Consumer Reports Gives Exercise Machines a Work Out; Amazing Infomercial Claims Put to the Test

U.S. Newswire, January, 2008

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YONKERS, N.Y., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The February issue of Consumer Reports takes a hard look at exercise machines sold through infomercials on TV and the Web. CR tested 10 exercise devices costing $50 to $300 and found that most product claims to chisel, tone, target, and lift were overblown, and that the same or better results could usually be achieved ...

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Consumer Reports Gives Exercise Machines a Work Out; Amazing Infomercial Claims Put to the Test

U.S. Newswire, January, 2008

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