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How the hell is it possible to look like this woman??

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Tangled59 · 17/06/2018 19:52

OK I qas having that Sunday sadness feeling and now I'm feeling casually pissed off and jealous because I went on FB and an ad popped up featuring this woman (Tammy Hemsomething apparently).

How is it possible to look like this?! What I mean is is this the result of just working out or what? But how can she get her body fat down so low for the waist, but not on her bum or tits?!

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ikeepaforkinmypurse · 17/06/2018 21:05

But why is it necessary to be super fit, as opposed to just fit? Why take it to these extremes?
because they want to and they enjoy it? Why doing a triathlon when you can just jog down the road?
Well, why not!

I am raising my own daughters to be as proud as their physic as their brain, and to ignore people who pretend that bright women have to be ugly and stunning women have to be stupid. You can be attractive, successful and bright, and happy too. No women should be ashamed to look good.

cholka · 17/06/2018 21:06

Reminds me of

How the hell is it possible to look like this woman??
rosesandflowers1 · 17/06/2018 21:06

Angling, genetics, a waist trainer and lots of working out.

Surgery or editing of the pic are also possibilities.

Lovelylovelyllamas · 17/06/2018 21:06

Well, lightbulb moment, this is an actual thing, suddenly the young girls in the gym make sense. I’ve learnt a whole lot tonight. Here you go tangled you too can become a “glute girl” www.t-nation.com/training/8-lessons-from-glute-girls

ItsNachoCheese · 17/06/2018 21:06

Photoshop is your friend Grin

Titsywoo · 17/06/2018 21:06

Stop saying big arse's are ugly/horrendous/deformed. Some of us have big bums and think they are fab. Maybe she got her figure due to weight training, maybe it's surgery, maybe it's genetic. Who cares. Stop slagging off other women's bodies because you're insecure about your own.

Metoodear · 17/06/2018 21:07

Can I say this is the new look for white women most black women this is not the look

Black women aspire to a more curvey figure and a much bigger bottom

Branleuse · 17/06/2018 21:07

it's clear now I've looked at her Instagram that she does have a tiny waist and curvy bum but she accentuates this with clever camera angles and breathing in and clothes/pants that accentuate her waist and bum.
some of her pics look really extreme yet there's loads where she just looks slim and toned. If you look

Nicknacky · 17/06/2018 21:07

nellie I follow woman similar to her. I do find them interesting as I’m interested in fitness. Why does that seem so strange to you?

ObiJuanKenobi · 17/06/2018 21:07

Glad to see some of the vile comments on this thread attacking this young woman have been removed by HQ.

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 17/06/2018 21:08

Stop slagging off other women's bodies because you're insecure about your own. Star

SerenDippitty · 17/06/2018 21:09

I am raising my own daughters to be as proud as their physic as their brain, and to ignore people who pretend that bright women have to be ugly and stunning women have to be stupid. You can be attractive, successful and bright, and happy too. No women should be ashamed to look good

You can, but there is still no need to take it to extremes. No woman should be ashamed to look natural and normal either.

BellaJessica · 17/06/2018 21:09

Is anyone else now planking and reading?

blinkineckmum · 17/06/2018 21:09

She looks dreadful.

Haint · 17/06/2018 21:09

I can’t believe I was deleted Shock

It really didn’t warrant a deletion. How bizarre

silkpyjamasallday · 17/06/2018 21:10

I have a friend who is obsessed with Tammy and finds her ‘inspiring’, so I’ve been subjected to several long Instagram scrolling sessions with her showing me her videos, pictures, meal plans etc. She had a boob job soon after her second baby, friend had deciphered it from scrutinising when her pictures became more covered up for a while, then suddenly she remerged with pneumatic breasts, I don’t think it’s a secret but I don’t think she’s exactly open about it. But I do believe the rest of her body is achievable, I had a 22 inch waist prior to having DD, but I could do several rounds of 10 squats at a time with 13 stone DP on my back, so my hips and bum were more than 12 inches bigger than my waist and that does create a dramatic curve, add in an odd angle like that and it looks unreal in a photo. I was pear shaped anyway though, and if I wanted to look like Tammy I’d have to get a boob job, put DD in full time childcare, jack in my job and workout all day every day. No thanks.

