Big Weight, Tiny Waists?

**JakeVendetta** · 12-04-2007, 06:56 AM

I know... honestly in the medical field you have to be... if not you would be stressin' all the time. I go home and completely forget about work.

skeptic · 12-04-2007, 07:07 AM

i couldnt be in the medical field, i wish i had your kinda patience!

**robbyybt** · 12-06-2007, 03:12 PM

right this is starting to annoy me now so ive spent the last 30 mins looking for any proof that it could work and came up with this

WASP WAISTS - A Study of Tightlacing in the 19th Century and its Motives

look at the 8th 9th and 13th paragraphs.

personally i think i could work just not very well in todays day and age (like take an inch or 2) and would be a very extreme way or reducing your waist

**Freak** · 12-06-2007, 05:15 PM

LOL, ask your wife Chris. Corsets work and are gonna make anyone lose more than 1-2" if worn properly unless they are a size 0. The whole thread isn't even about if they work. It is common knowledge that they do.

**Freak** · 12-06-2007, 10:28 PM

Why I thought Robby was Chris I will never know... similar avatars or lack of sleep...

**JakeVendetta** · 12-06-2007, 11:33 PM

and no one said it was practical...

**Thomas_Rivera** · 12-07-2007, 12:16 AM

Don't know if its the best source for this but first one I found.

The Proper Use of Belts During Weight Training

Constantly wearing a belt can also cause decreased strength development in abdominal muscles. Electromyographic research has found that there are lower levels of muscle activity in abdominal muscles when a belt is worn while lifting. The muscles that would normally keep the abdomen stabilized are inhibited when a belt is used, which could result in weaker abdominal muscles in the long run

I don't think its a big step to take to say that purposeful undertraining of the abdominal muscles is going to cause a deficit of growth.