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The makers of those fake bracelets finally got called out. They’ve been ordered to change their claims and offer refunds.
Power Balance FAIL! HA HA
Of course, we knew this was fake. Right?
Well, the exercise physiologists at University of Wisconsin at La Crosse knew the truth.
See the video below.
Exercise physiologist at UW-La Crosse do the science
January 10th, 2011 at 11:06 am
This is now officially in my top ten funny things of the week list.
January 10th, 2011 at 3:01 pm
It’s funny how easy it is for a scam like these bracelets to turn viral popular. I can relate to this by the blueseventy swim suits they came out with for competition swimming. They claimed it was new technology that is physically suppose to make one faster because of the lack of friction. Within a year they were banned in the swimming world because they are seen to aid to the times of the races and were a disadvantage to old records. All records won with the suit were erased. The only thing is that you can’t prove if it was the suit making the person faster or the persons mind that is making them faster, just like the wristbands. If people think that an object will help them, most likely it will. “it’s in their heads.”
January 10th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
I totally agree. The people do better with the Power Band on because they believe they will. It is similar to giving someone with a headache nothing more than a sugar pill and telling them they will feel better right away. Most people will claim to feel better, even though they didn’t actually take any medicine. They felt better because they expected to feel better.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Over the past few months, people have been questioning these powerbands more than ever. Im glad to see that there is finally something stating their claims were false and offering a refund. I feel bad for anyone who spent $15-$30 on these. The Placebo effect is what really made these work at first, not the “technology” they thought was in the bands.