Does the Shake Weight Really Work

The Shake Weight has become an international success but it's still getting mixed results and raising quite a few eyebrows. For one thing, it can be amusing to see someone working out with it as you workout with the Shake Weight by jerking it quickly in, what some people perceive to be, a sexually suggestive motion. However, this has nothing to do with the most serious question about this product: Does the Shake Weight really work?

In the past few months I've heard conflicting testimonials and reviews of the Shake Weight.

Some say that it's a wonderful piece of fitness equipment and that just by using it for a few minutes, they can actually feel the burn in their arms. This tells them that they're getting a pretty good workout and actually it's a pretty good indication.

Others are skeptical that this can actually do anything for them. The infomercial may be to blame here as it did elicit a lot of comic remarks and segments on various TV shows. There are also several fitness instructors who went on record as saying that this product will not do all that the infomercial said it would. In addition, there are people who report being disappointed with it.

However, the product's manufacturers did release a study that compared working out with the Shake Weight to exercising with dumbbells and it found several advantages to working with the product. This study was done by a fitness simulation company, not on real people, and it was ordered by the manufacturing company, but it does show the benefits of using this product.

So, where does that leave you?

I believe that you need to change your basic assumption about this product. If you believe that you will get model like arms in mere minutes a day with any kind of workout, then you're mistaken. To lose arm fat and tone your arms you need to be totally fit and to watch what you eat as well. The Shake Weight can help but it cannot be the only thing that you're doing.

You will need to workout regularly, both with this product and doing traditional workouts, if you are to have any hope of getting really toned, sleek arms. There is just no other way to do this.

The good thing is that the Shake Weight is very affordable so it shouldn't cut into your budget too much if you only have so much money to spend on getting fit.