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Do you know how to squeeze, squeeze your way to shapely hips and thighs?

Do You Remember These As-Seen-On-TV Fitness Fads?

How Well Do You Know Your Fitness Fads?

In 1986, [Bowflex](http://www.bowflex.com/about-bowflex.html) debuted its first model, the Bowflex 2000X, which used "power rods" instead of weights or pulleys to create resistance — and, as you can see, it looked great in carpeted living rooms.

Bowflex

What is this buff guy setting up?

[Tae Bo](http://taebo.com/) was created in the late 80s by martial artist Billy Blanks. Tae Bo is [named](https://www.taebo.com/about-tae-bo/) after "tae," a Korean word meaning foot or leg, and "bo," which is short for boxing, according to the website.

Tae Bo

Which workout craze "combined martial arts, boxing, and elements of dance" to create an intense cardio workout?

The [Ab Roller](http://www.abroller.com/) allows you to do sit-ups and crunches, and you can turn it over to use it for elevated push-ups and dips. It doesn't seem super likely that it's responsible for the guy's shredded abs in the [commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdhzhdnHpUs), but who are we to say?

Ab Roller

What is this gentleman using?

[Sauna suits](https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/fitness-gear-sauna-suit-l-xl-16fgeusnstlxlfl14eac/16fgeusnstlxlfl14eac) are made from material that doesn't breathe even a little bit, so as to induce hardcore sweating, which induces hardcore loss of water, which induces people to think they're losing weight. But they're not losing fat, they're losing water weight. Between the sweat and the heat, beware of dehydration and even heatstroke.

Sauna suit

What is this exerciser wearing?

[Prancercise](http://prancercise.com/) was invented by Joanna Rohrback, a fitness enthusiast who wanted to make working out more like play and less like work. It's considered "a springy, rhythmic way of moving forward, similar to a horse’s gait, and ideally induced by elation." In 2012, Rohrback [Prancercised a 5K](https://thehairpin.com/interview-with-joanna-rohrback-the-prancercise-guru-fb61a0ae5eff)! Also, this Prancercise [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew) will turn your day around.

Prancercise

What's the title of this book that's also the name for a kind of exercise?

Jake Steinfeld has been selling his "Body by Jake" fitness equipment and [workouts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=262s&v=WgTKz_JsHvI) since the 1990s, and they are still available for purchase to this day.

Jake

This man's workouts and fitness gear are named after him. What is his name? (Hint: Body by \_\_\_\_.)

This [vibrating dumbbell's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk8xqgmnNnI) legacy will probably be more about hilarious gifs and [spoofs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1L-8jISeQg) than any gains it helped people achieve.

Shake Weight

Which $50 fitness product says it can "increase upper body muscle activity by 300 percent compared to regular weights" in just six minutes per day?

The key to Bodyblade is ["rapid contraction technology (RCT), which automatically contracts your muscles up to 270 times a minute,"](https://www.bodyblade.com/pages/how-bodyblade-works) resulting in a "fast, effective, and intelligent workout." ?

"Lean toned body in the fraction of a time of a traditional workout."

This is a BodyBlade. What does it promise?

Suzanne Somers' ThighMaster promised that you can [squeeze, squeeze your way to shapely hips and thighs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_9LKmITloc). Herbert L. Gould, MD explained that getting out of shape results in flabby thighs, which he probably learned in medical school!

ThighMaster

Which 1991 commercial opened with this pair of legs and featured Herbert L. Gould, MD?

Personal trainer and author Tony Horton developed [P90X](https://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/p90x3-workout.do#sm.0000m5ckvlpd6cueqh61jb8o3xoxg), a 90-day home fitness program with a diet regimen that was introduced in 2005 by Beachbody. Just five years later, Beachbody had sold [$420 million worth of P90X DVDs](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-11-18/beachbody-thinking-beyond-the-infomercial).

P90X

This is Tony Horton. Which high-intensity workout program did he create?

[Insanity](https://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/insanity.do) is a go-hard-or-go-home workout program that calls for going as hard as you can for a few minutes and taking only enough rest to ["gulp some air."](https://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/insanity.do?e=bbpp14715#sm.0000m5ckvlpd6cueqh61jb8o3xoxg) It's also a Beachbody product, and it claims to transform your body in 60 days.

Bodyweight workouts at max effort for 3-5 minutes with very short rest.

Which of these describes the insanity workout?

[Ab Lounge is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGs6NqVvJ9w) an abdominal trainer that looks like a deck chair and it claims to be more effective than sit-ups or crunches.

Ab Lounge

What is this thing?

The Ab Circle made a lot of promises ("Swivel your way to a sleek, sexy six-pack!") and the FTC [just wasn't having it](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2012/08/marketers-ab-circle-pro-device-pay-much-25-million-refunds-settle).

Exercising on the device for just three minutes a day would cause them to lose 10 pounds in two weeks.

The Federal Trade Commission filed deceptive advertising charges against marketers of the Ab Circle, who then had to pay millions in fines and consumer refunds. What did the Ab Circle falsely claim?

Why work out when you can wear a [vibrating belt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVPMgJUfguM) that works out for you? Throw it on, settle into some Netflix, and watch the pounds melt off. Too good to be true? [Probably.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahburton/i-tried-a-vintage-exercise-machine-and-now-i-cant-stop-shaki)

VibroBelt slimming vibrating massager

Which device can get you results like this while you're "lying down, watching TV, sitting at the computer, spending time with your family, working, cooking, or simply resting?"

Tony Little is a former bodybuilding champ whose flowing tresses and Leslie Knope energy make him the perfect spokesman for the [Gazelle](gazelleglider.com), an elliptical for your very own home.

Tony Little / Gazelle Glider

Who is this smiley muscular guy and what machine is he using/selling?

But that might actually be good since a bunch of these are questionable at best.

You're a fitness fad newbie.

You probably wouldn't have fallen for the Ab Circle but you've maybe considered a ThighMaster, amirite?

You know some stuff about fitness fads.

Wow, you really remember/know a lot about fitness fads. You've probably never bought a Shake Weight. Or maybe you did and that's how you became a pro in fitness fads? Either way, congrats!

You are a fitness fad pro.

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