At best, a treadmill or exercise bike should be a well-maintained and frequently used machine that improves your health and helps you achieve your fitness goals. But sometimes, for one reason or ...

Q. Did those old exercise machines that quickly oscillated a belt around the midsection have any fat-burning benefits? A. In a word, no, though some modern studies indicate that gentle full-body ...

From the vibrating belt machine to the twist board, people have been coming up with machines to take the “work” out of their workouts since the Victorian era. Most turn out to be ineffective fads, but ...

Baby Boomers grew up during an era packed with shake belts, miracle machines, and late-night infomercials promising instant fitness results. While some gear offered mild benefits, plenty turned out to ...

The belt-fed machine gun might be the norm these days, but in 1874 it was rather new. Early belt-fed weapons existed as far back as 1855 in the form of chain rifles, but the Bailey gun brought a ...