From the vibrating belt machine to the twist board, people have been coming up with machines to take the “work” out of their workouts since the Victorian era. Most turn out to be ineffective fads, but ...

For years, companies have been hawking vibration as a form of exercise—from those fat-jiggling waist belts in the ’80s to the vibrating platforms found in many gyms today. Now, a new study in mice ...

Countless weight loss and fitness trends have come and gone over the years, from gimmicky products that provided minimal results to science-backed health tools that genuinely worked. You may remember ...

Finally, a workout you can take lying down. There are new gym routines for the lazy: minimal sweating, no yelling coaches and (the best part) you can do them lying on your back. “We have a lot of ...

In the 1950s and 1960s, the world of ‘passive exercise’ saw a boom in popularity, with vibrating belt machines leading the public’s desire to shake away excess fat and tone their bodies without having ...

"Ladies, jiggle your fat away" was the sales pitch I heard as I walked through the women's figure salon toward the instructor's lounge. It was the late '70s, and the old vibrating-belt machine stood ...

Time was, humans didn’t have to worry much about getting exercise. When we had to kill, gather, grow, or herd our own food, working out happened naturally. Of course, as soon as we figured out how to ...