This entry was posted by Stephen Ferguson ( email address confidential ) on Friday, October 5th, 2007 at 5:35 pm and is filed under Routines. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
General question
Dear muscle bulletin users,
Around the lower abs i have some body fat, i weigh round 9 stone 10 and i am of 20 years of age! I have no fat anywhere else on my body and have a body fat percentage of around 8%. What can i do to combat this problem? its really annoying me.
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October 17th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
dear user
Not sure if you are still awaiting an answer to your issue as you first posted 2 weeks ago, I will give an opinion anyway, from experience. At 20 years old I had that same issue….I was fairly light at 10 stone and 5 foot 10, skinny but with fat round the base of my lower abs….im now 33
There unfortunately is no easy answer, you clearly do not want to lower your BMI any further and cannot spot reduce fat my excersising that area.
Doing CV at the right times of the day i.e the morning for around 3 - 4 times a week at …in your case a heart rate of 135 - 150 (65 - 75% of max heart rate)for a period of 30 mins - 45 max is what is recommended for thos who want to decrease body fat.
The issue is, fat is not neccessarily burnt from you stomach first and in your case you can be sure that you will burn some muscle and water, resulting in you BMI falling lower.
You will need to eneter into a weights programme also where you are lifting weights at least twice a week, ( two total body workouts if you are a beginner) and increase your protein intake in order to deal with your increased amino acid needs with your increased activity and to protect you muscle mass.
You need to be consistent, wright down your gains and decreases in stomach fat, do not get disheartened and keep to it, Let each work out build on the next….if you have any questions post again, I will keep an eye …..
November 20th, 2007 at 1:00 am
look at your diet.