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Those late-night fitness gadgets won't build that body

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Those bizarre ab-rockers sold at three in the morning will not result in a chiseled physique. The models demonstrating the equipment achieved their bodies through years of intense gym routines and strict diets. The contraption they are lazily swinging on has absolutely nothing to do with their actual physical fitness.

Those late-night fitness gadgets won't build that body
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