No one will ever convince me that the shake weight is anything other than an inside joke about cranking a hog that spiraled wildly out of control into a successful product.
So scientific trails don't count? Believe me I was thinking the same but the scince doesn't match. Ive linked scientific trails above...now you don't have to believe them but find a trail that proves it does nothing...ive not found one.
I was already working in gyms and training college and junior and pro hockey players in the off season. I don’t know what I found more annoying, fitness infomercials or today’s fitness influencers. Nope - it’s the influencers.’
Fun fact: the neck slimmer can actually be very useful, but not for slimming necks. I’ve used it to help improve epiglottic inversion on patients with swallowing difficulties. It mimics an exercise we perform called the shaker maneuver, but the neck slimmer allows us to add resistance to it.
I disagree that the Shake weight doesn't do anything. There are so many dudes with asymmetrical arms from masturbation, it's even a joke in Family Guy. I became an ambidextrous masturbator for this reason myself.
The shake weight was 2009. I know because my father bought one despite my protest. I now keep it in an acrylic case in my gym as a shrine to stupidity.
@@YesYesYesYes-qj6cjk It is. Which is why it sits in the gym as a joke. The same gym my father uses because my parents and my in-laws both have their own guest houses on my property. 😗
The body blade and the jawsercise idea (post jaw surgery) are rehab tools that marketers decided would be good for the general healthy population. Like the little resistance bands used in PT, they aren't for overall fitness.
I like my jawsercise I feel it's beneficial my thought process is food is to easy to chew nowadays that's what sold me on the idea although I eat plenty of meat sometimes I only eat ground so although mike is funny he really didn't even give it a chance or use it properly especially since the one he had should have been heated and fitted
why do you feel the need to strengthen your jaw muscles? i believe you technically can but theres little to no point. since spot fat reduction doesnt work its not going to make a jawline more visible either@@RumiNasseri
@@RumiNasseri Not necessarily disagreeing, but I think the majority of people would be better off with a very tough sugar free gum. I buy Falim gum myself, but any sort of mastic gum should be fine.
My therapist had the body blade for my torn rotator cuff. I picked one up for $20. It actually does work to warm up your joints pretty well. I get a quick burn in my shoulders. But it is the full size, not the mini that Mike used
Just pop a few almonds or walnuts in throughout your day. Or if you want less fat just eat an apple or a raw carrot. Get your jaw exercise AND vitamins at the same time.
I found an old 6 seconds abs machine in my grand-parents' house when I was about 10 y old. 10 reps made my abs strong enough to break the machine. Best abs workout of my life.
My grandparents had this one machine that you pressed AGAINST your abs, so you had ton really tense your abs. It looked like a a weird plane there was also some sit-up aide that was just a plastic seat thing. I DO however have a ab roller with a spring in it that really works, makes abs burn. I'm to weak to use a regular one
On a vibroshake note, driving horrible roads in Kyrgyzstan did not make us thinner. But it did make every Apple Watch think we were getting 8K steps a day - while just sitting in a vehicle.
So disappointed Mike didn’t reference the South Park episode, “Crème Fraîche,” that centered around Sharon Marsh getting the most out of her Shake Weight.😂
When I was in school to become a physiotherapist I went to an internship in a hospital where they used something like the bodyblade to improve balance in elderly patients with Parkinson's or who were rehabbing from strokes. I made makeshift sandbag by rolling up ankle weights and had them throwing them around. They enjoyed it a lot more and their balance metric improved greatly.
@@jerediahgonzalez2315 Brother, what let they did you do? L-Sit-Cruzifix rotations with a stick or body blade is something I do for my Boxers to fix posture and rotator cuffs. But I guess when your rotators are already injured not the best idea.
Mike should react to old supplement ads. Like those old muscle tech ones which guaranteed 1,000,000% testosterone. Or even to see how golden/silver era practices and recommendations hold up today
I remember at that time a lot of people implicitly trusted whatever was being shown to them on the TV and there weren't the easily accessible sources of information we have today to counter the crap or to give people good fundamentals. (Without getting a trainer, going to school, finding the right book, getting a gym membership, whatever) So when someone came along and looked healthy and successful, showed their fake clients looking healthy and successful, and selling an easy solution that cost a few bucks and promised to solve your problem without any effort from yourself, people ate it up.
Similar to UA-cam influencers now, most don’t know much more than you could learn on a few hours google, take hormones, looks decent, build a fan base of fanboys, profit
People are always going to want maximum results with minimal effort. Thus, I don't see this ever going away (as HKFinn wrote, the newest iteration is influencers)
I was hoping to see the gazelle. My dad was obsessed with those commercials and bought one. It was so fun as a kid to swing around on, and my dad used it maybe one time. My sister in law has one now.
