I should be banned from watching those things!

08-13-2007, 07:28 AM	#12
jada MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 1,162 Blog Entries: 3 Gallery: jada WOE: low carb Start Date: 28/07/05	yeah infomercials are so convincing sometimes, especially when they compare what the fat person looks like in comparison to the thin one. "would you like a flat tummy in just 2 weeks? then sit back relax and let us show u how" blah blah blah "and if you buy our product now you get one free" Have u noticed how none of the people can really act on these infomercials it sounds like they reading off a screen. the only one i think was really cool is Billy Blanks DVD man he knows how to work off a sweat

08-13-2007, 08:19 AM	#13
Lynda99 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 2,698 Gallery: Lynda99	None, but I want a Bean!

08-13-2007, 09:04 AM	#14
homestretch MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,247 Gallery: homestretch Stats: 206.5/155 WOE: Low Carb Start Date: 5/26/06	I had the Ab roller and I used it once and sprained my back! Then I also had Richard Simmons Deal a Meal - desperate times, desperate times.

08-13-2007, 09:18 AM	#15
OurLuvsFromAbove Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brooklyn Ny Posts: 4,671 Blog Entries: 4 Gallery: OurLuvsFromAbove Stats: 180/140/130 (orig 227) 5'8 WOE: Low Carb Start Date: Low carb living a few yrs now..	Hmmm lets see, I had these gel-a-thin diet pills/gel that you rub on fat areas cost me nearly 100$ and didnt work lol.. and I have a gizelle, and i love it, but I forgot to bring it with me when I moved in with hubby, and I really do miss it cause it works and it doesn't hurt my knees.. now i just gotta find a way to get it to brooklyn from long island.. i dont have a car, and im not sure my parents car is big enough...

08-13-2007, 09:31 AM	#16
amlundie MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,304 Gallery: amlundie Stats: 296/Pregnant again/ONEderland Start Date: Nov 2006	I have a gazelle that I bought at walmart and I love it. I haven't really bought anything off the TV cause I never have the money too. But there are plenty of things I have REALLY WANTED to buy! Thank God I have been broke at all those times of weekness!

08-13-2007, 11:05 AM	#18
tymom Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 818 Gallery: tymom Stats: Big/ not so big/ small WOE: Atkins Start Date: August (this time around)	Treadmill. Weight machine. Gazelle. None off infomercials (did see the Gazelle there first, though.) All are now long gone.

08-13-2007, 11:18 AM	#19
zizi MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 2,458 Gallery: zizi WOE: Low Carb Eclectic Start Date: one day at a time...	What is a "Gazelle"?

08-13-2007, 11:37 AM	#21
Firmingrojo MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 1,852 Gallery: Firmingrojo Stats: 215/:(/150 WOE: Metabolism Miracle Start Date: June 2003/ May 15,2009	i bought the Bean for DH and he hasnt use it yet...........I have and the kids............I like Turbo Jam Abs better than the Bean. But this is what he wanted for Father's Day but he just cant seem to get his butt off the couch! He has watched all the Vids that came with it.........but hasnt done it yet.......... Laura

08-13-2007, 12:21 PM	#23
luckylychee Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA!!! Posts: 6,679 Gallery: luckylychee Stats: 89 kilos/76.2 kilos/61.2 kilos WOE: Low carb, BRING ON THE FAT Start Date: March 10, 2007	Lately I've seen on tv this machine that vibrates so supposedly when you stand on it, it's workign all your muscles for you. I think it's rediculous, but as I kept watching I started believing in it. That's when I knew it was time to change the channel.

08-13-2007, 12:25 PM	#24
SugarFreeSheila I'm here to help! Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5,189 Gallery: SugarFreeSheila Stats: 141 to 109 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 2001	I bought the Gazelle in 1998 and remember thinking it was fun. The only reason I returned it was because I was always going back to my treadmill! It's just my favorite. The Total Gym is wonderful, too. I bought the Total Gym Platinum from QVC in 2001, and it got me started on the whole strength training thing. It's great if you don't want to bother with a gym membership! At the time I lived in NYC, and would do the Total Gym for the body, the Callanetics ab segment for my midsection, and walking on the treadmill for 20-30 minutes - each a few times per week. Zizi (love your name), thank you for saying that.

08-13-2007, 12:38 PM	#25
zizi MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 2,458 Gallery: zizi WOE: Low Carb Eclectic Start Date: one day at a time...	Thanks, Mel!!! Thanks, Sheila!!! And you are very welcome!!!

08-13-2007, 01:22 PM	#26
weasel! MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Posts: 1,189 Gallery: weasel! Stats: 153/138/125; 5'7", small frame WOE: JUDDDD/EFGT/WAPF/whole foods Start Date: recommitted to LC 3/11/07; start JUDDDD 6/08/09	Here's a money-saving tip -- you can pick up expensive, sometimes never used exercise equipment for a song at yard sales and through classifieds like craigslist. When someone says, "never used it, it's been the closet/basement for years" you can believe it's true!

08-13-2007, 06:53 PM	#30
OurLuvsFromAbove Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brooklyn Ny Posts: 4,671 Blog Entries: 4 Gallery: OurLuvsFromAbove Stats: 180/140/130 (orig 227) 5'8 WOE: Low Carb Start Date: Low carb living a few yrs now..	lol maybe we can all trade our useless exercise equiptment! lol anyone from new york wanna trade ? lol