Truer words were never spoken. Take note Nicki Minaj.
Every day before I write a post, I ask myself, “How can I uplift my readers today?” Well today I get to uplift you in a whole different way! As in, your butts! And no, no TSA employees will be involved, I promise.
You’ve seen the ads:
“Think like a work in progress… Look like a work of art!” (Fila)
“Recover quicker, perform better.” (SKINS)
“A better body with every move.” (Reebok)
And my personal fave: “Underwear and a workout in one!” (Shapercise)
You can’t swing a kettlebell these days without hitting an ad for “toning clothing” – fancy workout duds that claim to activate more muscles, burn extra calories, improve posture and make you look better while doing it. Sounds great, right? Who wouldn’t want a workout in their underwear?? (I can’t even keep a straight face typing that.) But the (multi)million dollar question for this burgeoning industry is: Do they work? While the toning shoes have been thoroughly discredited – not only do they not work your muscles but they also put you at a higher risk of injury- you might be surprised by what I discovered about the clothing.
To read my review and enter the giveaway, jump to my review page! (Sorry for the extra step, advertiser’s rules.)
Written with love by Charlotte Hilton Andersen for The Great Fitness Experiment (c) 2010. If you enjoyed this, please check out my new book The Great Fitness Experiment: One Year of Trying Everything for more of my crazy antics and uncomfortable over-shares!
Resistance training clothing does work just not reebok’s !
They stole that idea from a company in 06″ and tryied to make their own and was not succesful.The design is incorrrect. Only the true developer knows the true design and can make it functional! It was submitted as a patent for sale and they rejected it and said they do not take ideas because some one in their company maybe working on it,like every other company says.And two years later here comes reebok with functional clothes also.But like i said failure. You have to know how something works to create a solution. God creates one person one mind only they know true ideas and philosophies behind them.Just ask professional athletes,the USMC special forces who use the real product Thanks for creating this blog..