How to make your waist smaller.

If you came onto this post expecting me to tell you where to buy the best waist trainer, the you are going to be surprised when I tell you that in no way do I support waist trainers.

They are bad for your body. If you are of a healthy weight/size then the shape of your waist now, is how it naturally is and there is no changing it.

Don't worry, this isn't a pointless post. I'm going to show you how you can make your waist appear smaller.
 

Latissimus dorsi (lats)

Lat pull down.

First of all let me begin with why you shouldn't be using a waist trainer.

Everyone has a natural waist shape for a reason. You have organs inside your body that are holding the required space needed to operate efficiently. So by wearing a waist trainer and forcing your waist smaller, you are essentially messing with you organs. Long term effects include unhealthy movement of organs, which can lead to a number of different problems. Therefore, you cannot change the shape of your waist in a healthy way.

Please note that if you do carry a little extra weight, especially in the mid section, then this may not be your natural waist shape. If you lose some fat (healthy amount for your body) and tone up then you will notice your shape change. It is therefore best to try a become a little more active and maybe make your meals a little healthier rather than wasting your money on a waist trainer.

If you do need help with training or food please have a look at what I offer or contact me for advice. 

Its important that I cover the reason why people on social media, even those who have a lot of knowledge and experience in the fitness industry, promote waist trainers... because of MONEY! These people with tonnes of followers get paid to promote products and this includes waist trainers and skinny teas (which also do not work)!

Anyway now lets move on to the main topic, how to make your waist 'appear' smaller. The answer is very simple, make you lats, teres major and minor bigger! 

How to make your lats bigger:
(These are my favourite lat exercises).

1. Lat pull down.

2. Pull ups. (can be normal, machine/band assisted or negatives)

3. Wide grip pull ups. (can be normal, machine/band assisted or negatives)

4. Close front grip lat pull down.

5.Single arm lat pull down.

6. Straight arm pull down.

Please note that by 'make your lats bigger' it doesn't mean bulky or 'man-like', you can build bigger lats and still look like a lady or just toned.

Its important to train every part of your body no matter what your goal, you need to keep it balanced - I will go more into this in another post.

Please feel free to print, give them a go, share and comment your thoughts.

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