I didn't realize the shake weight was that old, it had a resurgence around 2010. I was hoping to see the EZ-Crunch make an appearance; it was similar to the 6 second abs, but it used giant rubber bands so you could actually adjust the resistance.
The thing about the 90's, people were super busy and always in a hurry. They needed to workout anywhere and everywhere and workouts needed to be quick. And also, springs!
I saw a neat article years ago that showed how the shakeweight has been re-invented multiple times in history as a health device. I guess people really just do like shaking.
I got one from mine for my shoulder, and it was like $130. I found it helped doing overhead in one arm for my overhead mobility, but it’s kind of just like stretching or doing hangs. There are probably other movements I could have done for free that would have had the same results or better
For people who have shoulder surgery it’s a good way to get them moving again. I use to play baseball and they were apart of a lot of pitchers warmup routines as well
Used it to rehab my shoulders after both rotator cuff surgeries. Not in any way the promo video shows, but it has some good value with the shoulder stabilizers which need high rep low resistance to strengthen.
Oscillating with the body blade allows you to co-contract all 4 of your rotator cuff muscles. It's actually a good tool for post-op shoulder patients, especially those who do a lot of overhead activity.
I’ve learned so much foundational in-depth knowledge from this channel and yet… This is by far one of my favorite videos. Just look at his face! Dr. Mike looks happier than a kid on Christmas morning as he receives these gifts and debunks all this nonsense. It warms my heart the exact same way as when my nephew opening up presents on Christmas morning 🥰
That "Vibro Shape" belt looks like a newer version of the famous Walton Belt machine. You know, that one that jiggled your belly fat around and was popular in the 1950s-1960s, even though it did nothing.
Entertaining & educational...my husband who's is a Physical Therapist rolls his eyes when seeing anything like you're reviewing. There is currently a LegXerciser advertised on later night TV, that actually says "It's like having a Physical Therapist in your home". Yikes.
Jawzrsize really helped me because before the age of 13 I ended up having my jaw shattered and titanium plates put in my jaw and I babied the left side for so long yet still was able to build muscle to the point that they couldn't take the plates out when I turned 18 and several years later I came across his video post motorcycle accident and it really really helped me out but it's not for everybody. It gave me the opportunity to be able to bite into an apple without paying it also gave me the ability to yawn without struggle because imagine yawning and your mouth having to have close itself which gets rid of the on and then it comes back and you are in a never-ending cycle of trying to finish it because you can't open your mouth up far enough and the muscles were atrophied enough that it would instinctively clamp down halfway through the range of motion
OH WAIT this is genius! I haven’t chewed on my left side in almost a decade and I’m really feeling the consequences. I make an effort to switch sides but I HATE IT
The bodyblade (or something like it) actually is used as a rehab device. It was part of my shoulder rehab when i had a very minor partial tear. Along with bands, light weights, cables. And my name on s wall with i miniature heavy skate 12 weeks later and my shoulde was recovered.
The lesson here is if anyone says get in shape with minimum time and effort steer clear. Getting in shape, be it simply fat loss cardio or muscle building hypertrophy takes maximum effort and time. Of course form, stimulus to fatigue ratio are things but even then a the higher the stimulus the higher the effort and therefore fatigue. I am certainly no expert but a good friend of mine was seriously overweight and he bought some bloody electro shock ab machine thinking it was going to do the trick. After much arguing I convinced him to use Myfitness pal to track his calories, do some good deep press ups (from the knees at first) , inverted rows (again from a fairly vertical position as no way horizontally) and bodyweight ass to grass squats, some core work mainly leg raises and crunches and do 10,000 steps a day. At first regardless of a terrible level of fitness he would give up way before failure but found his groove, pushed it and was consistent. Lost 40lbs in a year got stronger and eventually joined the gym and training with me, can now bench 150kg for reps with good form (he's a big guy) can do 5 pullups from a dead hang with good controlled eccentric strong with squats, SLDLS and altogether pretty damn strong with decent muscle (still at about 20% but must have been 30% minimum) gone from a lazy (well actually depressed and defeated) to a confident happy guy who has turned that corner and like any successful gym goer be it a cardio or hypertrophy driven person who actual has that sick sadistic enjoyment of beating yourself up 🤣
Mike the body blade is legit! They still use it for physical therapy - improved my shoulder pain and gains under the instruction of a Pt with that a while back
As a physiotherapist I say this; the body blade is pointless bullshit. Most likely all the other modalities you did actually helped your shoulder (even just time spent recovering from the injury)
LOL, Amazing! Let's get the modern one next; with the stepper, the "prison" version of Sandow's squeezable dumbbell, the new 6 pack electric shock trainers with the "secret navy seal" technology, the iron chest master, and some kind of bar with band attachments.
