therapeutic massagers — it’s not enough to speed weight loss. “You’d burn more calories by walking around the block,” he says. “These machines aren’t worth the effort.”
McArdle says any device or diet or exercise that promises to remove fat from just one part of the body is doomed to fail. Our genes determine where we store our fat, and no amount of wiggling or jiggling or twitching will change that. McArdle, for one, tends to pile up fat in his belly. If he somehow managed to get rid of every ounce of extra fat in his body, the belly fat would be the last to go. “I’m resigned to the fact that I’ll never have washboard abs,” he says.
In this day and age, it’s a brave admission.
