You CAN Spot Reduce
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what's a pook? \m/
It's probably a term you only hear out in Newfoundland; their language is not for outsiders to understand. :laugh: (I kid, but seriously... my mother-in-law's best friend is from there, and sometimes, I have no idea what she's just said.)
Reason number 1 why I love NL
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^^^ this!0 -
I get what she is saying.
Sure, you cannot focus on WHERE you lose fat from. But, if you are consistantly losing fat and toning the muscles in a particular area while losing fat, as the fat goes, THAT area is smaller, because you ARE increasing muscle, If you have a lower BF%, which you get with more muscle, less fat, then even though you are just toning that area, it improves faster than others may.
It can be explained without being rude though. Not every one knows everything, so, when you get the chance to educate someone, why not do THAT instead of making that person feel like a fool for even suggesting the idea?
they tried, it didn't take and she wasn't all peaches and rainbows about being incorrect
I only saw a few people trying. Most people didn't even realize what she was saying. She was talking about a reduction in the measurement of a particular area. Everyone knows you can't pick which area to lose their fat. She wasn't talking about fat, she was talking about toning muscles. Some will say that's a "gain," and to be sure, that's correct, but it is also correct that a reduction in the number on the tape measure is still a reduction.
Then she shouldn't have used the words "spot reduction", which commonly refers to the reduction of body fat by doing exercises that target that area. Like, I want tummy fat to go away, so I'll do crunches, and no cardio, and keep drinking soda.0 -
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I TARGETED MY ABS AND IT WORKED!
Now, did you lose inches on your gut alone, or did you lose inches all over? If you lost inches all over, it's not sport reducing.0 -
I get what she is saying.
Sure, you cannot focus on WHERE you lose fat from. But, if you are consistantly losing fat and toning the muscles in a particular area while losing fat, as the fat goes, THAT area is smaller, because you ARE increasing muscle, If you have a lower BF%, which you get with more muscle, less fat, then even though you are just toning that area, it improves faster than others may.
It can be explained without being rude though. Not every one knows everything, so, when you get the chance to educate someone, why not do THAT instead of making that person feel like a fool for even suggesting the idea?
they tried, it didn't take and she wasn't all peaches and rainbows about being incorrect
I only saw a few people trying. Most people didn't even realize what she was saying. She was talking about a reduction in the measurement of a particular area. Everyone knows you can't pick which area to lose their fat. She wasn't talking about fat, she was talking about toning muscles. Some will say that's a "gain," and to be sure, that's correct, but it is also correct that a reduction in the number on the tape measure is still a reduction.
I read every page I know how it went down. She refused to listen and understand what the definition really meant, she wanted to continue to use the word that already had another definition instead of saying oh I was wrong and this is what I really meant. Hence people got pissy downward spiral from there.0 -
Successful troll is successful.0
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A large part of me is hoping that OP is a lost troll from the Chit Chat pages and really not so ignorant as to claim to refute science.
The rest of me hopes that the Unicorn Cream guy is for real0 -
Well I found my workout for the day. I'm going to go through this entire thread and do a squat for every time I see the word "spot".
Here's some more for ya...
Spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot...ha0 -
Could any of you tell me why you think you cannot spot reduce? I have even had a trainer tell me "you can't spot reduce" is a myth.
A lot of trainers don't know what they are talking about. For one in some gyms you don't even have to get certified to become a trainer, and they give misinformation.
I do not think you can spot reduce, because I do sit up, crunches, oblique crunches and planks and everything and most of the weight I've lost come off of my arms legs face and back. My stomach is where I gain most of it but I work on my stomach the MOST and nothing. So... mine isn't scientific like people were saying about your but to each his own.0 -
I may get a lot of crap for this, but I am so tired of people saying you cannot spot reduce.
When someone asks, how can I lose inches off my stomach or asks for good arm exercises, please do not response "you cannot spot reduce".
Weight training and programs like the 30 Day Shred really do help you "spot reduce", You can lose inches in particular spots by doing particular exercises. Otherwise, why to we kill ourselves with push ups and crunches? It is because they work.
I have done 30 Day Shred several times and a lot of inches in places that were focuses on during the workouts.
Another example, if I only weight train with my arms and not my legs, I will see a big difference in my arm "spots" lol, and not my legs.
There is hope! You just have to work for it!
Yea, you can totally spot reduce. That's why I have a 6-pack and the same size boobs I had when I was fat.
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...for those who don't understand sarcasm...I don't really have a 6-pack
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Well I found my workout for the day. I'm going to go through this entire thread and do a squat for every time I see the word "spot".
Here's some more for ya...
Spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot...ha 0 -
Of course you can spot reduce. It's called liposuction.
LOL I like that!0 -
Unfortunately, not everybody knows this.Everyone knows you can't pick which area to lose their fat.0 -
Spot reduce means several things to several people is the problem. Many people think "how do I spot reduce my pear shaped body to be a hour glass" or "how do I reduce fat on a certain spot". The first one is impossible. The second one I don't think anyone realizes what they're saying and I don't think that's what they ever mean. I think they just want to slim down a part, which can happen, and many of them won't care if it slims other parts.
With respect, just because someone doesn't know what a term means doesn't mean it has many different meanings.
^^ This!! All day long and forever, this^. Terms are not relative to your life and your experience with them. This is what the concept of truth has come to....sad...0 -
I get what she is saying.
Sure, you cannot focus on WHERE you lose fat from. But, if you are consistantly losing fat and toning the muscles in a particular area while losing fat, as the fat goes, THAT area is smaller, because you ARE increasing muscle, If you have a lower BF%, which you get with more muscle, less fat, then even though you are just toning that area, it improves faster than others may.
