Infomercial Fitness Products-Mini Review

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KS8829 started a nice thread about fitness that I have been reading so I figured I would start a new one to share my thoughts on a couple of products I use.

I was forced to stop playing golf in June of '06 after I blew out my left shoulder in an accident. The doctor told me that it was my choice whether to have surgery or go the rehab route. Since I had already had my right shoulder scoped in 1999 for a skiing accident, I chose not to have surgery on my left.

Long story short is that the pain has never left either shoulder and both were very unstable. I could not play golf for just about three years! My weight had ballooned 60 pound since it hurt to do just about any aerobic exercise. One night I was watching a late night infomercial on the "Perfect Pushup" and it seemed like a decent way to strengthen my tri's, shoulder and chest in an attempt to stabilize my shoulder.

Holy $hit does it work. They are not easy pushups to do and if you can do 40 regular pushups you would be hard pressed to get through 15 with the perfect pushup. They really are a tremendous product and after each use it feels like someone is sticking a screw driver into my chest. They provide a very stable platform and work many more muscles than a regular push up. I give it a 100% endorsement as I would not be able to have returned to golf without it.

So after my shoulder was stable enough to play golf again I ended up watching the hot Christie Brinkley do an infomercial with Chuck Norris on the "Total Gym" She was doing a very specific shoulder stretching exercise on the machine that I had never seen. My shoulder, while stable, had zero flexibility and needed to be stretched. Another long story short is since the TG costs over $1k I bought a knock off for $200.

What a great machine. While I bought it for one specific shoulder exercise, I have been using it for full body workouts now. It allows you to circuit train very easily as you can quickly transition from one exercise to another. Since I got this thing 6 weeks ago I have taken two inches from my waist and my shoulders feels strong yet flexible. My wife has used it since day one and she loves it. Takes up no room in the house and I use it after the kids go to bed.

There are plenty of knock offs on the market so do not let the $1k price tag of the TG spook you.