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The Ridiculousness of ‘Waist Training!’
Fitness | July 08, 2015
Sometimes I’m amazed at some of the trends in fitness and beauty. There are already enough obstacles on our particular paths toward fitness and wellbeing to last a lifetime. The last thing we need as women are concepts or trends that lead us on a ridiculous wild goose chase that ultimately leads to a dead end of fitness frustration.
One newest trend that crosses over into the realms of style, beauty and maybe even stupidity is the wearing of ‘waist trainers.’ Apparently waist trainers are a more ‘manageable’ corset that one can wear under clothing to give one’s figure a more hourglass shape. Of course, they also artificially flatten one’s stomach. They may also dangerously increase the need to have an emergency bowel movement after a dinner, but that’s just a guess on my part :). It’s all the rage with a fair amount of celebs too though, of course, their endorsements should always being taken with a grain of salt. More than likely, they are getting paid to rave about the products they promote.
As for the silly claims regarding waist training, don’t believe the hype! The claims are mainly snake oil. Waist trainers will not help you lose weight or build your abs according to Stephen Ball, a professor of Exercise and Nutrition Physiology at the University of Missouri. Ball insists that only benefit is a temporary, cosmetic one.
Dr. Caroline Apovian, a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine echoes Professor Ball’s point as well. She states that there is absolutely zero evidence of waist trainers triggering fat loss or building muscle. Apovian suggests that if you’re aware that waist trainers are simply worn for cosmetic purposes then maybe wearing them once in a while is harmless.
However, wearing them too often may in fact weaken one’s core muscles. Richard Cotton, and exercise physiologist out of Indianapolis believes that constant use of a waist trainer may cause the muscles that make up the core to weaken due to all the artificial support.
I think the worst thing about waist trainers is that it’s a huge step backward for women. Looking good and feeling good should not involve devices that were often considered torturous. What’s next? Boundfoottrainers? Seriously though, there are no quick fixes or easy ways out in life and in fitness. That said, I’ll see you at the ZGYM :).
Have you tried a waist trainer or know someone who has? What do you think about them?
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I never comment on blogs, articles, boards, social media sites etc concerning the talk of the minute but here the irritation is such that i can not refrain. I understand that one who has devoted themselves to a certain passion or area in their lives will feel threatened when they feel something is undermining it but this is just obvious ignorance. I myself have read a good amount of articles and websites that explain waist trainers and their purpose and not once have i witnessed them claiming to build abs or shed pounds. It has however been stated, proven by people of our time, as well as women who wore them during the 16th and 17th century, that they do indeed train the body. During the 16th and 17th century, women wore them to flatten the stomach, create curves and uplift the breasts and those are the exact results that they achieved. Waist trainers, which are made of either spandex or latex, are capable of achieving the same effect. However latex is more durable and stronger, which produces a better result. Steel boned corsets are favored over them all as the strongest and most effective. So in reference to this ill informed article with irrelevent references thrown into the mix, no one has claimed that waist trainers build abs. If they did, that would put all of your long hard earned hours drenched at the gym to shame, right? If you research them enough, you will find that there are waist trainers designed for those who would like to work out while wearing them, hence achieving “abs” while forming a narrower waist and flatter stomach. I suggest you put in more research before you target celebrities for BS talkers, rewrite history and crack up waist training as a good way of being a minute short of making it to the bathroom after meals. Yuck. Happy researching!:)
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Hi im a big fan of waist training and steel bone corsets. people do miss use it thinking that the waist training would do the job. some people use it like spanks just to give the illusion of a perfect waist. I personal use it to train my waist to be smaller. at 15 years old i started with high waist pants. i noticed that no one in my family and my self didn’t have a small waist. then i did my research and bought steel bone waist trainers. they move your ribs together and organs. it could be dangerous if not done properly. steel bone corset like the ones worn way back in the days where just to move ur ribs nothing to do with weight loss and abs. later on when i was 18 everyone got in the trend of the full body “fajas” belts. they dont work. it was just to give an illusion. they are good for cosmetic recovery. then finally the waist training like the ones in the pictures came out. they are shaped nicely. its flexible and firm like a steel corset. i use it to help me sweat in the area a bit more. it helps me with my waist training. i have a small wait now love it. but ive been working on it for years, and it helps me with my posture. i sit inf ront of a computer now a days and the waist trainer has helped me alot. i use it understanding that if i want to have a belly like Zuzka! i have to work my ass of like she does theres no other way around it.
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london
Hi Melyama Which brand do you use to train with please?