Move Your Body

Companies use all sorts of techniques to get you to buy their fitness and weight loss products. One of the most popular ways to sell you something is by showing a “before and after” picture of someone who has used the fitness equipment, weight loss pill, exercise video – you name it. Let’s face it, those pictures can be pretty amazing. Take a minute and watch this short video on the truth behind “before and after” photos you see in exercise magazines or with weight loss products. Are they for real?

The Truth Behind Before And After Photos

Most of the time, the people in the before and after pictures are fitness models who have spent a few months slacking off prior to getting their “before” pictures taken. When a muscle is trained, detrained and retrained, there is a faster change in muscle size.

There are so many different techniques you can use to alter the models bodies, and as mentioned in the video, sometimes the Before and After photos are taken in the same day. So….don’t believe everything you see!