No time to work out? Now! An exercise machine that exercise ALL your muscles in just 4 minutes!

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Great last-minute gift for that "person who has everything" (and no time to enjoy any of it)

Price: A steal at just $12,449.95 !!

This machine offers a more beneficial workout in 4 minutes than 45 minutes on a treadmill or other conventional exercise equipment. Its raison d’etre is to provide people with busy schedules the most efficient cross-training workout in the least amount of time. It offers all the components of a well-rounded exercise program: stretching for flexibility, resistance training for strength and toning of muscles, and aerobic training for improving efficiency of heart, lungs and blood vessels.

Despite claims that an aerobic workout requires at least 20 to 45 minutes, this machine can achieve the same results in 4 minutes; the same muscle toning that would require 30 to 45 minutes circuit training in a gym; the same flexibility benefits of 15 to 20 minutes of stretching exercises. Studies conducted at USC, Laval University in Canada and at Japan’s National Institute of Fitness and Sports Research, confirm that involvement of a greater amount of muscles and optimum resistance plus full range of motion (ROM) greatly reduce the time required for a complete workout. ...

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-- Debbie (dbspence@pobox.com), December 19, 2001

Answers

For $12,500 I want Suzanne Summers in person.

-- (lars@indy.net), December 19, 2001.

4 minutes is NOT an aerobic cardio workout

-- (cin@cin.cin), December 19, 2001.

The funny thing is, at $500 it might look just like the snake oil that it is. For $12,500 someone will probably go for it...

-- Debbie (dbspence@pobox.com), December 19, 2001.

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