Claims like these continue to crowd the airwaves 11 years after actor Chuck Norris brought the Total Gym into living rooms everywhere. Recent offerings for exercise devices advertised in infomercials range from an ab machine that looks like a lounge chair to a freestanding personal-size ballet bar.
Are any of them worth buying? To test the claims made by manufacturers, Consumer Reports tested 10 exercise devices sold through infomercials on television or the Web, measuring muscle activity and calories burned by panelists and also getting staff members' impressions.
CR concluded that the weight loss touted in testimonials is more likely due to the reduced-calorie diet plans that most manufacturers recommend than to the devices themselves. Losing one pound of fat solely by exercising with the machines, using recommended workout guidelines, would take a 165-pound person anywhere from one month to nine months.
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