- What's up. It's Chris Heria. Welcome to another vlog.
Today, I'm back with Mel G. You remember her,
last time we were trying some handstands.
Well, today we're going to be trying some
infomercial fitness gadgets.
- [Mel G] Yeah, you've probably seen some of these
incredible products and the funny part is
you've probably seen them online, you've see them on TV,
your parents have probably purchased them,
so we're going to try them out today,
and see if they really work.
- Exactly and real quick,
we're not sponsored by any of the products in this video,
so we're going to be giving our own opinion.
If you do have a product that you'd like us to test out,
send us an email at support@chrisheria.com.
We're going to be testing infomercial fitness gadgets
that promise you six pack abs.
- All right, so let's get started.
So the first one that we're going to try today
is Smart Fitness.
I guess it's like an electric pulsing
stimulator for the abs.
It looks like the price of is actually about 20 bucks.
- Okay.
- Pretty not, you know, not too bad.
- Looks like whoever's using this in the pictures
in the back is getting shredded, though.
- And it looks like it comes with like,
a remote control, which is cool, so...
- Oh, you can like put it in other spots too.
- You can adjust the area, so basically
it stimulates the area to where it's adjusted.
- Okay, so, for every product,
we're going to be doing a 30 second test.
Just to see if it actually works or not.
- Wow.
- Oh, shoot. Okay.
- Here, I'll hold it up.
- Wait, what are these? Batteries...
This better be worth it.
- Whoa, we are lit up! We are lit!
- You plug this up.
I'm really curious to know if this
is actually gonna work or not.
- Yeah, this is like a movie.
(laughs)
- All right, I'm going to have to
bust my shirt off for this one.
- Ladies?
- Ab check!
- Sheesh!
(laughs)
Sorry.
Women usually have a problematic area
in the lower abdomen, right?
- I'm gonna go for 1, 2, 3, 4.
I'm gonna go for the eight pack right here.
I'm going to put this on flat. Boom.
All right, you ready?
We're going to go for a 30 second ab test.
Try not to electrocute yourself.
- Oh my god! I feel it!
- Do you?
- Yeah!
- Oh, shoot. I feel that, yeah.
- It actually, I'm not gonna lie, the stimulation
makes me feel like,
- It does a little bit, right? - its really working.
- Yeah it's just like contractions,
like continuous contractions.
If you probably go down into a plank like this...
- I think it's really important to know that
you leave it on your skin so it sticks.
You can't like put it on material.
- I feel like it's possibly enhancing this exercise.
Look at my abs! All right lets...
- Oh my god! Why are you shaking?
- This thing is like, I don't even know
what level this is on, but...
- Look how crazy it's going! (laughs)
- All right, I'm going to take this off.
I'm not sure how to turn it off,
but I'm going to just try to peel it off.
- Wow.
- Okay. How's it look now?
- It looks about the same.
- 30 second abs?
(laughs)
All right. So, if it looks the same,
I can't tell by the visual test,
but I can tell you my abs do feel like they're more worked
than if I was to just jump in a plank for like 30 seconds.
- Yeah.
- Like right now, I feel like my,
I took it off and I feel like my, my,
my abs are still clenching.
- Yeah.
- They're clenched.
- They're pretty clenched.
(laughs)
And for 20 bucks, actually it's not a bad buy.
- You can also like, put it somewhere else,
which is good for muscle recovery.
For sure. So, yeah.
- I think $20, you can't beat it.
- Come on, you can't beat that,
that's a $20 massage right there. Anytime, any day.
- Yeah, literally.
- I mean, I don't know how comfortable
it's going to be to use this while you're working out,
it's kind of hard to move.
For sure, It makes your abs contract more.
I'm not saying that this is going to give you six pack abs,
but it definitely made me feel my abs more,
especially if you're doing exercises while wearing it.
- Right.
- All right, let's move on to the next one.
- So this next one we're going to try is the 6 Second Abs.
My mom had this, and it was never used.
So, I can't believe I'm actually going to try it now.
- I'm going to be honest, we actually had it
in our house too, and I kind of used this
when I was like a little kid just messing around with it.
My dad was always buying like random gadgets
and stuff like this.
I don't know how you get from there, from there
doing just this, but this is going to be interesting.
Apparently you get jacked, like this.
- Yo, this thing is $40!
- Dang! How much money do you think they made off of this?
Because you had one, I had one.
This was before the internet.
- Who knows, but crazy-
- A billion dollars.
All right. Let's pop it open.
This is how we bought it. By the way it came like this.
So this is like a vintage piece of equipment.
This thing is $40! (laughs)
- Someone definitely repackaged their old one
from the 90s and put it on Amazon.
- Okay, so it comes like this, right?
So I'm assuming it comes with like,
a program to kind of guide you.
- This thing looks like a vacuum.
All right, go. 30 seconds.
I want you to give it an intense workout.
