FALSE TV ADVERTISMENTS

Hello All.
I was watching TV at the gym during my morning cardio today and saw about 10 different commercials making false fitness claims!
Some exmaples:
-Losing inches off the stomach with crunches only
-spot reducing, spot reducing, spot reducing!
-10 lbs in 10 days
BLAH BLAH BLAH!

I'm so sick of it, when clients come in they think I am crazy if I tell them cardio and diet with get rid of their stomach!

Does this bother anyone else?

=)

All of the time...I run a fitness equipment store and I get overweight people all of the time wanting to buy ab machines to loose their belly! I guess I'm too honest of a person, cause I tell them to spend their money on a good personal trainer/nutriton expert instead of waste'n it on a 500.00 crunch machine!

Absolutely! This drives me nuts and I can't stand watching these lies either. The worst part is that these crooks are making millions of dollars by taking advantage of well-meaning people who unfortunately don't know any better. It's just wrong!

Jeremy - I think that's excellent and I certainly don't think you're too honest! Very commendable! You're a good man, bro!

Wait a second here...you mean to tell me that ablaster 2000 I just bought from Craigsbay isn't worth the $150 I paid? At least it comes with a 30 day money back guarantee...I know I’ll see results in 30 days just by doing abs with my ablaster…the commercial says so! And...my ablaster 2000 comes with a FREE 30 days supply of Muscletech supplements so I know I'll be seeing results here shortly!

You guys don't know what you're talking about...

I laugh every time I see one of those "get slim quick" commercials, claiming that their product is backed by "scientific research" with a "double-blind test at a prestigious college!" And I can't believe that there are people out there who buy into it! Education is key and there is no better pill than the exercise pill. =)

That's just my $0.02. ^_^

Sad thing is that people fall for it all the time. People really believe in some B.S.

wait, are you guys saying i can't look like arnold in two months?!?!

this is crazy! i quit HAHAHAHA

I know. It irriates me when people (mostly friends or associates...who don't pay!) ask me for advice, I go out of my way to get them started and educated then they say "oh well, I think I will just try the ab roller first and see if that works!" UGGGGH! lol Guess education is the key, but I'm sure all of us here at RA try to educate anyone who truly wants to know...and LISTEN!

George-I'm curious now...do you have a link or a resource I could read more on the topic about??? Thanks!!

Yep

I agree that "false advertising" is problematic, but I also think we need to look at things outside of the fitness industry to get the whole picture.

Whether any of us care to admit it or not, a large majority of the choices we make everyday are due to advertising. How about the 10,000 ads we see each month in fitness related magazines. How about the plethera of ads on TV we see each day directing our decisions? We are programmed (possibly beyond our control), to the choices we make each day. Is there one of us that hasn't bought some kitchen gimmick or magic tool or some other crap because we saw an ad, only to find out that it really didn't do as it claimed?

Flat out false advertising should be controlled, but at the same time, I'm willing to wager that most of these products in question "could" provide the advertised results if used 100% as directed, including diet and whatever else they recommend.

Just my 2 cents.

Nicely done Shaggy!

im not sick of it all i think is funny that people are naive enough to believe these commercials. its a good indicator of what the media thinks of us as a society. people want max results with the least amount of work so these commercials try to exploit people. this applies to most things we see on tv radio or magazines. thats why we should really research any supplements we take. remember individuals are smart "people" are dumb.thats what the media and politics thinks of us. sorry to get off the topic.