Tags: fitness, infomercial, reviews, television
June 17, 2009 | reviews
If you’ve ever wanted washboard abs (without having to join a jug band) and battle chronic insomnia, you’re in luck as late night infomercials advertise a broad range of products that will make your lower torso look like Contrapposto sculpture without having to hang upside down to achieve the same results.
[Editor's note: If you do decide to opt for upside down situps, we recommend: a) that the metal bar is properly affixed between the door frames (otherwise you'd look ridiculous) and b) a hockey helmet or a bean bag chair].
The Shark Guys has quickly become a one-stop shop for all your fitness review needs, provided you’ve read the two reviews we’ve done thus far, stopped, and then shopped.
We’ve looked at claims made by the makers of Turbo Jam, which make New World Order conspiracy buff pronouncements seem almost reasonable by comparison and now, because if Turbo Jam hasn’t given you an ab workout that’s felt like eating a bad batch of clams, we turn to another taut torso torture device: The Ab Circle Pro (not to be confused with the Ab Circle Amateur, which involves drawing a sphere free-hand on the stomach with a magic marker, the health claims related to which are currently under FDA review)
This product offers a loss of 10 lbs in two weeks or your money back (your money will be reimbursed to you in three easy payments of $14.95), which is a pretty good deal if you think about it, but not critically.
The Ab Circle Pro turns your flab into ab, not only by dropping the the first two letters, but by employing a “Unique friction-free track which uses the momentum of gravity to target your whole mid section.” The Ab Circle Pro also ‘gets you off the floor” and then asks to imagine ‘losing inches as you watch TV’ (and not by watching porn and then suddenly switching to the Weather Network). If it’s good enough for the anonymous doctor in the clip below, it’s certainly good enough for his anonymous patients.
You can, ‘Take the ride of your life’ (applicable if you’ve been locked in a basement and shielded from natural light) and don’t forget to “ask the operator how you can get the Ab Circle Pro Multi Function computer for faster results”. Actually, it’s probably best not to bother the operator about your own personal fitness goals (especially when the ‘computer’, looks like the illegitimate offspring of a clock radio and an Olympic discus).
Be sure and check out these testimonials:
“I just had a lower back injury and I can’t feel anything back there at all“. Maybe he’s got more serious issues to worry about.
“Going to the gym every day, takes up so much of your time”. This is true, that’s why the makers of Ab Circle Pro claims the average user can benefit from just 3 minutes a day, or roughly 2 and a half minutes longer than it takes to brush your teeth.
“It’s like a ride”. A donkey at the petting zoo is as well, provided you’re 8.
“I’d much rather be on this than do 100 sit ups.” Isn’t there a third option or maybe some common ground, say 2 sit-ups?
“Beats sitting on the couch watching TV any day.” Perhaps not good policy to antagonize your potential target demographic.
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Is this for real? This machine seems to good to be true
Just as real as your paycheck from the company putting this thing out Jimmy!
I do have to say this is the best butt shot vid I have seen in a long time. Thank you ab circle
well is like any other exercise machine if you used it will work but for sure is better than diets and pills.Good cardio machine.
As a personal trainer I purchased the Ab Circle Pro because I can bring it with me to my clients homes. Depending on their physical level I’ll get them to use it. Of course I highly recommend a proper diet as I do with all my clients to see quicker results. I purchased it from http://www.seentvcanada.com and it turned out to be a great buy.