When I first started triathlon 8 years ago I was as buff and ripped as I ever have been. I was lifeguarding so I was more into weightlifting and looking good than going fast.
I luckily kept this physique for quite a while, then a couple of years ago I had an appendicitis. During the healing process I developed extra fat around my waist and I have never been able to get rid of it to the point where it was before.
I almost look kind of funny beacauce I have a four-pack and then you cannot see my lower abs because of this extra BF. How do you “concentrate” on this one section?
I have read many places that you can’t lose fat from a specific area so to speak. But perhaps you need to focus on lower abdominal work. This could strengthen and tone that area and help to help your 6 pack.
it’s true you can not spot reduce, unless they rewrote the laws of exercise physiology recently. I’d worry more about your body fat % as that is a better indicator of overall health. But I do understand the desire to be sporting the ultabuff ripped make it easier to pick up chicks look.
Welcome to the wonderful world of post-childbirth physique. I have no idea how to get that stuff off; I’m holding out for food poisoning or some other dread disease which causes me to not eat for days. I think that’s my only hope.
When I lived in Dallas (cosmetic surgery capital of the world), I did know this very skinny woman who liposuctioned off that fat. Seemed extreme to me, since regular clothing usually masks the flaw.
Has the “can’t spot-reduce” hypothethis ever been tested? I think it’s more of an assumption than a fact. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the parts seem to accumulate fat first are the ones that don’t move much.
come to terms that you’re becoming old, fat, and decrepid. you’ll lose that weight after they bury you. a little fat helps you float better, like an on-board wetsuit. werd.
Your body decides where to keep the fat that it keeps. It’s usually not in line with your personal preferences.
While no exercise in particular can change that profile, if your body fat percentage is not moving despite a caloric deficit (BMR + exersize > consumption) then there’s something metabolically wrong.
There are several things that could be at fault, from thyroid to liver to adrenals and on and on. Some of this can be fixed by balancing your diet, some by using a chelation process to remove heavy metals, some by detoxifying the organs, utilizing diet.
I’m no expert on the specifics, but I know a guy who is. I’ve seen people dieting and exercising and gaining fat, and then there’s the guy who looks great even though he eats too much. If all the internal processes are working correctly than your body should look more athletic with each passing year in the sport. If that’s not happening, I’d start having some things checked, starting with thyroid and adrenals.
Not so sure it’s a fact myself. Certain drugs like prednisone can cause fat accumulation in specific areas so theoretically at least other drugs with effects antagonistic to those drugs should cause reduction in those specific areas when combined with suitable caloric intake.
Without that sort of pharmacological manipulation the best method is careful selection of your parents, surgery, or getting your body fat really really low.
I read you could do liposuction, or perhaps, if ya train alot and watch what you eat a lot, after all the thinner areas lose fat then the “fatter” area will slowly give up its fat deposit. Read that somewhere too.
Personal experience…thats how it seemed to happen for me over the past 8 months or so…
Well if you want to reduce your supraclavicular fat (“Buffalo hump”) stop taking prednisone. Otherwise there is no method short of surgery to selectively reduce bodyfat in certain areas.
Wasn’t there a study where they measured the bodyfat of dominant vs. non-dominant arms of pro tennis players and found them to be the same, though one arm did a lot more work than the other?
Sort of specifik area weight loss can be achieved by avoiding alcohol and stress. Both influence fat accumulation in the abdominal region, primarily by triggering hormone production.