Waist Trainers?

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Choromyslny
Choromyslny Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Do waist trainers actually work or is it just a marketing scam? Anyone here have any experience using them?
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  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,449 Member
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    Scam. You can not spot reduce
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
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    Marketing scam.
  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
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    Scam. Wouldn't waste (pun intended) my money.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
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    cathipa wrote: »
    Scam. Wouldn't waste (pun intended) my money.

    @Mycophilia did it better.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
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    Scam
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,970 Member
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    Choromyslny wrote: »
    Do waist trainers actually work or is it just a marketing scam? Anyone here have any experience using them?

    If they worked, do you really think people would be eating 1,200 calories a day to achieve the same goal?
  • Italiana_xx79
    Italiana_xx79 Posts: 588 Member
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    Mycophilia wrote: »
    They're a waist of time

    This!! Too funny, lol!!!
  • sarahlifts
    sarahlifts Posts: 610 Member
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    Waste of money and can cause long term damage.
  • sherbear702
    sherbear702 Posts: 649 Member
    edited May 2017
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    Mycophilia wrote: »
    They're a waist of time

    Har har, I see what you did there. I've been seeing these on my Facebook feed lately (super annoying). The only reason I would get one is so I could wear it under a tight *kitten* dress and not look like a sack of cream corn in it. Don't waste your money. You body will go back to its original shape once it comes off
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
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    They make you look like a tube of toothpaste smooshed in the middle.
  • YalithKBK
    YalithKBK Posts: 317 Member
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    Look up what happened to Victorian woman who wore corsets.
  • Muana1005
    Muana1005 Posts: 172 Member
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    I use one when I do yoga and HIT and it seems to have worked for me. But I was looking to spot reduce my lower belly which has been resistant to all diet and exercise. My trainer thinks it might have helped me correct my posture and strengthen my core along with the exercise.

    You should definitely not rely on a waist trainer alone.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
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    Muana1005 wrote: »
    I use one when I do yoga and HIT and it seems to have worked for me. But I was looking to spot reduce my lower belly which has been resistant to all diet and exercise. My trainer thinks it might have helped me correct my posture and strengthen my core along with the exercise.

    You should definitely not rely on a waist trainer alone.

    They actually do the opposite and weaken your core.
  • DeficitDuchess
    DeficitDuchess Posts: 3,099 Member
    edited May 2017
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    Muana1005 wrote: »
    I use one when I do yoga and HIT and it seems to have worked for me. But I was looking to spot reduce my lower belly which has been resistant to all diet and exercise. My trainer thinks it might have helped me correct my posture and strengthen my core along with the exercise.

    You should definitely not rely on a waist trainer alone.

    Actually it does the, opposite it; weakens your core because you aren't relying, upon those; muscles! It's like what occurs with, astronauts via; space because of the lack of, gravity they aren't using; their muscles & thus, they weaken!
  • Daddy78230
    Daddy78230 Posts: 125 Member
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    There have been 37 studies done on the effectivness of compression garments, like waist trainers.

    The results: Contradictory data

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22161265
  • Muana1005
    Muana1005 Posts: 172 Member
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    I don't think so. I use a great trainer and he said if I'm exercising it with it on, it will strengthen it. I've seen the results - where there was once a layer of fat you can now see abs. I feel stronger too.
  • LPirate
    LPirate Posts: 3 Member
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    A rubber waist trainer is way different than Victorian corsets first off.
    While it won't actually do the work for you, it will produce extra heat from being a tight extra layer.
    Otherwise I feel like it is what it is- shapewear.

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