Here we go on the clock. Go.
Woo! Let's go, Mel.
Look at that range in motion.
All right.
(laughs)
You're almost there, almost there.
We got to give it like a true test.
Work it girl, work it!
Work it. You're almost there.
- It's working my neck!
- Here we go. Five more seconds.
5,
4,
3,
2,
and 1.
All right! How's it feel?
I feel like I burned more calories-
- In your arms?
- ...movement in the... dude.
- Let me see that thing.
All right, Ima go for it.
Ready? I'll put it to the test.
- You know what's funny?
- What's up?
- Getting up. I actually think I felt a little tension.
- Do you really?
- I swear!
- We're gonna see if this thing is really worth it.
So like that, like this?
- Just like that! (laughs) There you go.
- Honestly, I can't find a way to make this difficult.
I saw this on the side of the box. He was doing this.
- There you go!
- Okay. Okay.
- Right here, look.
- Okay, side crunch.
Okay.
I'll make this as quick as possible.
- (laughs) Oh my god.
- Ah!
- Woo!
Yup, you did it. Well...
Like, guaranteed you're gonna feel it.
(laughs)
All right, is that the time?
There's no resistance in this thing.
- But you feel it.
- Absolutely not.
- No?
- Absolutely not.
Honestly, if I would've just laid down with my legs,
like sticking up for 30 seconds it'd hurt more.
So for 40 bucks, honestly,
I got to say that it's so not worth it.
I'd rather get the other thing for 20 bucks.
- Yeah the other stimulation.
- I dunno. This thing feels like,
it doesn't even stick half the time.
- Yeah.
- This is a no-go for us.
All right. Let's move on to the next one.
All right. Next piece of equipment.
- So what is this?
- I'm not sure. There's not even a little hint.
Let's see.
Okay. Okay. I know what this is.
I've seen one of these. This is an AB roller.
- Oh!
- These things are actually badass.
- Yeah. - I've used one before.
I've had one in my house, too. Since I was a little kid.
Oh, it's the pad for your knees?
Set this bad boy up. 15 bucks.
- 15 bucks? Probably going to be the best one.
- I don't know. I don't want to speak too soon.
I don't know what else we got. Insert.
It's in.
- Yeah, get this too, now.
- Work it girl, work it.
There you go. You said you used this before, right?
- I have.
- Here we go. We're going to put you on for 30 seconds.
Are you ready? Give me your best shot.
3, 2, 1. Let's go, Mel.
Woo! Okay, okay!
That's a good range of motion, girl.
What? Don't get stuck down there.
There you go.
Damn, those abs are popping.
There you go.
Obliques popping. What!
Almost there, Mel.
Five more seconds.
5,
4,
3,
2.
And 1. How'd that feel?
- I'm wearing the wrong things,
that was actually kinda crazy.
Definitely, definitely probably the best our of all of them.
Like, that was actually conditioning I feel, like,
the whole core, or strengthening the core.
- 100%. I'm not going to lie, I've used this and
I used to use it all the time, but
I'm gonna go for 30 seconds.
- Let's go!
One.
- Woo!
- Two.
Sheesh!
Three.
Four.
Woo!
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Eight.
Nine.
Woo!
Yo, you killed it!
That was good. - There you go.
I got to say, this is hands down
one of my favorite pieces of equipment.
- The best. And it's so simple because I feel it.
And I feel it overall.
- Yeah, me too.
- Like, strengthening the core.
- Like, my shoulders, lower back, my lats...
It doesn't need batteries, pretty much throw it in your
book bag.
- Yeah, you just grab it with it.
- So far, I would say that this one
is gonna be hands down the best one.
- Same.
- All right. You ready to move on to the next one?
- Let's go.
- Ab Exerciser. You basically lie down with it, right?
- Yeah, I think so, you lay down, you put your head here
and you put your hands there, and
you're gonna crunch forward. So, I think it's more
of like a crunch.
- Why don't you just do normal crunches? - Yeah.
- I guess we're about to find out.
- I might go for the things that aren't like this.
- What is this? Instructions?
- Yeah. (laughs)
- 25 bucks. So you do this.
Hopefully this thing doesn't just fall apart
while you're using it.
All right. Whoa. There you go.
- So I think we finally put it together.
- All right.
There we go.
It's finally ready.
All right. You're going to give it
a solid workout for 30 seconds.
You're going to give it your best shot, Mel.
Let's go.
- Feel it in my back.
- Keep it going. Keep it going.
We have a nut that just fell out. That's okay.
Keep it going. Oh!
Keep it going. Keep it going.
Keep it going! 30 seconds!
(laughs)
That's what happens when you buy a piece of equipment
that's like $15. All right.
I think that's the verdict right there, like,
we just spent like an hour trying to put this
thing together and alright. Not worth it.
Next.
All right. We're down to our final piece of equipment.
- We got the Ab Circle Pro.
