Shake Weight dumbbells

Pros and Cons

I just bought the Shake Weight at Wal-Mart for $19.95 in their As Seen On TV section to try it out. So far 9 out of 10 As Seen On TV items that I've bought have a been a joke. (Shoes Under was the only one I kept and even then I almost didn't because it was so flimsy.) I like to try out the product to see if it works and because it's Wal-Mart I have no problem returning it. I don't know how I'm going to do that with the Shake Weight because as far as I can see there's no way to test to see if it actually works. How long does it take to make my arms look better? (I think this is why there are virtually no reviews as yet people can't tell if it's working and they get tired of it before it's obvious that it is or isn't working.)



But here's what I've got so far:



"Feel the burn": It's true that your biceps do start to "burn" while you are using this product but I think that was from having them unnaturally clenched for 6 minutes straight while you shake yourself to death. (Yes this is how the product works your bicep muscles clench up and stay that way while you are doing this exercise.) I was always taught to do "reps" during strength training which allows the muscle to tense and rest every few seconds while you work it using resistance (i.e weights).



"It's a weight": No not really. It has a little bit of weight to it but there doesn't seem to be any resistance to this tool and it seems that 6 minutes of continuously having your tensed muscles shook would just hurt you (hence the "burn.") Not to mention that even if the product does work there's no way to add more weight to it and your muscles would quickly outgrow it. Then it's obsolete.



"Shaking": When did shaking fat to shrink it come back in style? Remember those old contraptions fat men in sweat shirts would be strapped into and it would shake their bellies in the hopes that it would make them smaller? There's a reason you don't see those anymore. They didn't work and they were dangerous.



"Dynamic Inertia": Go ahead Google it. You won't find it anywhere on the web unless it's in connection to the shake weight. When did a product get to coin new physics terminology? And exactly what does it mean?



"It looks silly and kinda perverted": The product doesn't claim this but almost everyone else does. The product does look like an elegant massage toy and face it you do look and feel silly shaking your arm fat everywhere. (Hey if you didn't have arm fat then you wouldn't be using it.) And perverted well there's even a spoof video on YouTube that is so R-rated that I refuse to discuss it further here.



Other reviews on the web: There are like 4 and I think they were all written by the people who make (or sell) the product. They have almost nothing negative to say about the Shake weight and one woman even claimed it made her boobs bigger. Yeah right.



And finally the Price: (This is maybe the only good thing about this item.) It seems as if the manufacturer can't agree on how much this thing should cost. Their infomercial lists it at a bargain at 19.99 plus shipping and handling (which I think is like another 7 or 8 bucks) and Wal-Mart has it simply for the 19.99. So what is up with their selling it on Amazon for almost double the price? Well it turns out that the the manufacturer isn't the one selling the item. jwwbooks4 is the company selling it through Amazon and I guess they're hoping to make a big profit. It's a little shady in my opinion.



Final Verdict: I guess I'm going to see if actually works. Hey I've got 90 days through Wal-Mart but I'm not going to hold my breath for results. If you do decide to try it go to Wal-Mart and save yourself the shipping and the handling through the infomercial or the extra 17 dollars they're charging through Amazon. Hey you do have the option to save yourself the headache altogether and don't bother to buy it at all. You can get a decent set of weights for about the same price.More detail ...