Here’s what’s really going on with those tai chi scams, and it’s not what you thought

/ Tai Chi Notebook

Remember those hilarious ‘get a 6-pack with tai chi’ adverts?

Do you remember those tai chi scam adverts that I wrote about a while ago? For a moment in time they were everywhere, usually with a well-muscled older Asian man telling you how you can get a six pack from some tai chi walking.

The whole thing was obviously created in AI and an obvious scam… but it was so obviously fake that it made no sense. However, thanks to Paul Bowman for finding this video which explains what was really going on.

5 thoughts on “Here’s what’s really going on with those tai chi scams, and it’s not what you thought”

  1. I am almost 60. 5 foot 7. Five months ago I finally figured out how to lose weight. I like to ride a road bike in the summer and I burn off some fat. But it really is junky food I ate. I gave up beer except for an occasional bi-weekly can. Then I started weeding out processed foods with the help of Google. Great help! After 4 months of riding I started doing strength routines 3 days a week. Now I have put the bike away and do more walking until spring time comes. I now weigh in at 147 lbs and am darn proud of it. Exercise helps alot but it is will power that has help me the most to avoid bad foods. I totally suggest you just ask Google about foods you eat and swear off the bad and you will see results. And it is free.

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  2. These tai chi, chair tai chi proclamations of success are an unequivocal scam. The depictions of obese people becoming ripped body, athletic individuals in a month are ludicrous. So afactual in alleging what is feasible. Exercise physiology, scientifically proves these grossly exaggerated claims entirely spurious, grossly exadurated!

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  3. Why do you think sites like YouTube seem to be doing nothing to stop these kinds of adds? It’s just awful.

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  4. Tai chi is not about muscles, it is about connecting your body to the universe and master the energy that is around and inside us in order to build a better health, both mental and physical, and also to be able to defend yourself effectively by employing that energy. I am new in Tai Chi, so even what I say may be simplistic, but it is definitely much closer to the truth than those scam ads.

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