Personally I hate this fake, narcissistic, body obsessed selfie culture. I think it’s really really unhealthy to promote these images regardless of whether it’s real, and it’s mostly fake. These instagram fitness models spout all this ‘supportive’ and ‘inspiring’ shit, but they are just selling you water bottles, protein shakes/ bars, ‘slimming’ teas which are laxatives, appetite suppressant lollies etc - none of this is why they look like they do, it’s down to genetics and the fact their job is looking like that, it is all they do. The reality is if you have naturally narrow hips and don’t have a propensity to build muscle and store fat on your bum and thighs it won’t happen no matter how many squats you do.

Exercising should be a celebration of your body and what it can achieve, not how good you look in tiny shorts and a sports bra.

Nicknacky · 17/06/2018 21:10

Part of me thinks the comments should have stayed so people see how women speak about other women. Disgusting.

SluttyButty · 17/06/2018 21:10

But people doing a triathlon as my husband has done many times, do not pose is such sexual poses!

I know many women who run marathons, tough mudders, fell running, triathlons etc and not one of them pose like this. The poses of men and women are exactly the same.

BigPinkBall · 17/06/2018 21:10

@Titsywoo I couldn’t agree more, I used to hate my big arse when I was a teenager in the 90s and the in look was straight up and down with no curves, now my giant bum is quite fashionable and it’s sooo much easier to get trousers to fit that go over my thighs and bum but don’t hang off my waist!

Totori · 17/06/2018 21:11

As someone who has a 'huge arse' and a tiny waist (naturally may I add) I find some of these comments a bit upsetting. There's nothing wrong with a big bootie!

Bugjune · 17/06/2018 21:13

I'm patiently waiting for the day skinny legs and a big gut are the body du jour. Grin

HidingFromDD · 17/06/2018 21:13

The angle of the shot does make a massive difference. Rather than body shaming this person, we should be encouraging our daughters to celebrate any shape and size. My 2 are completely different, and I always pointed out that Jo Lo and Kylie (ok, was a while ago) are both equally lovely but totally different. It's important to accept the shape you have and not aspire to be the other.

The photo does seem to show very minimal fat content, but it is possible to achieve that without starving yourself, it's just a very definite focus on exactly which proportion of carbs/fat/sugar you eat. Personally, I cba but it's also not my job.Although, if anyone is interested, I highly recommend paleo/very low carb to get rid of that 'post menopause' waist weight gain, it's brought my shape back to the pre-meno levels and (from all my research) that has to be a good thing!

Agree that squats on their own don't result in that bum, there's another exercise which targets slightly different muscles and creates more 'roundness' - don't know what they are though!

Nicknacky · 17/06/2018 21:13

None of the fitness women I follow sell any shakes or diets. They are a fitness instructors who aren’t scared of posting a picture of the cake or pizza they are eating. Who knows, maybe in the background they are secret bulimics but I like to look at their workouts and lifestyle.

Nicknacky · 17/06/2018 21:14

slutty How is it a sexual pose?! Don’t be so ridiculous.

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 17/06/2018 21:14

No woman should be ashamed to look natural and normal either.
qualify "normal". Your body will change depending on your chosen exercise, just look at the stereotypical various athletes. Nothing wrong in chosing a specific sport or type of exercise because you want to change something.

I think it's a very healthy attitude to actually work towards your dream body, as opposed to go through plastic surgery.

There are body achieved as a consequence of your activity
like so
and bodies specifically targetted. Neither are wrong.

There are worst things to do than being paid for working out! If someone pays me, I might consider moving my own fat but small backside Grin