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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Fitness trainer reveals the shocking truth about before and after photos

Abraham - July 27, 2013

 

 

We have all read about amazing weight loss stories and marvelled at the weight loss pictures. But can they always be trusted to tell the truth?

 

A personal trainer has stepped forward to reveal just how deceiving these transformation photos can be.

 

In an article on Huffington Post, Andrew Dixon, a certified trainer of 11 years, said that these supposed before and after pictures are "transformations that are manipulated with Photoshop, professional lighting, postures to degrade or enhance their look, pro tans, sucking in or pushing out a bloated belly or flexing muscles vs not flexing to obtain an optimal look."

 

To illustrate his point, he provided before and after shots of him looking fat and bloated in one, and toned, tanned and sporting a six-pack in another. And contrary to what a viewer might think, the transformation was completed in just an hour.

 

Explaining the above shot, he said he had been feeling particularly bloated one day, around six months ago.  After asking his girlfriend to take a photograph of him as a 'before' shot, he then shaved his head, face and chest.

 

Dixon then prepared for the 'after' shot by doing a few push ups and chin ups, as well as adjusting the room's lighting.

 

He then sucked in and tightened his abs before taking the 'after' shot.

 

Both pictures were taken about an hour apart.

 

A few weeks later, he attempted a photo series of another 'transformation', which took under an hour to produce. In it, he did a stage by stage transformation to show viewers how the effects are achieved.

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