Slendertone - ThinnerTimes

Dannolad · 05-13-2007, 12:10 PM

OK so I am a bit of a tart, I tried doing sit ups the other day, managed a few then it hurt. Am thinking of getting one of the slendertone electronic muscle stimulators. I have two questions:

1. Are they any good?

2. When is it safe to use them on my abdo muscles?

coptergirl · 05-13-2007, 02:20 PM

Never heard of them - try using an excercize ball - they work wonders and there is so much you can do with them!

porshh951 · 05-13-2007, 02:54 PM

I've hered of them. Different forms of that technology have been around for years and years I don't really know how effective they are though.

If you do decided to try them. Let me know if you are pleased with the results or not. I'd be interested.

Dannolad · 05-13-2007, 03:02 PM

Will do

StacyBee160 · 05-13-2007, 08:50 PM

Nooooo, don't waste your money. Yes, you might get a little muscle contraction out of it but it's not enough to make a difference and you'll be much better off doing different exercises with other body parts, but holding your abs tight while you do them.

Somewhere there are studies from back when those things first came out that show how ineffective they are, but danged if I know where to find them now...

Dannolad · 05-13-2007, 11:00 PM

Oh pants, another little pipe dream shipwrecked on the shore of experience

Gina in NY · 05-14-2007, 02:31 PM

Just do crunches for a while. Your surgery was March 22? Don't do real direct ab stuff for 10 weeks...has it been ten weeks? Start crunches when it has been.

Anyway - a full sit up is crazy and doesn't really help you too much. I don't do them. If you don't want to get an exercise ball (which is the bomb) then just do crunches. Here is how I would start: lie on a mat, something a little soft, put your hands losely behind your head. To protect your lower back, you can tilt your pelvis so that your back is flat against the floor. Putting your feet on your heels helps this too. Do not pull on your neck, by the way, just support your head on the way up and down. Don't completely relax either, don't let your hands touch the floor. Better work-out.

I started with sets of 10 or 12. Do 10 or 12 crunches, then rest. Pull your knees in toward your chest (Yea, I remember someone telling me that at first) to release your abs.

So, tighten your abs and actually feel yourself pulling up with your abdominal muscles. Just get your shoulder blades off the mat - that is all you have to do. This works your upper abs. If you want to do the lower and sides, let me know, I'll try to describe those too.

Good luck - and you should feel sore, but it shouldn't hurt - does that make sense?

Go slowly!