W like waist

W as in Waist

The waist is the part of the abdomen between the rib cage and hips.  On proportionate people, a goal which you can achieve with NIMBLE, the waist is the narrowest part of the torso.

The waistline refers to the horizontal line where the waist is narrowest, or to the general appearance of the waist.

Women tend to have narrower waists than men.

With the new approach to fashion, the waistline of clothing is now generally well below the anatomical waist.

Waist-hip ratio is the ratio of the circumference of the waist to that of the hips.  It measures the proportion by which fat is distributed around the torso.  A waist-hip ratio of 0.7 for women and 0.9 for men has been shown to correlate strongly with general health and fertility

There’s something so undeniably sexy about a woman with an hourglass figure (hello, Marilyn Monroe!) Regardless of a woman’s overall weight, having a defined waist and contrasting hips reflects a classic body ideal.  For women born without the ladylike curves they crave, there are plenty of surgical enhancement options to choose from, one of which is rib removal.  It involves extracting the lower ribs to create a slimmer waist contour.  Most commonly, the 12th, 11th, and occasionally the 10th ribs are removed.  The 11th and 12th ribs are known as “floating” ribs, which means they only cover the organs from the back and not the front.  The 10th rib covers both the front and back, which is why some surgeons who perform rib removal feel it’s unsafe to remove this rib.

Some historians claim that rib removal for aesthetic purposes has been around since the Victorian era, when corsets were the rage and teeny-tiny waists were definitive of feminine beauty.  The topic of rib removal became popular once again in the 70s, when it was rumored that Cher had the procedure done to achieve a newly narrow waist.

Using NIMBLE in your daily routine can help to achieve this goal without  drastic measures.  There are specially designed movement to address this part of your body.