I mean, this is probably my favorite
because I have this also in my house.
- Damn, you guys are trying to get shredded in your house.
- Yeah, my mom had everything, it's so crazy.
Look at all these positions.
You've got the left slide, you got the right slide,
left crawl, right crawl, I mean,
look at her positioning.
- And the bun and thigh move.
That's, that's your move right there. Right?
- Yeah, it's my favorite.
And you get a DVD, you get like, a guide, like,
this one is like, crazy. Look at these
before and after pictures, I mean-
- Those are some intense transformations,
- From stressed and depressed, to tight and blessed.
- Damn, she's wearing some bigger pants,
her hair is done...
- Yup.
- This is a big box. How much does this cost?
- So this is about $90.
So we're going to put this one together.
- All right.
- Let's do it.
Jeez, this is all vintage stuff. This is pretty cool.
We should make like a vintage workout video with this stuff.
All right. Knee bowls, secure.
Let's just get right into it.
- I can't get the holes to match.
- Alright, Mel, here are your knee pads.
Now time for the 30 second test. Are you ready?
- I think so.
- This is the last one, I want you to give it
everything you got.
Here we go. 3, 2, 1.
Let's go.
Okay. Work those obliques.
Do a 360.
Nah, just kidding.
- Oh! (laughs) It's actually kind of easy.
- Oh, shoot.
Almost there, Mel.
We want to see a 5-40 now.
(laughs)
Here we go.
We're getting to the last five seconds.
5,
4,
3,
2,
and 1. Woo!
- Wow!
- It looked pretty unstable, but how did it feel?
- It didn't feel bad.
I feel like more I'm out of breath.
(laughs)
- So it definitely works the cardio.
Okay. Locked in there.
- I feel like it made me more dizzy than anything.
- Oh. Oh!
- Let's go!
- I actually feel that, actually.
Like if I try to really like bring it up without swinging.
- So, before we get started here,
you're focusing on the actual area of the muscle-
- Yeah, if you really... yeah.
- Instead of the movement-
- And try to bring up like,
your body was just like crunching your abs?
It can possibly-
- Right.
- Be effective. But let's find out.
We're gonna go for 30 seconds. You ready?
- All right, let's go.
Here we go. 3, 2, 1.
- Go. One.
- Woo!
Should I go faster?
- Yeah, go.
I feel like if I go faster,
I don't know if I'll like, get that
quality engagement contraction on the abs, but...
Hey, I feel it.
- Do you feel it?
- Yup.
- Doesn't it kind of feel like skateboarding a little bit?
- Yeah, kind of. Maybe, like, boom.
- Yeah, exactly.
- All right, last couple of seconds, here we go.
- Go! Go!
- Ugh. Ugh. Really squeeze!
- Squeeze.
- Last one, ugh.
I feel like if you hold it at the top,
it's a good isometrics movement.
- Do you feel it?
- I got to hand it to it. It was a little bit of a workout.
I definitely felt it. But I'm going to be honest,
like, for 90 bucks, how long it took to put together,
how much space it actually takes up in your house?
I would definitely rather just do my normal ab routines
that I do on the ground with like, leg raises, boat holds,
Russian twists, and stuff.
That's going to be way more effective, honestly.
- Way more effective with what you do is
way better than that, these are gadgets that take up space,
- Exactly.
- They are costly, where you can invest in different
things are way less expensive and more effective.
- Exactly. So, that's going to be all the pieces
of equipment.
Which one would you say is the number one
that we tried today?
- Ab roller. It's very similar to what I already do.
- Yup.
- That's really effective.
- I'm going to have to agree with that.
The ab roller definitely works.
What would you say is number two?
- Um, the electric pulsating-
- I was going to say the same thing.
- With the control...
- Yup. It actually gave like an extra emphasis on your abs.
- And you feel the like, electricity pulsing the area-
- Yup. I actually still feel it a little bit like
on the outer edges.
- Yeah, contractions. So... and it was what, like 15 bucks?
- Yeah, it was like 20 bucks, something like that.
And you can always use it for recovery as well.
It stimulates your muscles.
- Absolutely.
- All right. So what would be the third favorite?
- Maybe this one.
- This one had more resistance than the ab crunch one, too.
So I'll probably say this is definitely
going to be number three. And the fourth best or worst.
- Yeah, the fourth worst is definitely the uh,
6 Second Abs. Yes.
- All right. So 6 Second Abs is going to be next up.
I'm going to agree with that too,
because the last worst one was literally the one we couldn't
even put together. We got it right out of the box.
We followed the instructions perfectly and-
- Didn't work.
- It didn't work.
- Basically fell apart-
- It broke.
- While we were doing it.
- Exactly.
- While I was doing it. Because I'm the guinea pig, so.
- Exactly. So there you go,
So that's going to be it for all the gadgets
that we have today. At the end of the day,
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