Flabby tits and muffin tops

[Dizaster]

I would almost go the other way.. Once you've got yourself a little fitter and in the full swing of exercising.. Try for a month or so to put on muscle, then lose the weight but trying to keep the muscle on..

I've found my body always wants to stay at the same weight as well over the years... So if you can put a little more muscle on your body, when you settle back to that weight, it'll consist of more muscle and less fat...

Your average diet seems to keep you at that weight with "flabby tits and muffin tops" , but if you add a little more muscle, it'll help burn the fat, use more of your calorie intake etc..

Darn it's early and I can't explain things how I have them in my head...

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[donnydarkoIRL]

Hey Bilbo, I'll keep it simple.
If your weight drops and bodyfat doesn't, your likely to be wearing down muscle.
IOf you take some whey protein this will be sorted!

Aerobic excercise is the best for shedding fat.
Jogging, Cycling, rowing are all helpful.

Weight training also helps get rid of a lot of fat. If you do light weihts with high repitions its one way to reduce fat without being overly demanding on the lungs and heart.

Nutrition is the key though!
Try drop full fat milk from your diet, use brown or whole grain bread and fruit rather than sugar.

You can do it man, just leave yourself enough energy to climb that mountain!

[Dizaster]

Darn Donny, I was going to Rep you but gotta share it around some more first... Good advice!

[Kev]

Cheers guys I am actually pretty much doing all that though.

I have a whey protein shake an hour before any weights workouts and a scoopful in my porridge at breakfast the day after.

I also use a drink called Rego Recovery which is a protein and carb mix after a long session of an hour or so.

I only drink skimmed milk, only ever eat wholegrains, brown rice, wild rice etc.

I do have a couple of vices, cheese and an occaisional addiction to crisps.

I think it's like you say Dizaster, my body can't build muscles and lose fat at the same time.

When I first started training last August, I dropped 14 lbs in 6 weeks of daily rowing, but then my weight remained constant for the next several months despite a healthy diet, weight training, rowing and cycling.

Then just before I got ill I started doing more weights and gained 3 lbs.

I think I'll have to start counting calories. I've got a special diet program on my PDA which can track exactly how much carbs, protein, fat, suger, salt etc I'm eating each day and I've got these cool kitchen scales that tell you the exact nutritional content of any food you weigh on it so no excuse really.

I'm guessing to lose fat I'll need to consume about 2000 calories a day, with maybe an extra 300 calorie allowance on weight training days for extra protein so I don't lose too much muscle.

To be honest right now I'd rather be lean than muscular, I just really want a six pack.

Then I can try and build again.

My bodyweight is probably exactly right I just need to change my composition maybe lose a stone (14 klbs) of fat and gain 14lbs of muscle.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Ok,

Well in that case you might need to up your intake of foof.
Low fat and high protein.

For gaining muscle mass do high weight low reps.
Try some anaerobic exercise too. I no it'll be tough on you wity your lungs, but it may help. Experimintation will help.

[Kev]

Ok,

Well in that case you might need to up your intake of foof.
Low fat and high protein.

For gaining muscle mass do high weight low reps.
Try some anaerobic exercise too. I no it'll be tough on you wity your lungs, but it may help. Experimintation will help.

Do you think I should bulk up first then before I try to cut weight?

I just wish I could slice all the fat off my gut and titties.

I'm lean everwhere else but this flab just don't want to shift

[donnydarkoIRL]

Ok,

Well in that case you might need to up your intake of foof.
Low fat and high protein.

For gaining muscle mass do high weight low reps.
Try some anaerobic exercise too. I no it'll be tough on you wity your lungs, but it may help. Experimintation will help.

Do you think I should bulk up first then before I try to cut weight?

I just wish I could slice all the fat off my gut and titties.

I'm lean everwhere else but this flab just don't want to shift

What I find is that putting on a bit of muscle bulk actually disguises fat.
If you see the powerlifters in the gym, many have impressive physiques, they often have quite a high boidy fat %, but it's dispersed over a large area so it looks less.

I reckon working your pecs (benchpress, Incline, fly, pressups, Pull ups) Could give you some bulk and will disperse that fat.
It'll also decrease the fat as you work. Since you row a fair bit, that'll also be a big help.

As for the gut, thats one of the toughest areas. Largely because the abs are the hardest to get toned.
There's no shame in using an ab belt whilst you run in order to boost your fat burning.
I haven't used them myself, but a mate has and said they gave prety good results.

[RozzySean]

Ok,

Well in that case you might need to up your intake of foof.
Low fat and high protein.

For gaining muscle mass do high weight low reps.
Try some anaerobic exercise too. I no it'll be tough on you wity your lungs, but it may help. Experimintation will help.

Do you think I should bulk up first then before I try to cut weight?

I just wish I could slice all the fat off my gut and titties.

I'm lean everwhere else but this flab just don't want to shift

It's possible, post 30 to significantly change your body.

A few years back (I was 29-30) my mother bought me some sessions with a personal trainer as a holiday/birthday gift. He put me on a program where I would do about 20 minutes of cardio to start a workout, followed by 3 set of 12 moderate weight, 1 minute rest. It would get my heartrate up high, increase my endurance, then keep it in good zone for fatburning while I was lifting. Lots of circuit training, but a variety of exercises and routines. This workout, other than boxing, got me more cut than anything else. I dropped from a soft 205 to fairly hard 178 in about 6 months. My body fat % went from 23 to 13. I still had a little in the love-handle area and I didn't have 6-pack, but I was in damn good shape. I was doing dips with added weight and multiple sets of chinups.

I've done other weight programs that bulked me up more and made me much stronger, but the high rep-short rest was the best program I ever used for "redistribution."

Oh, and diet. I really, really watched my diet and cut out beer. Bread and sugar especially.