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26-03-2006, 01:02 AM
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| Don't get your hopes up. I doubt their effectiveness (in terms of slimming) very much.  |
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26-03-2006, 06:19 PM
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| The basic problem is that 1) there is no such thing as targeted fat loss. Ever. At all. It's a dream that will never be attained due to how our bodies work. 2) Massage does not make you lose weight. Caloric balance does. Take in less calories than you expend, and you will lose weight. Buying a "high-performance belt that uses a firm and strong penetrating oscillating massage movement, simulating traditional massage therapy" will not. I'm sure the massage feels very good, and with the abdominals being massaged, they probably feel taut and 'worked out'. This is not to be mistaken for actual exercise though. |
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27-03-2006, 02:22 PM
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| I laugh every time I see these things in the stores. They remind me of the ridiculous belt massagers that were popular in the US in the 1950s. Still today you will see black and white clips of people using these things.. the belt wraps around their fat butt and "jiggles it away." These clips are always used as an example of how the public will belive stupid claims. I can't believe someone was bold enough to dust off this old idea and see if the public was dumb enough to buy it, but I guess that person is rolling in the riches now. It just goes to show how gullible people are.. especially when it comes to fitness products. Still, it baffles me how anyone could think that a machine that jiggles your fat will somehow cause you to lose it. There is a new machine out now that makes me laugh even more - it is basically a stool that a person sits on, and the top rotates this way and that while the person tries to hang on... kind of like a miniature mechanical bull. It seems to me that this might burn a few more calories than the vibrating belt, but far less than a conventional excercise such as jogging. Come on folks - remember that if the product seems too good to be true then it isn't. If you can't figure out how to apply that simple rule then I guess you deserve to lose your money on a rip-off product. |
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27-03-2006, 02:45 PM
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In fact, there is a product I see being advertised on TV that is almost the exact same thing! They even connected a pedometer-like device to the user's butt, and compared it to someone who was running. They said that since there is much more 'movement' on the person using the machine, he is getting a better workout! Oh man |
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#10
29-03-2006, 10:24 AM
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| From the thin knowledge that I have on human body, there is 2 kind of grease in the body, one just beneath the surface which is liquid and easy to loose, it's a kind of fast reserve. The other one is thicker (I mean it is less liquid) and harder to loose. A lot of people says that to be able to loose this second layer, you need to turn it into a more liquid state first and massage is one of the solution. So, need to turn it into liquid but need to do some exercise as well to effectively burn it... What do you think? (That's from different articles I read from a French health website) |
