Corsets Anyone????

firstsip

As others have said, waist training DOES work. You can, even without diet and exercise, create a certain shape by literally warping your body, including the organs, your ribs, etc. Dita von Teese is a famous example of a waist trainer, and she's literally worn a corset almost everyday (if not everday) since she was 18.

It's been posited that the increase in women's waist sizes was in part because of the drop in corset wearing in the early 20th century (prior to the obesity epidemic, but was often falsely cited as being the "early" stages of the epidemic).

I agree with others to do your research, but be wary; waist-training forums and sites are going to be as biased one way as many people on a health and fitness forum will be the other way.

fit_war

good for arms and shoulders too

hookilau

Hello Everyone:

Just curious if anyone has tried or done Waist Training with corsets and what have been the results you have had? Good, Bad and the Ugly. Then what happens if you stop, does your shape go back to what it was before?

Looking forward to the responses... :happy:

yup!....I looked fan-freekin-tastic....I didn't keep it up though because I noticed a trend of not being happy with my natural body :sick:
I got used to the way I looked in the corset laced all the way down & started to forget it was not the 'natural' state of things. Without the corset, I felt fat & unattractive. This was alarming to me, so I put it down for good. I wore one for about 8 weeks or so, then gave it to a friend.

It's a shame really how it started to take on a life of it's own and become a crutch I didn't want to do without. Anyhow, that's my perspective :drinker:

stetienne

This thread is woefully short of photos.

kdcj17

This thread is woefully short of photos.

stetienne

dammit :huh:

hookilau

dammit :huh:

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_Terrapin_

So no to the corset?!? "Unmanly"?!? No salad loving, no yoga since it was the "unmanly" to martial arts? Okay, so wearing corsets while eating salads and trying yoga poses(reverse warrior). . .got it.

msbunnie68

every time I wear a corset it only stays on about an hour or so max...

darkrose20

I wear corsets from time to time...like...twice a month for a few hours at a time. It's not enough to give any lasting waist shrinkage. In order to get that you have to actually do hardcore waist treaining such as someone like Cathering Jung (world's smallest wiast...looks freakish). She wears her corset all day and night with the exception of an hour or so for bathing.

IMHO, what Ms. Jung is doing is just not worth it.

Wearing a steal boned corset *is* comfortable. Those who say they experience pain or bruising aren't doing it right. Wearing crappy plastic boned corsets in the wrong size is horribly uncomfortable. They dig. They don't give the "right" shape". They crease and cause the digging.

The steal spiral boned corsets give the shape you are looking for and move with you. I can dance all night in one. I can drive in one (with *some* movement restrictions) ATM, I need to buy a new one, as my current one laces all the way closed and leaves room for my hand to fit underneath. You really want it to lace comfortably and leave about 2 or 3 inches of gap, and you want that gap to be two parallell lines.

The steal (non-spiral) boned corsets also give the shape you are looking for, BUT you can't move very well in them. I refuse to even try to drive in that one. I can't bend well enough in it to really dance the way I want to, but I can eat/drink/breathe/everything else with ease...as long as I understand that bending at the waist is going to be highly compromised.

In the end, it's a fashion/fetish thing for me. I'm not committed enough to waist train, and, realistically, you'll only see a scant few inches in wiast reduction anyway.

emirror

Everyday training corset from Mechantes Corsetry. This is your basic, cotton coutil, steel boned corset. Sturdy, comfortable, well made. I've become too small for this one; you can see that it laces all the way closed.
(per flickr rules - https://flic.kr/p/nXyzxH)
(per flickr rules - https://flic.kr/p/nDhHzu)

Fully custom corset, from Desert Orchid Corsetry. This is cotton coutil in a herringbone pattern, ribbon over the boning, antique lace around the top, Victorian style with sharper waist nip and fitted straight to the hip bone. It also has a busk front, which allows you to get in and out of your corset more easily. With no busk, you have to loosen your laces enough to slide out of it. With a busk, you only need to loosen the laces enough to easily unlatch the busk. I need to relace it, and it is not laced as tightly as I can wear it because I noticed the lacing needs to be redone and I didn't want to damage it (you'll notice some pucker at the hip because it isn't tight enough). The lacing should not look sloppy at all.
(per flickr rules - https://flic.kr/p/nDiz5k)
(per flickr rules - https://flic.kr/p/nDhGow)
(per flickr rules - https://flic.kr/p/nDhVHu)

fallingtrees

Corsets at the gym? Really?

Corsets to train your organs to shift? Really?

I have a better idea: Train your muscles to hold your organs in place, like God intended.

(Not that I wouldn't like to wear one for Pirate Day.)

ValerieMartini2Olives

Something so erotic about having my corset laced up.

Versicolour

I am on the search for the perfect corset pattern. But that is purely for cosplay and steam punk outfits