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modelthry
07-18-2006, 11:45 PM
You know that old white belt that goes around the waist and vibates people into shape? Think 1930s or maybe Boss Hogg.

What's it called? Been looking for a wikipedia entry. How the hell could people have been so stupid back then?
atomic
07-18-2006, 11:49 PM
You know that old white belt that goes around the waist and vibates people into shape? Think 1930s or maybe Boss Hogg.

What's it called? Been looking for a wikipedia entry. How the hell could people have been so stupid back then?

http://www.drdarden.com/readTopic.do?id=383977

Either people today haven't learned their lesson, or people back then weren't as stupid as you might believe.
Abnormal
07-19-2006, 06:45 AM
http://www.drdarden.com/readTopic.do?id=383977

Either people today haven't learned their lesson, or people back then weren't as stupid as you might believe.

Darden's been around for a while pushing assorted high intensity training techniques. This is a little different from his normal line.

However, there is a "new version" of this concept out there

http://www.tinyurl.com/fn4ed

However this little gem costs something like £7,000.
modelthry
07-19-2006, 09:07 AM
Either people today haven't learned their lesson

Indeed:

"But Vic," I asked, "did all that shaking really work at getting rid of fat?"

"It must have," he replied, "or people wouldn’t have kept using the devices."