News Flash — Spot Reduction Doesn’t Exist!

Ok, while this may not be anything new, we thought that we’d throw a little note out there to remind everyone that its pointless to try and ’spot reduce’. And just in case you don’t know what spot reduction is, basically its when you target one specific area of your body and try to lose the extra fat of that area (common examples include the belly and buttocks).

This has been a stated fact for years now. And yet, people still pay plenty of money for little gadgets to do just that! Why?? Because many people out there are so desperate for a change in their life and well-being that they’ll believe the claims that deep down they know aren’t true. But let’s face the facts. If you want to really improve the way you look, you have to take a whole approach, a lifetime approach. If you want to see a six-pack when you look in the mirror, you have to reduce your body fat overall, not just around your belly. Can you image how funny it would look if you had a six-pack but were still carrying extra weight on other parts of your body? You need more than just crunches, you need a whole body adjustment. Keep this in mind next time you see the next gadget at 1am on the tv.

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  1. April 24th, 2008 | 3:17 am

    Even if Spot Reduction exists, I think it is still better to lose fat for the whole body rather than concentrating on one part of our body only.

  2. November 20th, 2011 | 2:15 am

    Yeah, there are a lot of infomercials and sales pitches and promotions out there, all trying to sell bogus products with false information. There is no telling how many spam blogs that are out there, all trying to sell stuff like you mentioned. It doesn’t stop at Spot reduction, either.
    Anyway, I liked it when you said, “Can you image how funny it would look if you had a six-pack but were still carrying extra weight on other parts of your body?” Ha-ha! Yep, a lot of people don’t think about those things.
    Anyway, keep up the good work on this blog; perhaps you should be a freelance writer in the health genre… Cheers! ;)

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