13 Stupid Fitness Products (PHOTOS)

We already showed you the most ridiculous workout equipment, but it turns out there's a lot more where that came from. The fitness world is full of quirky products designed to make you think getting in shape is going to be as easy as slapping a belt around your abs or manipulating some ridiculous contraption. Websites like Sky Mall have done a great job finding some of the most absurd fitness products we've ever seen. Whether or not these things can actually tone your bod is up to debate, but we found all the concepts below pretty laughable in one way or another.

Check out 13 of our favorite stupid fitnesss products from around the web below and vote for your favorite! For more, check out our special Stupid Products page!

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[nitwitsRus]

08:52 AM on 11/08/2011

Victoria Jackson?

[Ted Bouklos]

12:57 AM on 10/28/2011

you forgot the Shake Weight!

[nitwitsRus]

07:15 PM on 10/27/2011

Jennifer Satanist?

[nosmiley]

12:54 PM on 10/26/2011

The speedfit treadmill looks simply like a street version of those old railroad hand cars, that the maintenance crews used before the motorized type came along.

[Jose Amram]

12:11 PM on 10/26/2011

Remember the Tony Little "the best personal trainer ever" junk? He put out a lot of stupid exercise stuff and still does..makes a fortune.

[cestpasvrai]

06:58 AM on 10/28/2011

Haha when I was little, my mom worked at home shopping and we filmed a Japanese informercial with Tony Little at our house. Ohhh memories... but yeah, all his products are absolute crap.

[demisfine]

11:56 AM on 10/26/2011

Was the Thighmaster too easy a target?

[Brianna Cole]

01:18 AM on 12/08/2011

Yeah, but that one actually works......

[invisbl]

11:54 AM on 10/26/2011

can someone explain the velcro running mat to me? is it like a poor man's treadmill, or is it supposed to provide some kind of resistance when the powerful hook and loop fasteners combine against you? help me understand!

[malander]

11:35 AM on 10/26/2011

What!? No mention of the "Bullworker"?

[BlueBird55]

11:32 AM on 10/26/2011

Well, the pedaler makes some sense. People that are too debilitated to even walk need to keep their circulation going. I can see where the pedaler could help with that particular issue. It isn't going to allow anyone to lose weight, however.

The face trainer? It's scary that anyone thought of it, scary that anyone bought it, and just plain scary looking.

[BcemXAHA]

11:30 AM on 10/26/2011

I'm one of those personal trainers that does not rely on any gadgets, I can train you indoors or outdoors, I prefer outdoors. There is no reason why people should require anything at all to get a good hour of working out. Start by walking, increase your walk by 5 minutes everytime when you're out, don't leisurely stroll, walk, walk at a decent pace, enough so that you're breathing is faster. Do push ups, crunches, air squats, planks, and i assure you, eat properly and you'll see changes in your body almost instantly!

[Michael Lee Smyth]

02:17 AM on 11/13/2011

Thank you...I have went from 250 to 211 in six months through diet and light exercise. You can see the glimmer in folks eyes go away when they find out that there was no magic pill or exercise gimmick involved. 3-5 miles of walking a day and three days of serious ab work,

[PlutocratsSuck]

11:17 AM on 10/26/2011

Does the face trainer train one to be a ninja also?

[Brianna Cole]

01:19 AM on 12/08/2011

Fanned and Favorited. Not that you really need me to be added to your host of minions, but that comment was SO worthy. And no, you can't become a ninja by simply putting on the clothes. I've tried, the tree and gravity weren't so forgiving.....

[xham1]

10:56 AM on 10/26/2011

The purpose of the treadmill is to walk instead of walking?

[James Nickel]

10:55 AM on 10/26/2011

The Speedfit Portable Treadmill is truly insane. Instead of just running down the street, I run on a treadmill with wheels that rolls down the street? The only thing this does is prove how much money and little sense I have.

[JScott]

10:42 AM on 10/26/2011

Don't forget that face execiser Linda Evans schlepped on infomercials, kinda looked like a torture device or something out of 'Silence Of The Lambs'.

[zenju2]

10:16 AM on 10/26/2011

If I laugh at the marketing/consumer culture that creates and sells and purchases this stuff, does that make me a communist?