Waist trainers

lplummer324
lplummer324 Posts: 78 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
I'm on a weight gain journey.. I'm putting on the pounds but seems like most of it goes to my stomach! Looks like I'm pregnant and I hate it. I was thinking about buying a waist trainer but not sure if it works. Does anyone know anything about waist trainers and what are the best kind to get...thanks!

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  • BreonnaQueen
    BreonnaQueen Posts: 58 Member
    My friend is a body builder and wore waist trainers while she was training for competitions. She said it worked for her but at the same thing, she's a body builder so shes eating right and lifting (which is going to reduce belly fat regardless). She also wore hers all day even while she was sleeping.


    I have a waist cincher that I purchased from amazon. It does oppress your stomach and help reduce water weight but it was way too uncomfortable for me to do high impact workouts in and prevented me from breathing correctly during reps.

    If you are trying to gain weight and its all going your belly, I wonder what kind of food you are eating? If you are eating junk and a ton of bad carbs, its going to store in your stomach. If you want to gain, eat more protein but watch your sugar intake!
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    They do not work.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Nope
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    BreonnaQueen wrote: »
    My friend is a body builder and wore waist trainers while she was training for competitions. She said it worked for her but at the same thing, she's a body builder so shes eating right and lifting (which is going to reduce belly fat regardless). She also wore hers all day even while she was sleeping.


    I have a waist cincher that I purchased from amazon. It does oppress your stomach and help reduce water weight but it was way too uncomfortable for me to do high impact workouts in and prevented me from breathing correctly during reps.

    If you are trying to gain weight and its all going your belly, I wonder what kind of food you are eating? If you are eating junk and a ton of bad carbs, its going to store in your stomach. If you want to gain, eat more protein but watch your sugar intake!

    It's a shame your friend gives credit to a clothing garment instead of all the hard work she put in to her training and eating habits.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,431 MFP Moderator
    BreonnaQueen wrote: »
    My friend is a body builder and wore waist trainers while she was training for competitions. She said it worked for her but at the same thing, she's a body builder so shes eating right and lifting (which is going to reduce belly fat regardless). She also wore hers all day even while she was sleeping.


    I have a waist cincher that I purchased from amazon. It does oppress your stomach and help reduce water weight but it was way too uncomfortable for me to do high impact workouts in and prevented me from breathing correctly during reps.

    If you are trying to gain weight and its all going your belly, I wonder what kind of food you are eating? If you are eating junk and a ton of bad carbs, its going to store in your stomach. If you want to gain, eat more protein but watch your sugar intake!

    Are you sure its a waist trainer and not a lifting belt?
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    BreonnaQueen wrote: »
    My friend is a body builder and wore waist trainers while she was training for competitions. She said it worked for her but at the same thing, she's a body builder so shes eating right and lifting (which is going to reduce belly fat regardless). She also wore hers all day even while she was sleeping.


    I have a waist cincher that I purchased from amazon. It does oppress your stomach and help reduce water weight but it was way too uncomfortable for me to do high impact workouts in and prevented me from breathing correctly during reps.

    If you are trying to gain weight and its all going your belly, I wonder what kind of food you are eating? If you are eating junk and a ton of bad carbs, its going to store in your stomach. If you want to gain, eat more protein but watch your sugar intake!

    Are you sure its a waist trainer and not a lifting belt?

    Dear god, I hope she's not sleeping in her lifting belt...

    I had something similar typed up, but then I wondered if psulemon was referring to what she bought from Amazon.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,431 MFP Moderator
    TR0berts wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    BreonnaQueen wrote: »
    My friend is a body builder and wore waist trainers while she was training for competitions. She said it worked for her but at the same thing, she's a body builder so shes eating right and lifting (which is going to reduce belly fat regardless). She also wore hers all day even while she was sleeping.


    I have a waist cincher that I purchased from amazon. It does oppress your stomach and help reduce water weight but it was way too uncomfortable for me to do high impact workouts in and prevented me from breathing correctly during reps.

    If you are trying to gain weight and its all going your belly, I wonder what kind of food you are eating? If you are eating junk and a ton of bad carbs, its going to store in your stomach. If you want to gain, eat more protein but watch your sugar intake!

    Are you sure its a waist trainer and not a lifting belt?

    Dear god, I hope she's not sleeping in her lifting belt...

    I had something similar typed up, but then I wondered if psulemon was referring to what she bought from Amazon.

    Nope... reading apparently fails me on fridays. I missed the sentence after about sleeping in it. :o
  • BreonnaQueen
    BreonnaQueen Posts: 58 Member
    edited June 2016
    @psulemon @auddii

    Nope I def recall her (my bodybuilding friend) saying waist trainer and not a lifting belt because I remember wondering how the hell she was able to workout and breathe in it (because of my failed attempts lol).
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited June 2016
    BreonnaQueen wrote: »
    My friend is a body builder and wore waist trainers while she was training for competitions. She said it worked for her but at the same thing, she's a body builder so shes eating right and lifting (which is going to reduce belly fat regardless). She also wore hers all day even while she was sleeping.


    I have a waist cincher that I purchased from amazon. It does oppress your stomach and help reduce water weight but it was way too uncomfortable for me to do high impact workouts in and prevented me from breathing correctly during reps.

    If you are trying to gain weight and its all going your belly, I wonder what kind of food you are eating? If you are eating junk and a ton of bad carbs, its going to store in your stomach. If you want to gain, eat more protein but watch your sugar intake!

    this whole statement is just wrong..

    if OP is gaining too much weight it is because her surplus is too large, or she started at too high of a body fat % to bulk, or a combination of bulk. IT has nothing to do with woo woo about waist trainers, bad carbs, or sugar....

    oh, and carbs are more important than protein during a bulk ..

  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I have something similar to a waist trainer I wear as a back support on extended walks (when I could walk before recent knee injury). What I can tell you is that you will look thinner in the tummy wearing it because it makes you stand up straighter and is holding everything in for you. You may even look a little slimmer when you first take it off do to water loss. This is very temporary though and does nothing for weight long term.
  • lplummer324
    lplummer324 Posts: 78 Member
    Thanks for the info everyone!!
  • checker4
    checker4 Posts: 5 Member
    BreonnaQueen wrote: »
    My friend is a body builder and wore waist trainers while she was training for competitions. She said it worked for her but at the same thing, she's a body builder so shes eating right and lifting (which is going to reduce belly fat regardless). She also wore hers all day even while she was sleeping.


    I have a waist cincher that I purchased from amazon. It does oppress your stomach and help reduce water weight but it was way too uncomfortable for me to do high impact workouts in and prevented me from breathing correctly during reps.

    If you are trying to gain weight and its all going your belly, I wonder what kind of food you are eating? If you are eating junk and a ton of bad carbs, its going to store in your stomach. If you want to gain, eat more protein but watch your sugar intake!

    Thank you so much for sharing this stuff.

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