I SWEAR that Shakeweight has been on the back table of this backdrop for forever, finally decided to use it. I'd imagine a LOT of the sales for Shakeweight is for gag gifts. They also didn't play my favorite part of the "Neckline Slimmer" product...it's a "spot reduction" tool for ladies with "turkey neck", truth. Find the infomercial...it was one of my favorites.
Yea, my one therapy center was using a very long body blade for therapy. It was for helping my shoulder become more coordinated since it had been injured.
That jaw thing is probably horrible for your teeth. I'd appreciate a review of the under the desk cycle, the sciatic nerve anklet thing, and the teeter fitspine.
"Vibration and inertia: nope, neither one of those are forces. ... This is perfect bullshit." Thanks, Dr. Mike for the chuckle and an entertaining walk down memory lane. I remember those commercials. 😊
Had the thigh master and the vibro belt back in my (lazy) attempts to lose weight and get fit.The thigh master I thought worked (copium from actually moving) but all the vibro belt did was shock me repeatedly.
What do you mean that the shake weight has no progressive element? You just shake it harder and harder. You can even count the number of reps/sec to have an objective measure of progression. Which exercises your brain, too! Also, it trains you to homogenize just-peanuts peanut butter or quarts of paint (as an alternative to stirring).
God I love Dr. Mike I just smile and laugh every damn time and I’m getting great information for the most part , this video being maybe the only exception
My moms 6 second abs got me into bodybuilding, because I got my first bicep pump following the dvd while she was at work. I can only rate it as my favourite tool ever.
Oh man I was with this girl a long time ago and we saw a shake weight commercial on tv. I said "who the hell would be dumb enough to buy that shit?" and she told me that her mom had one. I immediately kms.
Lets not forget that vibrating workout machines have been around since the 60s. There were machines that had a belt that would just shake your waist while you stood there.
I found out not too long ago that most of the infomercial products were actually accessibility products made mainstream so they can be available to those that need it. These comments are confirming that for me
I used something similar to the body blade after shoulder surgery to help with stability at work. Just with one hand, extended reach. But that was only one exercise combined with a lot of other physical therapy.
Im currently admitted to a hospital for my diabetes. The “what do I look like 10 years from now” hypothetical had me laughing so hard the nurses had to check if I was okay. 😂
You know, I think a great scam would be one where someone sells a fitness magazine wrapped in cellophane that says "GROW MASSIVE ARMS AND BOULDER SHOULDERS IN ONLY 30 DAYS!" on the front cover and the reader, excited, opens it up and flips to the article only to see an ad for the new "massive arms" and "boulder shoulders" Chia pets (each sold separately).
I did a lot of shaking sticks exercises back then. This and the use of a fluorchinolone resulted in severe tendinopathia of every tendon you can think of having.
The shake weight was NOT a scam... We all knew what it was for and after 6 months of strict training, I got down to an impressive time of 4 seconds or 2 reps with full range of motion
Something that happens with a lot of as seen on TV products is that they're actually a way for manufacturers making products for people with specific needs to leverage the economies of scale by selling to a wider market while being of dubious utility to the able bodied. By far the largest portion of these are kitchen gadgets where a lot of them are designed around weak grips, poor motor function, etc;
If I'm correct and I very much could be wrong because I haven't researched it throughly, you get a better exercise just pushing into a wall and pulling against a solid object for isometric workouts, or just being in weird positions.
My mom a BUNCH of these when I was a kid, the thigh master, the vibrating thing, the hoolahoop one with the bumps on the inside that's supposed to 'message' your fat away. But when I got to be a fat kid at 14, she decided I needed to lose wight and put me on an exercise plan, and it didn't include ANY of that shit. She just had me do push ups, curls, flys and squats for half an hour every day. I think she understood, like 99% of the people who use these gadgets, that nothing beats actual exercise and actual weights. I don't even think it was about the 'shortcut to fitness' angle, either. People were just looking for something to do while watching TV to make them feel less guilty about vegetating. TV was like epicenter of all culture in the 90's, and the idea of doing something WHILE you were watching TV was the main trust of most infomercials at the time.
The body blade I actually have, for a specific reason tho, my physio has a PHD in shoulders. And if you use this one handed with hands out in front of you or to the sides it can help stabilise the shoulder muscles.
I still see the stupid thing that had places for your feet and a giant spring attached to a handle that you would kind of imitate rowing with? They turn up in thrift shops, along with the little wheel with a handle.
