Shake Weights, heavily advertised on TV, have entered the public consciousness enough to have been parodied on "South Park" and "Saturday Night Live," among other venues. While the jokesters mock the ...

What it is: Shake Weight, $19.95 plus $9.95 postage and handling. What it claims to do: According to the Shake Weight's website, the Shake Weight is a “revolutionary new way to shape and tone your ...

Upper-body strength has never been my strong suit, so I get excited about doing exercises that really feel like they're challenging my arms, shoulders, and back, especially when it's kind of ...

This workout involves a lot of standing side crunches and woodchop moves, and I really felt it in my obliques by the end of the 10 minutes. The obliques are the muscles that run along the side of your ...