The so-called mountain is not high, there are immortals are named; the water is not deep, and there are dragons and spirits. Where are the most beautiful beauties from ancient times to the present? In the eyes of mathematicians and artists, it is undoubtedly the moving waistline, because there is the closest golden section point to the human body. In fact, for various ethnic groups, due to the differences in region and race, the aesthetic orientation of skin color is not the same, such as Chinese like white and pure, Europeans and Americans advocate wheat color, and Africa is proud of dark skin. However, the obsession with thin waists is much the same. So why does everyone have a soft waist?
For all the peoples of the world, the aesthetic orientation of skin color is not the same, but the obsession with thin waist is much the same.
Throughout the ages, it has been a thin waist maniac
Speaking of people's preference for the "devil's body", some experts have carefully compared the descriptions of female beauty in a large number of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign literary masterpieces. Among them, the plump upper circumference, calves, thighs, slim body, crotch, hips and thin waist are the eight most frequently mentioned key elements, and the thin waist has always occupied the most prominent position. According to statistics, in English literature, women's thin waists are depicted four times more than breasts; in the two major Indian epics, ramayana and mokoborada, there are 35 places where thin waists are mentioned, while the other parts are only 26 in total.
Pictured here are stills from the Bollywood film Baahubali, an adaptation of Indian mythology and legend, from The King of Baahubali.
In ancient Chinese poetry, there are 17 places where beautiful people are depicted with thin waists, while breasts, hips, calves and thighs are hardly mentioned. For example, in the pre-Qin period, Song Yu's "Deng disciple lustful endowment", praising the beauty of the Chu kingdom beauty is thrilling, saying that the beauty of the beauty is reflected in "increasing one point is too long, subtracting one point is too short; powder is too white, Shi Zhu is too red; eyebrows are like green feathers, muscles are like white snow; waist is like bundles, teeth are like shells." Beauty with a thin waist and a plain belt, a moving posture. It can be seen that as early as 2,000 years ago, the thin waist has occupied an important position in physical beauty.
Song Yu said that the beauty of Chu Nu is "eyebrows like green feathers, muscles like white snow, waist like bundles, teeth like shells". Thin waist, wearing a plain belt, the posture is moving.
Scottish University professor Stuart Brody once selected a thousand strange men and women to study, and found that most men judge whether the opposite sex is attractive in the first impression, mainly based on the curve of the woman's body, and the waist plays a crucial role in this curve. Psychologist Victor Johns' research is more clear, that is, women in different eras have different standards of physical beauty, but people's pursuit of 0.7 waist-to-hip ratio has not changed.
From a biological point of view, women with thin waists secrete more estrogen secretion, and their body sensitivity is higher, appearing sexy and attractive.
"The king of Chu has a thin waist" is not pathological
Typically, a healthy woman has a waist-to-hip ratio of between 0.67 and 0.8, and a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 is not only a perfect ratio, but also indicates good genes and fertility, meaning being able to reproduce healthier offspring. From a biological point of view, female females with thin waist secrete more vigorously, the sensitivity of the body is also higher, appear sexy and attractive, more likely to attract men to produce hormones, and play an important role in regulating body metabolism, growth, development and reproduction.
The abs corresponding to the waist are innate human muscles that everyone has, but because the ribs make the deep abdominal muscles less easy to show.
Of course, more importantly, a thin waist is an important indicator of women's health. Because the abdominal muscles corresponding to the waist are innate human muscles, everyone has them, but because the ribs make the deep abdominal muscles less easy to expose; and the muscle groups of the superficial abdominal muscles are loose, and fat is the most likely to accumulate. When a person is thin enough to thin the subcutaneous fat of the superficial abs, even if there is no exercise, the abdominal muscles will appear, but if there is a thick layer of fat on the stomach, even if the abdominal muscles are developed, they will not see the prominent abdominal muscles. Unless you exercise your abs and control your subcutaneous fat, you will have a "vest line" and a "mermaid line".
Due to differences in physiological structure, it is difficult for women to have "8-pack abs" mermaid line, but if the waist and abdomen are flat enough and the subcutaneous fat is thin enough, there will also be a vest line
Of course, here is an additional point, although the mermaid line and the vest line are the contour lines of the abdominal muscles, the "mermaid line" is usually a feature of men. Only when the male abs are sufficiently developed and the fat under the surface muscles is also very thin, the sides of the abdomen are close to the pelvis, and two muscle lines that slope downwards and inwards appear, which are named "mermaid lines" because of their resemblance to the tail of a fish. Due to the difference in physiological structure, women's muscle groups are not as developed as men,800 perceptual muscles, but if the waist and abdomen are flat enough and the subcutaneous fat is thin enough, from both sides of the navel below the chest, there will also be two vertical muscle lines shaped like two vest openings, which is the "vest line".