I got one: diaphragm training Bas Ruten sells this kit that is basically an adult pacifier that you breathe through a smaller hole which is supposed to make your diaphragm inhale stronger
Idk about that old belt but vibration plates are beneficial, been using one off and on for a while, you have to flex and hold the muscle your trying to work for it to work however, if you have si joint, sciatic nerve issues, low bone density, or bad circulation they help as well, si joint myself and it helps a great deal, better than my inversion table
What product should Dr. Mike try next!? Comment below!
Wish/Temu fitness products
Can't forget about that Hawaii Chair
Spiral Fitness with David Carradine 😂
Rose toys
Bullworker
Scott and Mike finally understanding the algorithm lol
Next up:
What Mike Eats In A Day
GRWM (Get Ready with Mike)
Protein bar reviews
What else?
@@MSHNKTRL He's done protein bar reviews already actually 😂
This was after several hours of studying Al Gore's foxtrot and screaming "HOW DOES THIS MAKE THE INTERNET LIKE ME?!"
@@MSHNKTRL Flat Tummy Tea, those idiotic slimming lollies and whatever else Kardashians were shilling for weightloss is guaranteed to be hit 😁
@@MSHNKTRL Don't forget the obligatory 20k calories cheat day, preferably as gross as possible.
You blew it dr. Mike. If you had laid on your side facing the camera to do the thigh master you would have broke the Internet .
On the table as well.
There’s still time!
Especially if the thigh Master broke while he was using it. Like crush my head between your thighs Daddy. The thirst would be REAL.
I want to see Dr. Mike review fitness based video games.
Ring Fit. Switch/Wii Sports. Fitness Boxing. Beat Saber. Pokemon Go. Etc.
yes! this
Wii sports would be awesome lol
Yes, please do a whole series! Comedy is the primary reason we all tune in anyway 😉
+1
Great idea!
No one will ever convince me that the shake weight is anything other than an inside joke about cranking a hog that spiraled wildly out of control into a successful product.
I have that feeling about a lot of products.
"Lol, you will never, never sell this!"
"Watch me!"
South Park confirmed your hypothesis quite hilariously.
Fairly certain it was only successful as a joke gift.
You're at 69 likes, otherwise I would
So scientific trails don't count? Believe me I was thinking the same but the scince doesn't match. Ive linked scientific trails above...now you don't have to believe them but find a trail that proves it does nothing...ive not found one.
Scott the video guy: you’re a genius. Down to the shots, cuts, and music-I felt like I was back in the 90s
I was already working in gyms and training college and junior and pro hockey players in the off season. I don’t know what I found more annoying, fitness infomercials or today’s fitness influencers. Nope - it’s the influencers.’
Dr Mike, patiently waiting for you to make a video commenting on the new study about consuming more protein. Thanks!!
Go back there grandpa ew
Fun fact: the neck slimmer can actually be very useful, but not for slimming necks. I’ve used it to help improve epiglottic inversion on patients with swallowing difficulties. It mimics an exercise we perform called the shaker maneuver, but the neck slimmer allows us to add resistance to it.
so you swallow bettter then? Might get one for the lady..
Cool
@@doyourownresearch7297 bruh, it’s mainly for geriatrics and for others after strokes or TBI’s. Lol
@@doyourownresearch7297Dude, he's talking about geriatric people who've suffered from strokes.
@@doyourownresearch7297 you are inept 💀
Finally, we have the long awaited Mike x Shakeweight video. The collaboration that was written in the stars.
Need to perform the double shake weight overhead tricep extension!
It's a great day for generative AI.
I disagree that the Shake weight doesn't do anything. There are so many dudes with asymmetrical arms from masturbation, it's even a joke in Family Guy. I became an ambidextrous masturbator for this reason myself.
After all the puns he made so far it's a mystery Mike x Fleshlight hasn't happened yet
literally the only thing I came here for
The shake weight was 2009. I know because my father bought one despite my protest. I now keep it in an acrylic case in my gym as a shrine to stupidity.
😂
Sounds like a healthy relationship
😂😂😂
@@YesYesYesYes-qj6cjk It is. Which is why it sits in the gym as a joke. The same gym my father uses because my parents and my in-laws both have their own guest houses on my property. 😗
@@YesYesYesYes-qj6cjk You can take your projection and suck a fart, kiddo.
The body blade and the jawsercise idea (post jaw surgery) are rehab tools that marketers decided would be good for the general healthy population. Like the little resistance bands used in PT, they aren't for overall fitness.
I like my jawsercise I feel it's beneficial my thought process is food is to easy to chew nowadays that's what sold me on the idea although I eat plenty of meat sometimes I only eat ground so although mike is funny he really didn't even give it a chance or use it properly especially since the one he had should have been heated and fitted
why do you feel the need to strengthen your jaw muscles? i believe you technically can but theres little to no point. since spot fat reduction doesnt work its not going to make a jawline more visible either@@RumiNasseri
@@RumiNasseri Not necessarily disagreeing, but I think the majority of people would be better off with a very tough sugar free gum. I buy Falim gum myself, but any sort of mastic gum should be fine.
