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The Abdominizer (often spelled Abdomenizer) was an abdominal exerciser invented in 1984 by Canadian chiropractor Dennis Colonello [1] [2] and marketed through infomercials [3] by the Fitness Quest corporation of Canton, Ohio, selling around six million. It was designed to protect the lower back during sit-ups.
One of LaLanne's 1950s television exercise programs was aimed toward women, whom he also encouraged to join his health clubs. [5] [11] He invented a number of exercise machines, including the pulley and leg extension devices and the Smith machine, as well as protein supplement drinks, [12] resistance bands, and protein bars.
In August 2008, Mitchell appeared in an infomercial parody alongside John C. Reilly on the TV show Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! hosted on Adult Swim. [3] In 2014, Cathy Mitchell was featured on the Rachael Ray show. She participated in a Coffee Off with fellow pitchman Marc Gill which she lost by 8 cups. [4]
2. P90X. Standup comedian-turned-personal trainer Tony Horton is laughing his frighteningly toned 54-year-old body all the way to the bank. Since 2005, the seemingly ageless creator of the ...
Let’s get physical! Jamie Lee Curtis teamed up with Jimmy Fallon to recreate her legendary Perfect aerobics scene on The Tonight Show on Wednesday, nearly 40 years after the Oscar-winning ...
The ThighMaster — a simple V-shaped fitness device made of metal tubes connected with a spring-loaded hinge to create resistance — started out as the “V-Bar” or the “V-Toner.”
Guthy-Renker was founded in November 1988 by Bill Guthy and Greg Renker. They met at the Indian Wells Racquet Club and Resort in Indian Wells, California. [2] [3] [4] They considered starting an infomercial company after an order was placed at Guthy's cassette duplication company, Cassette Productions Unlimited, for 50,000 copies of a real estate lecture to be sold through infomercials.
During the original run of the Nickelodeon sketch show All That, Josh Server portrayed a manic fitness instructor named Tony Braun, for whom Little was the inspiration. In 1997, he appeared as himself, making fun of his own image, on The Weird Al Show. The following year, he once again parodied himself on the Fox show MADtv.