Do 20,000 Sit-Ups In 30minutes Yasss, Really.​​​​​​​

Exercise is a tedious affair. Why the heavens made it far easier to eat fried chicken wings than do sit-ups, we will never know.

- Yip Jieying

So we were definitely intrigued when we were invited to try out a new body sculpting treatment at an aesthetic clinic where each 30-minute session supposedly replaces 20,000 physical sit-ups or squats. And throughout it all, you just lie on a treatment bed in air-conditioned comfort without even breaking a sweat. Sweet, we thought. We don’t even have to dig out our crusty running shoes for this.

Currently, the non-invasive treatment only targets either your tummy or buttocks area, where most folks are likely to have flab. (“Treatment protocols for other areas are currently undergoing research and development,” Dr Calvin Chan, the clinic’s medical director, tells us). It was a tough decision — should we spring for tight abs or a perky butt? — but eventually we settled on our tummy, which could really do with 20,000 sit-ups after too many #cafehopping seshs.

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