My therapist had the body blade for my torn rotator cuff. I picked one up for $20. It actually does work to warm up your joints pretty well. I get a quick burn in my shoulders. But it is the full size, not the mini that Mike used
Just pop a few almonds or walnuts in throughout your day. Or if you want less fat just eat an apple or a raw carrot. Get your jaw exercise AND vitamins at the same time.
My favorite thing about "shake weight" is the bigger/tougher model came in black vs the puny white one.
Lmao
I believe you're referring to the BBC Edition, only sold to white wives. Sold in packs of 3.
Huh kinda reminds me of something
Just like Twix
@@OK_Phonkisepiclook up a thing called kush...
I found an old 6 seconds abs machine in my grand-parents' house when I was about 10 y old. 10 reps made my abs strong enough to break the machine. Best abs workout of my life.
My grandparents had this one machine that you pressed AGAINST your abs, so you had ton really tense your abs. It looked like a a weird plane there was also some sit-up aide that was just a plastic seat thing. I DO however have a ab roller with a spring in it that really works, makes abs burn. I'm to weak to use a regular one
On a vibroshake note, driving horrible roads in Kyrgyzstan did not make us thinner.
But it did make every Apple Watch think we were getting 8K steps a day - while just sitting in a vehicle.
So disappointed Mike didn’t reference the South Park episode, “Crème Fraîche,” that centered around Sharon Marsh getting the most out of her Shake Weight.😂
I’m glad that Scott the video guy has his own microphone now, he’s moving up in the world
When I was in school to become a physiotherapist I went to an internship in a hospital where they used something like the bodyblade to improve balance in elderly patients with Parkinson's or who were rehabbing from strokes. I made makeshift sandbag by rolling up ankle weights and had them throwing them around. They enjoyed it a lot more and their balance metric improved greatly.
Bro, I was in PT and they had me use that body blade for rotator cuff surgery recovery. It didn't work. Lol.
@@jerediahgonzalez2315 Brother, what let they did you do? L-Sit-Cruzifix rotations with a stick or body blade is something I do for my Boxers to fix posture and rotator cuffs. But I guess when your rotators are already injured not the best idea.
The South Park shake weight episode is comedy gold! I'd love an episode with Dr. Mike commenting on current fitness products.
Mike should react to old supplement ads. Like those old muscle tech ones which guaranteed 1,000,000% testosterone. Or even to see how golden/silver era practices and recommendations hold up today
That HAS to be an unhealthy amount of testosterone 😂unless they were marketing it to a very specific demo
Any supplement featuring old NFL and MLB players and marketed during Indycar and NASCAR commercial breaks. Those are comedic gold waiting to happen.
My hope is to someday get Scott in front of the camera so we can finally see who’s been keeping Dr. Mike alive this whole time
Scott the video guy
I remember at that time a lot of people implicitly trusted whatever was being shown to them on the TV and there weren't the easily accessible sources of information we have today to counter the crap or to give people good fundamentals. (Without getting a trainer, going to school, finding the right book, getting a gym membership, whatever) So when someone came along and looked healthy and successful, showed their fake clients looking healthy and successful, and selling an easy solution that cost a few bucks and promised to solve your problem without any effort from yourself, people ate it up.
Similar to UA-cam influencers now, most don’t know much more than you could learn on a few hours google, take hormones, looks decent, build a fan base of fanboys, profit
People are always going to want maximum results with minimal effort. Thus, I don't see this ever going away (as HKFinn wrote, the newest iteration is influencers)
The classic “as seen on TV”
Now people implicitly trust whatever they see on UA-cam. We haven't really improved much.
You are absolutely correct, sir.
I was hoping to see the gazelle. My dad was obsessed with those commercials and bought one. It was so fun as a kid to swing around on, and my dad used it maybe one time. My sister in law has one now.
Tony Little was jacked
My mom was always wearing out those vibro belts. They must have been a good workout!
Did she keep them in her bedside drawer?
“Mom! No! You’re supposed to put it around your WAIST!”
We all knew Dr. Mike was going to be a pro at the shake weight. He was probably thinking of Jason Mamoa the whole time he used it.
Someone at my gym left a Shake Weight on the dumbbell rack. 😂 It stayed there for quite some time; I never did see anyone using it.
I didn't realize the shake weight was that old, it had a resurgence around 2010. I was hoping to see the EZ-Crunch make an appearance; it was similar to the 6 second abs, but it used giant rubber bands so you could actually adjust the resistance.
