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Hey, everybody. It’s Kristin Shaffer, and you are watching FAB University, where you get everything you need to live a healthy, fit, and fab life right here, right now. There is nothing I despise more than scammy, spammy, stupid infomercials that push products that make all these false claims for things that they’re not possibly going to do for you. Okay, well, maybe there’s a few things I despise more, but not many. You probably remember the ThighMaster. That was the product that Suzanne Somers pushed that you just squeeze your thighs together with this little thing and you’re going to lose a bunch of weight. Now, I love Suzanne Somers. She’s an amazing woman. But that product was crap. You might get toned inner thighs, but that’s about it, without a great diet and without a full exercise plan on top of that. And I’m sure you have seen this thing. Yeah, there’s so many places I could go with that but this is a PG-rated channel, and I’m not going there. Ugh. What’s unfortunate about this, when I see these products it just breaks my heart because you have savvy marketers that are preying upon individuals that are desperate to lose weight. They put these products out there that are really not going to live up to the claims that they say they’re going to live up to but yet they’re making millions of dollars off of you and me, because I fell prey to that years ago too. Fortunately, there are some great at-home exercise products out there that are really worth the money. I’m going to show you today some of my favorites. The first one is variable resistance resistance bands. Resistance bands are great because they’re portable, they’re light, you can store them anywhere, and you can get a total body workout if you’re kind of creative. I oftentimes use these when I travel and I don’t have a gym available. Now, you can get resistance bands just about anywhere, but my favorite place, of course, is Amazon.com. The one thing you want to watch out for is I do really recommend the adjustable type, like the ones that I use. These were super inexpensive. I think they were less than $10 on Amazon.com. I do recommend the full package, though, when you get the ankle straps and a door strap, I think it is, where you put it in the door so you can actually use that as an anchor. But these are fantastic because you have these little clippy thingies so you can…if I can get it off. So you can take off the various resistance, and this one has like light, medium, and heavy. And so when you use them for different exercises and as you’re getting stronger and stronger you can use these to ramp up your workouts as you do get stronger and get better at them–highly recommended if you’re on an extreme budget or if you need the portability, say, if you’re traveling. My second recommendation is a portable stepping machine. You know, there are just some days that you just don’t want to go outside and do cardio. I know I don’t. So portable stepping machines are great. You can pick up one of these for under $50. They’re super small and really effective. The third piece of equipment that I recommend is a workout bar. Sometimes it’s really tough to get a great upper body workout at home without all the accessibility to gym equipment. The workout bar is great for doing chin-ups or pull-ups. And if you think that you can’t do chin-ups or pull-ups, watch my back exercise video and how you can work up to that. There is nothing better than a great pull-up for an amazing back workout, and you can pick up these exercise bars, again, for under about 40 bucks. Great piece of equipment to have at home. There’s a new product on the market that promises to transform your upper body. It’s sturdy, compact, and promises to get you in serious shape fast. Kelly has more in this week’s “Deal or Dud?” Hey, guys. Well, the equipment is made up of four bars. It’s very light and it promises to build some heavy duty muscle. We put it to the test. Want to get strong? Want to get lean? Want to get ripped? The makers of this As Seen on TV exercise equipment say to build a powerful upper body all you need is a door and the Iron Gym Express. That’s right. The Iron Gym guarantees to raise the bar on upper body muscles by turning any door into a personal gym in seconds.