odd sounding weightloss/toning technique - could it work?

[joko]

many many years ago an overweight pal of mine was somewhat ridiculed for telling of a theory he was trying out to lose weight an tone up

basically he told people he tied a piece of string tightly round his waist ...sounds daft, right?


however in the telling of this story, the teller left out the reason...deliberately ...in order to make the story sound all the more daft...for a laugh...

however i thought about it...and i've come to the conclusion that the theory is simply that it reminds you to keep your stomach muscles taught because its uncomfortable if you dont...and the constant tensing up will, over time strengthen an tone your stomach...

so although its sounds daft on the surface, it seems to have some logic


what do you think? have you heard of this before?

thanks

[ummmm]

Well yes...it's advised to pull your stomach muscles in as much as possible. Especially whilst doing sit ups..

[redcrx]

but if that were the case then people wouldnt get larger than the size of their trousers would they?

[Prudie]

I have heard of it but in a different and more logical way. Tie string snugly round your waist and when it gets tight you know you've put on weight and need to cut back for a few days.

[joko]

red, yeh vecause they relax the muscles...

[R1Geezer]

red the idea is that the string cuts in, a trouser waist band is much wider and therefore more comfortable to relax against. It sounds a lot more plausible than some other "techniques" out there!

[Mosaic]

Didn't posh girlies used to have a silver waist chain, for similar reasons?

[thecrows82]

It wouldn't make much sense to do this. Pay attention to calorie consumption, and exercise volume, that's what gets results: http://www.how2muscle...calories-per-day.html