Omg! 😂 I'm dying!!! Love you guys! Thanks Scott the video guy for getting all those contraptions for Mike to use.
The thing about the 90's, people were super busy and always in a hurry. They needed to workout anywhere and everywhere and workouts needed to be quick. And also, springs!
I knew exactly how this was going to go and Mike did not disappoint
I saw a neat article years ago that showed how the shakeweight has been re-invented multiple times in history as a health device. I guess people really just do like shaking.
I see body blades in a lot of physical therapy offices. I'm curious what the rationale behind using those is.
I got one from mine for my shoulder, and it was like $130. I found it helped doing overhead in one arm for my overhead mobility, but it’s kind of just like stretching or doing hangs.
There are probably other movements I could have done for free that would have had the same results or better
For people who have shoulder surgery it’s a good way to get them moving again. I use to play baseball and they were apart of a lot of pitchers warmup routines as well
Used it to rehab my shoulders after both rotator cuff surgeries. Not in any way the promo video shows, but it has some good value with the shoulder stabilizers which need high rep low resistance to strengthen.
Also used this after shoulder dislocation. Helped with pain, range of motion and perception of stability at end ranges.
Oscillating with the body blade allows you to co-contract all 4 of your rotator cuff muscles. It's actually a good tool for post-op shoulder patients, especially those who do a lot of overhead activity.
I’ve learned so much foundational in-depth knowledge from this channel and yet… This is by far one of my favorite videos.
Just look at his face! Dr. Mike looks happier than a kid on Christmas morning as he receives these gifts and debunks all this nonsense. It warms my heart the exact same way as when my nephew opening up presents on Christmas morning 🥰
Scott killed it with that cover image, hahah! 😂 I bet that was a fun photo shoot
Hilarious reviews! I’d love to see a series of Dr Mike doing Beach Body workouts, ESPECIALLY Insanity😊
I’d prefer him doing Autumn’s ie the female V-Shred
13:49 For when you need to give a stranger on the bus the ride of his life.
"6-Second Abs" As a kid born in the 90's I can confirm my Mom had this
I remember when i was in middle school my mom got it for her and for my fat ass
😂@@Vloseq
As a kid born in 88 I remember the videos getting shorter. 10 minute abs was replaced with 9 minute abs which was replaced by 8 minute abs and so on.
My mom did those "Buns of Steel" videos.
My mom still has a "torso track" in her basement. 😆
That "Vibro Shape" belt looks like a newer version of the famous Walton Belt machine. You know, that one that jiggled your belly fat around and was popular in the 1950s-1960s, even though it did nothing.
9:38 Half the reason I watch mike is cause he just drops these out of pocket quotes out of nowhere
Entertaining & educational...my husband who's is a Physical Therapist rolls his eyes when seeing anything like you're reviewing. There is currently a LegXerciser advertised on later night TV, that actually says "It's like having a Physical Therapist in your home". Yikes.
Jawzrsize really helped me because before the age of 13 I ended up having my jaw shattered and titanium plates put in my jaw and I babied the left side for so long yet still was able to build muscle to the point that they couldn't take the plates out when I turned 18 and several years later I came across his video post motorcycle accident and it really really helped me out but it's not for everybody. It gave me the opportunity to be able to bite into an apple without paying it also gave me the ability to yawn without struggle because imagine yawning and your mouth having to have close itself which gets rid of the on and then it comes back and you are in a never-ending cycle of trying to finish it because you can't open your mouth up far enough and the muscles were atrophied enough that it would instinctively clamp down halfway through the range of motion
Its actually really neat that it can be good for physical therapy.
It gives me a bad headache, so i stopped
@@PKshockwave You'd be fatiguing the masseter muscle which wraps all the way up the side of your skull, so a headache seems kinda expected lol.
OH WAIT this is genius! I haven’t chewed on my left side in almost a decade and I’m really feeling the consequences. I make an effort to switch sides but I HATE IT
the vibro shape is probably great for general mental health and wellbeing, if you sit on it. get that prostate shaking
The bodyblade (or something like it) actually is used as a rehab device. It was part of my shoulder rehab when i had a very minor partial tear. Along with bands, light weights, cables. And my name on s wall with i miniature heavy skate
12 weeks later and my shoulde was recovered.
Local PT clinic has the body blades. They have a 6-foot one that can putva burn in your chest. They use them for building ballance.
The Gazelle Freestyler, Bowflex, anything Richard Simmons made, Total Gym, ab rollers, and Tony Little videos.
Dr. Mike is hands down one of the funniest people I've ever seen!
