Ekon Powerband disgrace

[Amber Guzzler]

This is the first I've heard of these things. Frequency-embedded mylar holograms?! FFS - it's the 'materials developed for the space programme' of the 21st century. And those tests are brain-meltingly stupid - first they do something to the person that they've never experienced and then do it again when they know what to expect. What an utter crock. Someone should publicly debunk these guys and take them to the ACCC. Maybe the skeptics society could ridicule them a bit as well.

This! I'd like to see the results of a double blind test.

 

[melbournemartin]

"The only thing I could offer you would be a placebo"

"Where can we get these placebos?"

"MAYBE THERE ARE SOME IN THIS TRUCK!"

 

[Bonuspoints]

Earlier in the year Triple Js Dr Karl got a question over this and pointed out why its a scam. I can't remember the whole bit, but I'm pretty sure he explained how its a placebo effect by the sales man/woman putting slight pressure on your shoulder to give you resistance when you raise your arms. They say something about the pressure in your shoulder so you don't realise what they're doing. They then put the band on you and get you to raise your arm, but this time without touching your arms/shoulders. So you don't have the resistance to your raising your arms and think wow this actually works.

 

[Quinz]

I wear them on both wrists, and they helped me become a BigFooty Moderator.

Best deal in town.

 

[Rise_up_Stiffy]

"The only thing I could offer you would be a placebo"

"Where can we get these placebos?"

"MAYBE THERE ARE SOME IN THIS TRUCK!"

haha well played

 

[Monkey King]

Since then Ive grown massive erections even more superfluous than before

Oh I'm sorry to hear that

 

[Messenger]

I wear them on both wrists, and they helped me become a BigFooty Moderator.

Best deal in town.

Our secret! Ye Gods!

 

[ETOH]

Hey, if people get a placebo effect from these things, good on them

 

[John Dorian]

Powerbands are a disgrace.

A bit of Frank Stallone keeps me in the zone all the time.

 

[The Dice Man]

Hey, if people get a placebo effect from these things, good on them

Agree, but they should be first in line for the eugenics0-check, band.

 

[AFLOnline]

A wise person once told me that they are most likely a crock of shit and it's all in the head. But if that's all it takes for you to perform better then it's obviously doing it's job.

 

[The Dice Man]

Powerbands are a disgrace.

A bit of Frank Stallone keeps me in the zone all the time.

Frank Stallone who wrote 'Getting Stronger'?

Agree he is exempt from the 2010 eugenics0-check wristwank.

 

[thefamilyguy]

Earlier in the year Triple Js Dr Karl got a question over this and pointed out why its a scam. I can't remember the whole bit, but I'm pretty sure he explained how its a placebo effect by the sales man/woman putting slight pressure on your shoulder to give you resistance when you raise your arms. They say something about the pressure in your shoulder so you don't realise what they're doing. They then put the band on you and get you to raise your arm, but this time without touching your arms/shoulders. So you don't have the resistance to your raising your arms and think wow this actually works.

Yeah i heard that. They put a hand on the top of your shoulder and it works as resistance. Then they take it off and BOOM! Super strong. Pretty amazing stuff.

 

[Allbetsroff]

Anyone who thinks that these are anything other than 100% bullshit is 100% ****ing idiot.

 

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Hey, if people get a placebo effect from these things, good on them

but as soon as you market them as a placebo they stop working

 

[Blueboys7]

Got 2 of 'em on eBay for $5.00 - freakin bargain! I'll be all balanced and junk.

 

[100action]

alot of fools and their money are soon parted.

 

[Docker Clint]

Professional liars selling these things and idiots lapping them up.

If you know the slightest thing about compression and shearing force then you'll know how the 'trick' is done.

Gravity is from magic I guess.

 

[gbatman]

dunno if they workk or not, but who would pay $60 for someting that costs a couple of dollars off ebay, that's the rip off.

 

[NQTIGER]

Jake King wore one when he did his 50,000 one arm pushups.........

 

[wezza]

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I know it's only Today Tonight, but they did some blind testing on the Power Balance band.

 

[Amber Guzzler]

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I know it's only Today Tonight, but they did some blind testing on the Power Balance band.

Well that's pretty much what I'd expect. As soon as the double blind test is tried, it fails miserably.

 

[LifeSpan-Void]

It's not surprising that the guy who tested the SEN people was the same sketchy dude that used to run AFAN supplements in Richmond, selling his various snake oils and tablets of dubious efficacy. I guess this is the next step.

 

[NTRabbit]

There was an advertisement for these things in the Club Members Magazine for August at The Crows, pretty poor

 

[crowman86]

Even if it gives you a placebo effect its still giving you a positive result.