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slimming belts

sammiewammie444
sammiewammie444 Posts: 58 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
do slimming belts work and is it worth getting one for the gym?

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  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,324 Member
    They can temporarily reduce your body's water content, but the effect is literally a matter of hours at most, and I think the sweating makes people overestimate their intensity and not work as hard as they would otherwise.

    For real fat loss, I think you'd be better off exercising without them.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    They don't target fat loss from that area. Neither do ab exercises. :+1:
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Nope.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    sammiewammie444 wrote: »
    do slimming belts work and is it worth getting one for the gym?

    nope
  • cjdecz
    cjdecz Posts: 30 Member
    No. They are largely a scam.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited November 2017
    nope and often those type of products can weaken your core so you end up with totally the opposite look of what you're trying to achieve.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    No.
  • megan_elizabeth8
    megan_elizabeth8 Posts: 216 Member
    Don’t bother... Unless you’re looking to lose water weight rather than fat.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    For the gym no, For that special event where you need to get into that outfit that used to fit... Yeah, they're great.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    Belts and wraps don’t eliminate the water that makes you fluffy in those areas from your body,, it only pushes it away temporarily.
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