The lesson here is if anyone says get in shape with minimum time and effort steer clear. Getting in shape, be it simply fat loss cardio or muscle building hypertrophy takes maximum effort and time. Of course form, stimulus to fatigue ratio are things but even then a the higher the stimulus the higher the effort and therefore fatigue. I am certainly no expert but a good friend of mine was seriously overweight and he bought some bloody electro shock ab machine thinking it was going to do the trick. After much arguing I convinced him to use Myfitness pal to track his calories, do some good deep press ups (from the knees at first) , inverted rows (again from a fairly vertical position as no way horizontally) and bodyweight ass to grass squats, some core work mainly leg raises and crunches and do 10,000 steps a day. At first regardless of a terrible level of fitness he would give up way before failure but found his groove, pushed it and was consistent. Lost 40lbs in a year got stronger and eventually joined the gym and training with me, can now bench 150kg for reps with good form (he's a big guy) can do 5 pullups from a dead hang with good controlled eccentric strong with squats, SLDLS and altogether pretty damn strong with decent muscle (still at about 20% but must have been 30% minimum) gone from a lazy (well actually depressed and defeated) to a confident happy guy who has turned that corner and like any successful gym goer be it a cardio or hypertrophy driven person who actual has that sick sadistic enjoyment of beating yourself up 🤣
Finally, a way to harness the power of vibration *and* inertia and make them work for me!
Please use these in the gym as a prank video coming up. Mike using these devices to failure would be amazing😂😂
This is my most favorite video you have ever done. 100 percent need to do more of these
Mike the body blade is legit! They still use it for physical therapy - improved my shoulder pain and gains under the instruction of a Pt with that a while back
7:50 he said that
You are stupid. Any placebo would have worked. Rofl
As a physiotherapist I say this; the body blade is pointless bullshit. Most likely all the other modalities you did actually helped your shoulder (even just time spent recovering from the injury)
LOL, Amazing! Let's get the modern one next; with the stepper, the "prison" version of Sandow's squeezable dumbbell, the new 6 pack electric shock trainers with the "secret navy seal" technology, the iron chest master, and some kind of bar with band attachments.
This video alone is worth the membership price
Pretty sure itll be available for everyone in a hour or two
My brother had a Bullworker back in the 80s. Incredible that it’s still being made and sold.
Omg I use to have one of those bull workers years ago lol 😂😂😂
I SWEAR that Shakeweight has been on the back table of this backdrop for forever, finally decided to use it. I'd imagine a LOT of the sales for Shakeweight is for gag gifts. They also didn't play my favorite part of the "Neckline Slimmer" product...it's a "spot reduction" tool for ladies with "turkey neck", truth. Find the infomercial...it was one of my favorites.
1:12 So THAT'S what that was for! My parents had this and for the longest time I never knew which exercise it was meant to be used for.
MORE OF THIS PLEASE!
Yea, my one therapy center was using a very long body blade for therapy. It was for helping my shoulder become more coordinated since it had been injured.
That jaw thing is probably horrible for your teeth. I'd appreciate a review of the under the desk cycle, the sciatic nerve anklet thing, and the teeter fitspine.
I love that the Thighmaster 800# is the hold music that corporate hr uses where I work.
"Vibration and inertia: nope, neither one of those are forces. ... This is perfect bullshit." Thanks, Dr. Mike for the chuckle and an entertaining walk down memory lane. I remember those commercials. 😊
is inertia not a force?
@@Kumquat57 no not technically.
5:28 vibration can actually stop blood from flowing
😂 Dr Mike, you are too hilarious
Had the thigh master and the vibro belt back in my (lazy) attempts to lose weight and get fit.The thigh master I thought worked (copium from actually moving) but all the vibro belt did was shock me repeatedly.
What do you mean that the shake weight has no progressive element? You just shake it harder and harder. You can even count the number of reps/sec to have an objective measure of progression. Which exercises your brain, too!
Also, it trains you to homogenize just-peanuts peanut butter or quarts of paint (as an alternative to stirring).
😂
I just jerk off instead.
I used to progressively overload my forearms to the shake weight instructional video when I was 13.
God I love Dr. Mike I just smile and laugh every damn time and I’m getting great information for the most part , this video being maybe the only exception
All thou these Products were terrible at what they were designed for. They are Ironically great for rehabilitation exercises and stability workouts.
I actually worked my jaw out while watching by laughing so fucking hard!! HAHA!! love that video!! LOL
My moms 6 second abs got me into bodybuilding, because I got my first bicep pump following the dvd while she was at work.
I can only rate it as my favourite tool ever.
Lmao I love Dr Mikes humor it’s the best on UA-cam for sure
At the physical therapy clinic I work at we use the body blade unilaterally to work shoulder stability but in a rehab setting.
