Try to walk around a lot when you're not training, and don't eat right before bed time. This should help you lose some excess fat.
Try to walk around a lot when you're not training, and don't eat right before bed time. This should help you lose some excess fat.
That's good advice about not eating too close to bedtime. It reminds me of one thing I'm doing with my diet right now - if I'm going to eat a big meal or commit a dietary transgression (pizza, burger, something fried, plate of ropa vieja, maduros, and rice & beans, a curry) I do it at lunch. For dinner, I have protein and veg, no starch. I live off grilled chicken and salad or tuna (no mayo) and salad at night. Otherwise, I would be eating starches at 8:30 when I get back from the gym. For me this makes a big difference.
You do need your carbs, but timing is important. Wholewheat/multigrain bread for turkey sandwich for lunch or morning toast is OK. Oatmeal is also good. The key is to consume the bulk of the carbs early in the day. I'll even have half a sweet potato with dinner, sometimes, if I eat dinner early. If I eat pasta for dinner, I make sure it's an early dinner. Sometimes on a non-gym day, I'll give in to my pasta craving, but I'll eat at 5 or 6 and make sure I go for a 30 minute walk that evening. If I'm getting a bad sweet tooth, I'll have a cookie at lunch on a gym day or on the weekend have pancakes for breakfast. Of course if I do this, I make sure I at least take a 30 minute, fast walk at some point to help burn off the excess. I'm a former chef, so this crap is really hard for me and I'm bound to screw up once every two weeks or so, but if I stick to the general principles, it works pretty well.
Well Bilbs, during the boxing season I walk around very skinny.
In the time I have off I actually am far more muscular and bigger, as I said this compensates increased body fat whilst still looking flattering.
The reason tarver and many boxers have very loose chest muscles is that many boxers refuse to work their pecs as in doing so they would limit their flexibility and punch output would be altered.
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