Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

From the shake weight to sauna suits, fitness, and fat loss gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks abound.

The American weight loss industry is huge.

How huge? More than $60 billion per year huge. But most of the trendy, made-for-TV,

late-night infomercial quick fixes are actually a big waste of your time and your money.

So in today's episode, you're going to discover six popular fitness fads that don't work,

no matter what the infomercials say.

Plus, you'll learn how to cut through the misinformation,

figure out what's really going to get your results,

and get five quick and dirty tips to help you choose the best fitness products that will

actually make a difference. So let's start with fad number one. Fad number one is the shake weight.

Now, the shake weight weighs 2.5 pounds and looks like a dumbbell if you haven't seen it before.

But to get an adequate fat-burning hormonal response and build and tone muscle,

you need to lift heavier weights than 2.5 pounds, even if those 2.5 pounds do indeed shake.

But it does certainly make a good gag gift.

Fat number two is vibration platforms.

Now, as I told you in the episode, double your calorie burn,

vibration platforms can actually work,

but you can't just stand on them like 99% of people do,

expecting the machine to do all the work for you.

That will move limp fluid around and a little bit of

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