Stomach Fat

[JDrury]

thanks for all the help guys
but i already dont eat chocolate im allergac and when i go to McDonalds i only eat the nuggets or the chiken sandwhichs. I dont drink sode only milk, sweet tea, and gaterade or powerade. thats is what i am having trouble with i am already doing what you guys are sayin that is why i dont understand y i still have the cub on my stomach.
so if you have any advice for me that would be great thanks.

 

[Lifterforlife]

If I could get a nickle for every question I have ever gotten about men having their "4 pack" but could not shed the lower stomach fat to get the six pack I would be rich.

There is no magic here, it is still all about diet. This is many men's last bastion of fat. It gets especially hard to shed if you have been dieting for a fair amount of time with no break. Your body is not programmed to look good at the beach, it is programmed for survival.

In many cases of long duration dieting, the body will try to actually "store fat", and this is the last area. Some have leg problems also. But anyway, the idea is that you must be as stubborn as the your body is to give it up in your diet.

Again, if you have been dieting without a break, take a week, drop back toward your last maintenance level, and let your metabolism, thyroid, etc. reset. This will take an average of at least 100 gr. of carbs per day.

Then go back to your dieting.

See, everyone on these boards has the dieting aspect down, but muscle gain/fat loss is as much hormonally controlled as it is nutritionally controlled. It is amazing how often this aspect is overlooked. Rising cortisol, falling testosterone, etc.

This can lead to some estrogen issues(you do not have to be 50 for this), which further muddle thngs....but this is another thread, and not to be elaborated on here if not pertainable.

 

[JDrury]

This is my abs without pulling down my skin:

This is my abs when pulling down my Skin:

 

[Ghede]

This is my abs without pulling down my skin:

This is my abs when pulling down my Skin:

First, you carry a lot of water, second, I will take a shot that your 'ab' workout is almost all high reps. Bad.

Why do folks do that? Would you do a hundred bicep curls? Three sets of 60 on flat bench? WHY would ANYONE do that with their abs?!? They ARE muscles, right?

Train them every other day. Every other time you train them do 'dynamic' ab work, that is to day body weight and complex/compound movements. The opposing time: do them HEAVY TO FAILURE OF FORM! example of heavy day abs:

3 sets, 8 reps each, no more. Ever. You can do the eighth rep on the third set? Add WEIGHT to it next time.

Hanging Pikes.
Elevated Cable Crunches.
High Cable Woodchops.*
Decline Bench Weighted Russian Twists.*
Balanced Knee Crunches with a Medicin ball held over your head.

*These hammer your Transverse Abdominus, THAT is the only way to pull in Sub-Abdominal Protrusion. Leg lifts etc will just make that area WORSE if you dont work the deep muscle cross.

You will have savage, THICK and DENSE abs that you will be able to see at a MUCH higher bodyfat percentage by virtue of the fact that they are THERE. You do nothing but monster crazy high rep core work and all you are doing is devouring the muscles you are so desperately trying to SEE. You cant see em if you let them get cannabalized by your own efforts.

As with every body part: Intensity Means Density! Quantity Destroys Quality.


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[*Bunny*]

You will have savage, ....
As with every body part: Intensity Means Density! Quantity Destroys Quality.
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^^^^ Ghede ... Great post & suggestions ...

 

[Ghede]

^^^^ Ghede ... Great post & suggestions ...

Grathiath, Bunny-licious.