Fat in the waist and abdomen is easy to accumulate, and the location is close to the liver, which is very easy to enter the blood, which increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
Back to the point. It is precisely because the fat in the waist and abdomen is easy to accumulate, forming a male "general belly" and a woman's "swimming circle", and the position of the waist and abdomen is close to the liver, and the excess fat is very easy to enter the blood, which in turn increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases, and it is easy to cause pregnancy complications and difficult labor in women. It can be seen that "the king of Chu has a good thin waist" is not pathological, but a woman with a thin waist is more conducive to having healthy offspring.
"The king of Chu has a good thin waist" is not pathological, but women with thin waists are more conducive to having healthy offspring.
Keeping a thin waist is hard and not hard
The slender waist is not only sexy and good-looking visually, but also represents a more stable core for women, a healthier inner fat, and better waist and abdomen strength and breathing habits. Then the cultivation of "A4 waist", "mask waist" and "ant waist" should also start from these three aspects. First of all, the body fat rate of healthy women ranges from 20%-25%, if you want to see the vest line, the body fat rate should be controlled between 18%-22%, usually the body fat rate of international supermodels is basically below 18%, and female athletes are 12%-25%, depending on the sport.
Schematic diagram of the effect of body fat rate on body shape, the higher the body fat rate, the thicker the waist shape.
Leaving aside the influence of genetics and exercise, there are two main factors that determine body fat percentage: ambient temperature and eating habits. About 2/3 of the body's fat is stored in the subcutaneous tissue, in the absence of hair, the insulation effect of subcutaneous fat can block the loss of heat; its function of storing energy is the "surplus grain reserve" when the human body is hungry, which is why polar bears can hibernate for several months without eating or drinking. When the human body is in a cold climate environment for a long time, the body will stimulate the production of fat tissue in order to resist the cold, which also leads to the average body fat rate of northern Chinese people is significantly higher than that of southerners, so it is important to brush fat and keep warm in the waist and abdomen.
Subcutaneous fat has an insulation and energy storage effect, when the human body is in a cold climate environment for a long time, the body will stimulate the production of adipose tissue in order to resist the cold.
At the same time, in terms of diet structure, the population that eats less fruits and vegetables and mainly eats pasta is higher than that of people who are mainly rice, and their bodies are taller and stronger. Of course, no exercise only by diet to reduce the rate of body fat is more delusional, because dieting is not only to reduce fat, but also to reduce muscle, so that the basal metabolism is reduced, and after the next intake of food calories, it is easier to regain weight.
A4 paper specifications are 21*29.7cm, so as long as the width of the waist is less than 21cm, it can be called A4 waist.
In addition to the body fat rate, the thickness of the waist circumference is also determined by the degree of adduction of the human ribs, which is also the reason why some stars do surgery to remove the terminal ribs in order to show the waist thinness, but this practice should not be advocated. For the general public, practicing abdominal breathing more can also help adduction in the ribs. To judge your own breathing pattern, you can stand in front of the mirror, relax your whole body to take a deep breath, if the shoulders in the mirror rise and fall significantly with the breathing rhythm, it is chest breathing, while the shoulder rise and fall is not obvious but the abdominal rise and fall is abdominal breathing.
The all-popular backhand touched the navel
These methods seem simple, but they are difficult to persevere and require strong self-control.
From the "Chu King's good thin waist" to today's A4 waist, mask waist, ant waist, behind everyone's thin waist madness, is people's yearning for a better life.
But Haruki Murakami said, "The flesh is everyone's temple, and no matter what is enshrined in it, it should be kept strong, beautiful, and clean." From the "Chu King's good thin waist" more than two thousand years ago, to the popular A4 waist, mask waist, ant waist, behind everyone's crazy waist, is the process of people's yearning for and chasing a beautiful life, and this process has become a nation's aesthetic concept after time precipitation, guiding this nation to choose a mate with beauty, produce healthier offspring, and finally complete the optimization of the ethnic group.
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