Waist Training; Yay or Nay?

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  • Qskim
    Qskim Posts: 1,145 Member
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    aarabemahefa wrote: »
    I would NOT be using a LACE UP Corset which would be the one that people say push organs.. Id being using a gym corset which helps excite your abdomen muscles and help sweat more. I am in NO WAY using a corset to help me perform miracles

    If it's infused with Garcinia Cowabunga it'll excite the muscles.

    No typo.

  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
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    I'd ditch the waist training, opt for weight training instead.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
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    Wut
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
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    Nooo!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    aarabemahefa wrote: »
    I would NOT be using a LACE UP Corset which would be the one that people say push organs.. Id being using a gym corset which helps excite your abdomen muscles and help sweat more. I am in NO WAY using a corset to help me perform miracles

    Ridiculous concept

    Compound lifts, progressive weights, calorie defecit
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    1bkblack wrote: »
    Check out the Dr. Oz show from Thursday Feb 12. He had a very informative segment about this very subject. Then draw your own informed with evidence conclusion.

    You know the guy is an idiot media *kitten* don't you?

    I don't even live in America, we, thankfully, don't get this show, and even I know the guy is a snake oil salesman of the highest degree

    For informed, evidence based conclusions you need scientific rigour not a media spot to fill with bro-science
  • mamadon
    mamadon Posts: 1,422 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    aarabemahefa wrote: »
    I would NOT be using a LACE UP Corset which would be the one that people say push organs.. Id being using a gym corset which helps excite your abdomen muscles and help sweat more. I am in NO WAY using a corset to help me perform miracles

    Ridiculous concept

    Compound lifts, progressive weights, calorie defecit

    This^^^^ It sounds like a fad. There is no other solution to weight loss and/or getting in shape then a calorie deficit and exercise.

  • Izzwoz
    Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
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    OK,

    A. why are you considering waist training?
    B. This:
    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    I don't think you'll get many informed comments on here. Clearly some people are commenting without the slightest clue of what it is and without even trying to research it a little. You might want to try a forum specific for corset wearers. There's a forum for everything.

    C. NO:
    1bkblack wrote: »
    Check out the Dr. Oz show from Thursday Feb 12. He had a very informative segment about this very subject. Then draw your own informed with evidence conclusion.

    I am confused as to why you are asking a corset question in a weight loss/fitness forum. Corsets neither make you fit nor lose weight - they change your shape to some extend. As long as you know that, I would refer you back to answer B. (and whatever you do, C. will always be a NO.)
  • Izzwoz
    Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
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    aarabemahefa wrote: »
    I would NOT be using a LACE UP Corset which would be the one that people say push organs.. Id being using a gym corset which helps excite your abdomen muscles and help sweat more. I am in NO WAY using a corset to help me perform miracles

    What you describe there is not a waist training corset, hence the confusion. I don't know anything about the thing you are describing but it sounds very much like a pointless scam to me - sweating more only loses you water that you have to top up, if you don't want to risk health problems eventually. Eat right (at a deficit, if you want to lose weight), exercise right (only you know what "right" is for you), and the rest will happen, without wasting money on scammy gadgets.
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,179 Member
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    aarabemahefa wrote: »
    I would NOT be using a LACE UP Corset which would be the one that people say push organs.. Id being using a gym corset which helps excite your abdomen muscles and help sweat more. I am in NO WAY using a corset to help me perform miracles
    Uhm, actually this makes it worse. A lace up corset would make sense, as a fashion statement, not as a way to lose weight. But "exciting" your abs???

  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
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    aarabemahefa wrote: »
    I would NOT be using a LACE UP Corset which would be the one that people say push organs.. Id being using a gym corset which helps excite your abdomen muscles and help sweat more. I am in NO WAY using a corset to help me perform miracles

    This is NOT waist training.

    What you are describing is scam. sweating more does nothing for fat loss and as for excite the ab muscles - just no :noway:
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
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    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    I don't think you'll get many informed comments on here. Clearly some people are commenting without the slightest clue of what it is and without even trying to research it a little.

    You might want to try a forum specific for corset wearers. There's a forum for everything.

    Turns out the op doesn't have a clue about what it is either.
  • Izzwoz
    Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
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    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    I don't think you'll get many informed comments on here. Clearly some people are commenting without the slightest clue of what it is and without even trying to research it a little.

    You might want to try a forum specific for corset wearers. There's a forum for everything.

    Turns out the op doesn't have a clue about what it is either.

    Lol
  • Mrsallen6_11
    Mrsallen6_11 Posts: 416 Member
    edited February 2015
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    jairam wrote: »
    I'm pro waist training, but you need proper advise before starting it. Waist training is by no means an easy option.

    Do your research and see a doctor about this. If you're wearing a corset just to help you sweat, that's not waist training. Anyone I've known who did waist training used a lace up corset and saw their doctor very regularly.
  • princesschanteee
    princesschanteee Posts: 22 Member
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    Waist training is perfectly safe and truly amazing if done correctly. I'd recommend it to anyone wanting trim their waist, have a flat tummy or get rid of back fat. I've seen fantastic results.
  • compgeek812
    compgeek812 Posts: 57 Member
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    While I have heard concern about organ damage I have not seen data to back it up so I won't go either way on this. Just wanted to point out that if you decide to do this do not skimp and get a cheap one. Always steer away from wooden boned models and inspect the seams over the boning before putting it on.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
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    Sounds like a good way to increase intra-abdominal pressure and give yourself some problems
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_compartment_syndrome

    I don't understand how your organs would know the difference between a lace-up corset and a gym corset
  • AngelaKim714
    AngelaKim714 Posts: 4
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    I dont see why not! Id be waist training right now if I bought the right size lol. I say do it. just be safe about it and slowly work your way in with the corset.
  • SLLeask
    SLLeask Posts: 489 Member
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    aarabemahefa wrote: »
    I would NOT be using a LACE UP Corset which would be the one that people say push organs.. Id being using a gym corset which helps excite your abdomen muscles and help sweat more. I am in NO WAY using a corset to help me perform miracles

    Genuine question - how does a corset "excite" your muscles and what do excited muscles do differently to ordinary ones..? Sweating won't do anything to make your waist smaller.
  • tcatcarson
    tcatcarson Posts: 227 Member
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    aarabemahefa wrote: »
    helps excite your abdomen muscles

    When I want to excite my abdomen muscles I take them for ice cream. Yay ice cream!

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