Oh man I was with this girl a long time ago and we saw a shake weight commercial on tv. I said "who the hell would be dumb enough to buy that shit?" and she told me that her mom had one. I immediately kms.
I feel like the vibrating belt would be could for period cramps. Shake my uterus like a man shaking a woman to calm down in an old movie. 🤣
The spring dumb bells and six minute ab vhs tape was you needed to look like Arnold. The 90s were amazing.
That vibrating one probably flattens your stomach by relieving constipation.
Lets not forget that vibrating workout machines have been around since the 60s. There were machines that had a belt that would just shake your waist while you stood there.
Resistance bands are incredible for home workout and very safe and easy to progressively overload.
I found out not too long ago that most of the infomercial products were actually accessibility products made mainstream so they can be available to those that need it. These comments are confirming that for me
I used something similar to the body blade after shoulder surgery to help with stability at work. Just with one hand, extended reach. But that was only one exercise combined with a lot of other physical therapy.
That Shake Weight demo wasn’t nearly inappropriate enough and I’m deeply disappointed in you, Mike.
Dude in the '90s skinny girls were IN ! It was called Heroin chic and it was absolutely THE thing back then.
Im currently admitted to a hospital for my diabetes. The “what do I look like 10 years from now” hypothetical had me laughing so hard the nurses had to check if I was okay. 😂
I see the "navy seal ab roller" wasn't included. That thing will kick your ass. People that aren't already somewhat fit can't do it.
This is your funniest video yet, I was howling. Love this channel, keep it up!
Mike, your humor is spot on brother. Id watch your videos if you were talking about knitting..'
You know, I think a great scam would be one where someone sells a fitness magazine wrapped in cellophane that says "GROW MASSIVE ARMS AND BOULDER SHOULDERS IN ONLY 30 DAYS!" on the front cover and the reader, excited, opens it up and flips to the article only to see an ad for the new "massive arms" and "boulder shoulders" Chia pets (each sold separately).
I did a lot of shaking sticks exercises back then. This and the use of a fluorchinolone resulted in severe tendinopathia of every tendon you can think of having.
The vibró reminds me of what we use in surgery to prevent clots but still very different
Warning: Don't watch this while you eat. I almost chocked twice
The shake weight was NOT a scam... We all knew what it was for and after 6 months of strict training, I got down to an impressive time of 4 seconds or 2 reps with full range of motion
Something that happens with a lot of as seen on TV products is that they're actually a way for manufacturers making products for people with specific needs to leverage the economies of scale by selling to a wider market while being of dubious utility to the able bodied. By far the largest portion of these are kitchen gadgets where a lot of them are designed around weak grips, poor motor function, etc;
If I'm correct and I very much could be wrong because I haven't researched it throughly, you get a better exercise just pushing into a wall and pulling against a solid object for isometric workouts, or just being in weird positions.
My God. I was a hellion and stayed up until 1-2 in the am in my early teens. These commercials between nick at night were comforting.
My mom a BUNCH of these when I was a kid, the thigh master, the vibrating thing, the hoolahoop one with the bumps on the inside that's supposed to 'message' your fat away. But when I got to be a fat kid at 14, she decided I needed to lose wight and put me on an exercise plan, and it didn't include ANY of that shit. She just had me do push ups, curls, flys and squats for half an hour every day. I think she understood, like 99% of the people who use these gadgets, that nothing beats actual exercise and actual weights. I don't even think it was about the 'shortcut to fitness' angle, either. People were just looking for something to do while watching TV to make them feel less guilty about vegetating. TV was like epicenter of all culture in the 90's, and the idea of doing something WHILE you were watching TV was the main trust of most infomercials at the time.
The body blade I actually have, for a specific reason tho, my physio has a PHD in shoulders.
And if you use this one handed with hands out in front of you or to the sides it can help stabilise the shoulder muscles.
When I first started working out as a kid, I did use one fitness product that I liked, and it was a bullworker.
"It feels like someone shaking you." I lost it. I love you Dr Mike!
I still see the stupid thing that had places for your feet and a giant spring attached to a handle that you would kind of imitate rowing with? They turn up in thrift shops, along with the little wheel with a handle.
I got one: diaphragm training
Bas Ruten sells this kit that is basically an adult pacifier that you breathe through a smaller hole which is supposed to make your diaphragm inhale stronger
Idk about that old belt but vibration plates are beneficial, been using one off and on for a while, you have to flex and hold the muscle your trying to work for it to work however, if you have si joint, sciatic nerve issues, low bone density, or bad circulation they help as well, si joint myself and it helps a great deal, better than my inversion table
To be fair something like a body blade has therapeutic implementations for joint and ligament rehabilitation to a certain degree
One theory was the shaking exercise devices were based on the therapeutic effects "purring" had on domesticated cats.