I feel sorry for all of those that fell for this mass-marketing hype. The Ab Energizer, Ab Shocker, Ab etc..... God knows how many companies had an informercial on this electronic ab product. Today almost all of them are out of business due to lawsuits or class actions because none of the products ever worked as they claimed on TV.
Many of us didn't fall for the hype and lucky for us, we saved $30-100. These ab machines were a product of marketing hoax. People bought these things expecting to get a six pack with little exercise. In time, the FTC and just about every other organization filed a complaint against them and put them all out of business. Check out the FTC filings:
The FTC filings contend that the ads:
- Falsely represented that the ab machines cause fat and inch loss, give users well-defined stomach muscles and are just as good or better than conventional stomach exercises, such as sit-ups and crunches.
- Falsely claimed that the devices are safe and failed to adequately mention health hazards.
- Misrepresented the money-back guarantees, and in many cases, failed to provide timely refunds. The FTC has received hundreds of consumer complaints.
The ab machines promised to exercise your ab muscles and burn fat off your stomach all without you having to exercise! This claim was made by tons of different companies all with their own version of an electronic muscle shocker that worn over the stomach and creates electronic currents that stimulate your stomach muscles to contract as if you were doing a crunch.
The ab machine does work in a sense that it works out your muscle and by making it contract. All you have to do is keep watching your TV. What the ab machine DOESN'T do, is burn fat. It can't burn any fat really because you're not exerting any energy! You have to use energy to use fat. Think of the fat in your body as the gas in your car. Someone else can tow your car for you, but unless you actually step on the gas pedal yourself, your gas isn't going to be used. Same for your body fat, it's energy for your body. And if you don't use any energy, that fat won't go away.
Another thing about the Ab Energizer is that too many people don't realize that body fat is one big layer of fat distributed all over your body. You can't just get rid of one portion of your fat (IE: stomach). Don't get the Ab Energizer or any other wannabe's. It's a waste of time and money and will NOT give you a six pack. You'll get burn marks all over your stomach for nothing. Stay away from it and do things the old-fashion way - that's just how things work.
So how DO you get a six-pack? The right way, the long way, the painful way, and perhaps the only way. RUNNING!
You can also read my guide for it here, http://www.mfuz.com/bodybuilding/bodybuilding-theories/4-secrets---how-to-get-a-six-pack.html
