Shake Weight

If your workout takes up too much time and you just can’t fit it into your busy lifestyle, the Shake Weight is specially designed to multiply the effectiveness of a 6 minute workout to supposedly tone your arms and improve the entire upper body.

And why not, it makes you work harder, and you should be lifting weights anyway! This dumbbell shakes only when you shake it, and it does not require any batteries or power. And according to ads, it uses a technology called “Dynamic inertia.”

Is the Shake Weight Groundbreaking?

Everybody supposedly uses some kind of technology or another. And every product obviously claims to be clinically proven. Frankly, I’ve seen more than one product faking clinical studies.

But we hardly think that a weight that happens to move uses amazing and revolutionary technology that nobody ever imagined before. Yes, it creates more resistance. But in addition to that, there are no clinical studies on the Shake Weight.

Is it 7X as Effective as a Normal Workout Routine?

One of the main claims to fame associated with the Shake Weight is the idea that a 6 minute workout can be as effective as a 42 minute workout. Think about this for a moment. A 6 minute workout is never going to be that effective!

A 6 minute workout may seem convenient, and it may even fit into your office schedule! But let’s not kid ourselves. Anything less than a 30 minute workout is a joke. You should be getting at least an hour. And the Shake Weight will not get your heart rate up enough to burn fat.

Will Shake Weight Have Any Effect?

Realistically, a 6 minute workout doesn’t work. And more than that, think about the fact that the Shake Weight only weighs 2.5 pounds! There is a 5 pound version that is supposedly “formulated just for men.”

But there’s nothing about a ridiculously minimal dumbbell that is clinically proven to target either sex! Actually, that light a weight doesn’t do much of anything.

Conclusion

Say what you want about Shake Weight. It’s laughable. Most of us make fun of it, sometimes we buy it as a gag gift. But the bottom line is that the Shake Weight is too light to provide the resistance or the challenge that your body would need, and there is nothing clinically proven about it.

The Shake Weight is a popular infomercial product. But that’s about all that it is.