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Fitness Informercial Scams

Have you ever been soooo swayed by what you see on TV regarding fitness and weight loss that Only Takes 7 Minutes! etc. that you’ve found yourself flinging your credit card at the screen, begging to buy The One True Fitness Solution?

If so…I sure don’t blame you! Those infomercials are created for one purpose and one purpose only - to make the product owner/designer/etc. money. Some of them even hire paid actors to recite non-existent testimonials!

It’s really quite depressing.

Think about it. Everything that screams, Get Results In 7 Minutes, will almost always have in teeny tiny print the following words to the effect of:

"Participants have been utilizing a low-calorie diet and high-energy workout plan."

Well then…..duh! Of course the end result is a weight loss…the people are being smart about exercising and eating. The so-called miracle machine/product/etc. had zero to do with it.

Whenever you consider investing in any infomercial product, research it FIRST at:

Chances are….if the claims sound too good to be true, they certainly are! Heck, this morning I was watching one of those Ab Slenderizer or Tonerizor or what have you…and it claimed:

"Just like a pacemaker exercises the heart, the Ridiculous Machine in question exercises your abs!"

Sigh.

An easy way to find out whether something is a scam or not is to Google it like so:

These two searches about will show you that not many folk like the Red Exerciser, while bunches of people swear by P90x.

As a consumer, it’s your duty to research, research research. More information can be found at:

The infomercial products I’ve found to be most worthwhile are by: