Shapely Secrets is not a breathing exercise, or a corset.
It's a compilation of Isometric Exercises, which can be very effective, as well as proper eating habit tips. Not so much 'diet' as 'lifestyle change'
You can actually find Isometric Exercises online, but I suppose the allure to these ones is simply that they're tried and tested for what they do. I've been looking into them a bit myself, and from what I've been reading, they work more often than not.
As the infomercial states, some isometric exercises can be more effective than weight lifting on certain muscle groups.
I did manage to dig up one of the exercises from the Advanced Shapely Secrets... so if you like this one, then it might not be a bad idea to buy the product.
This exercise targets your waist area.
1) Get seated in a chair
2) Now, while keeping your knees facing forward, twist your waist to the right while holding on to the side arm of the chair
3) While twisted, suck in your stomach and tighten the ab area - make sure you are
not holding your breath. breathe as normally as you can.
4) Now hold the position of twisting at the waist and pulling in your tummy for 25 seconds
5) After 25 seconds, relax for a couple seconds...
6) Repeat above steps for another 25 seconds
7) Repeat all above steps - except, instead of twisting to the right, twist to the left. Complete two 25 second repetitions as you did for the right side, with a break between them
This will leave your tummy sore, and it's probably a good idea to go to the bathroom beforehand so you don't have to stop in the middle... ^_^ /emoticons/
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If this doesn't leave your abs sore, then you may not be doing it properly. Isometric Exercises can sometimes be tricky to get the right positions, as well as just tensing up as hard as you can.
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