Slendertone Flex

The 'Flex' is a new product from Slendertone. If you're not familiar with these type of things, they generally consist of pads which you place over your muscles and they work your muscles for you, simliar to doing about 200 sit ups, while you can just sit and relax! Unlike previous muscle stimulation systems which have pads and trailing wires, which takes an age to set up, this one is all self contained within a 'belt'. Its really very very easy to set up. I had the original slendertone Gymbody 8, and although it produced good results when I first got it, after a while it was just too fiddly to set up all the time. However the Flex is ...  Read the complete review

After having my second baby I lost my baby weight quite quickly and I was really pleased, what I was not pleased with however was the state of my stomach. Anyone who has had children will know what I mean, my belly wasn't fat, just wrinkly, loose, untoned skin. Which is quite understandable given how much it stretches when you're pregnant. I know sit ups are the obvious answer to tone up your stomach but I hate them, no matter how much I try I can not motivate myself to do sit ups. In search of an alternative and after seeing an advert for one I decided to purchase a Slendertone Flex. It cost £69.99 from the Argos. I was unsure of spending £70 on an ...  Read the complete review

I've never really believed in these belts. In the adverts they always use these perfect models, with totally flat abs to model for them and that always seemed kinda cheesy for me! But, you know, time was short for me. I'm always working or studying and I do like excersise, I regularly cycle and swim but it really wasn't doing much for my stomach. And me, being too busy to find time to do sit ups I thought the Slendertone Flex might provide me with a soluition to my wobbly tum! --- So how much does it retail for? --- I'd say the price varies where you look. On the Slendertone website the current price is 69.99. But I'm sure if you browze ebay you can ...  Read the complete review

Shorts that tone up your bottom and thighs - now where have we heard that before? Well, in a million scam stories, for a start. The difference here is that these don't promise to slim you through sweat but by actually exercising your muscles as you go about your normal business. The Slendertone Flex BT (for Bottom and Thigh) does the same thing as the hundreds of other EMS (electrical - or electronic - muscle stimulation) devices on the market, but instead of having wires all over the place, you have... a pair of shorts. They're comfortable, they fit anyone up to size 20, and they don't even look too bad. You could go jogging in them if you really ...  Read the complete review

I've had some health problems over the last few years which has meant that I've had rather less than my normal quota of exercise. The things that I used to do to keep toned and trim, such as playing golf and swimming, have mostly fallen by the wayside, while the closure of the countryside due to Foot and Mouth effectively put paid to my long walks with my dogs. They've been happy enough, spending countless hours chasing toys in our orchard (thrown by me, of course) but I've got gradually more and more out of condition. I genuinely do eat a healthy diet. Fresh fruit for breakfast, jacket potato for lunch and a low fat home cooked meal at night. ...  Read the complete review