It can be explained without being rude though. Not every one knows everything, so, when you get the chance to educate someone, why not do THAT instead of making that person feel like a fool for even suggesting the idea?
they tried, it didn't take and she wasn't all peaches and rainbows about being incorrect
I only saw a few people trying. Most people didn't even realize what she was saying. She was talking about a reduction in the measurement of a particular area. Everyone knows you can't pick which area to lose their fat. She wasn't talking about fat, she was talking about toning muscles. Some will say that's a "gain," and to be sure, that's correct, but it is also correct that a reduction in the number on the tape measure is still a reduction.
I read every page I know how it went down. She refused to listen and understand what the definition really meant, she wanted to continue to use the word that already had another definition instead of saying oh I was wrong and this is what I really meant. Hence people got pissy downward spiral from there.
I don't believe that any of "those people" actually read and absorbed what she actually meant. Instead they made assumptions and responded with snarky comments.0 -
Of course you can spot reduce. It's called liposuction.
HAHA!!!! Perfect answer! :drinker:0 -
it normally goes first place fat last place thin! :sad:0
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You can tone areas up by building muscle in said areas. When people say "you can't spot reduce" they mean that doing crunches over and over WILL NOT burn the fat off your stomach (I mean unless you incorporate into a cardio routine- now we're talking) It will only build up muscle so that it may look like you are slimmer but to lose that fat you have to do cardio and eat clean.
Of course you need to eat clean and burn fat with cardio, but you can build muscle in certain "spots" to improve the amount of muscle vs. fat in those spots.
I just hear so many people so frustrated with certain spots on their bodies and people are not giving them helpful info regarding how they can improve those spots.
I neither eat clean or do cardio, yet I am burning fat just fine. My body must be magic also....
Rather than make observations and drawing conclusions (poorly) from those observations, educate yourself by reading studies and articles.0 -
OP, what you're talking about is not spot reducing. What's actually happening is you're really reducing fat overall with cardio, while training certain parts of your body with weights and body weight exercises so that you lose inches and appear thinner (I don't know if this is the correct technical explanation, but it's the closest I could come up with to what's actually going on)
When people are talking about spot reducing, they're talking about losing weight in a certain part of their body, while keeping the rest of their body the same. For example, a woman trying to lose 20 lbs and get flat abs but she still wants to keep her butt the same, which is mostly fat. It's not going to happen, she can't *just* lose weight on her stomach, she's going to lose weight over her entire body. So in the end she's lost 20 lbs, but not necessarily where she wanted to lose it because now her butt is flat.
Sure, she could do squats and lunges to help keep a rounded booty, but a butt with nice muscles does not look the same as a fat butt.
You've done 30 Day Shred and have gotten nice results where you want them, yes? Well, what about the areas you didn't really care about/ didn't notice? I bet you've lost inches there, too. You just don't notice because those aren't the areas you're so focused on when you look in the mirror.
In conclusion, when people talk about spot reducing, they are talking about losing fat in a specific area, which is not possible. They are not talking about picking up weights and building muscle, they are only refering to fat loss. What you're talking about is something completely different.0 -
I walk, hike, bike and run (and do a leg workout once a week) and I still carry my body fat in my butt and thighs. I would say that there is proof that you cannot spot reduce0
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That got me to laugh out loud in the middle of the office.
** ME, TOO! **0 -
Well I found my workout for the day. I'm going to go through this entire thread and do a squat for every time I see the word "spot".
Here's some more for ya...
Spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot...ha
443 "spots" in the first 10 pages. I really didn't think this one through. I better get to it.0 -
Interesting..
Totally stealing this one for my collection!!0 -
You can't spot reduce.
Oh, ok. My body must be magic then.
There's a lot of sorcery around here. You do pushups to develop pectoral muscles (and several others). You can spot develop muscle, which is why you see results from an upper body strength routine on your upper body but not your lower body. What the upper body strength routine does not do is make you lose fat only on your upper body. You'll lose fat all over based on your deficit.
Inches lost on 30DS being in places you worked out are essentially because you work out your whole body, you burned a bunch of calories and you lost fat all over your body. Yay you!0 -
I knew I would get a lot of crap for this, but I don't see any of you who are opposing me giving any examples of why you think the way you think . I gave examples and I have discussed this with a trainer. No need to be hateful.
People have given you several examples....0 -
Well I found my workout for the day. I'm going to go through this entire thread and do a squat for every time I see the word "spot".
Here's some more for ya...
Spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot spot...ha
443 "spots" in the first 10 pages. I really didn't think this one through. I better get to it.
Tell you what love, I'll join you . 443 bodyweight squats today!0 -
OMG! I love this!!0 -
Then she shouldn't have used the words "spot reduction", which commonly refers to the reduction of body fat by doing exercises that target that area. Like, I want tummy fat to go away, so I'll do crunches, and no cardio, and keep drinking soda.
Ok. Wrong terminology. Perhaps she truly thought that "spot reducing" meant losing inches in an area. And, if you have firm abs and weigh 125 lbs, you will be (in terms of inches and centimeters) "smaller" around your waist. I am not arguing that the phrase was not the correct one to use, I am merely saying that sometimes, it is ok to see their point, explain how certain parts are right, and then, politely, educate the person on the parts that are wrong. Even if OP won't agree (not saying she won't), someone else reading it may benefit from your knowledge. I have learned a lot from other people here. And it was all of other people's threads. It was all when someone took the time to explain it properly instead of just calling the OP a moron. (Not saying you have, just in general)0 -
Interesting..
Totally stealing this one for my collection!!
Love this one too.0 -
I can spot reduce just as well as I can fly when I jump off of a 4 story building. It seems like it works until.... SPLAT0
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