Seeking some advice….
I’ve been working out pretty hard over the past few months now and I need some help with an area. If you look at my pics you can see a little difference in the arm as well as the stomach area, my issue is this. What do I need to do to flatten out the chest area? I can flex the chest and touch the muscle and feel the shape of it but in the lower area (above the rib) I still have a ton of fat there that I want to dispose of. My wife says that she doubts that its possible as that’s the way my body is but I refuse to accept that. Can anyone offer up some advice in the matter? Some exercises to target that area….?
March 13, 2009 at 9:35 am
Fat loss is a total body thing. Can’t be targeted with exercise. Men tend to accumulate in the mid-section and women in the hips and thighs. Our torso fat is the last to go.
March 13, 2009 at 10:05 am
dead honest with you… its a slow process where you gotta cardio and work your pecs hard… if u really wana just focus on lower pecs try somthin like decline presses. but as brad said… fat loss is a whole body thing man.
March 13, 2009 at 10:33 am
Thanks for the replies, I did some research on that particular area and all have said that its total body weight loss and I can’t spot reduce. I just wanted to know how to speed the process up a bit as I have lost weight in the waist area already.
March 14, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Jiggaman, it is simple arithmetic. Take in 500 calories less per day than you need - to lose 1 pound in 7 days. So, if you need 2,500 calories - reduce it to 2,000 calories. Doing this you will lose 1 pound per week. Your body fat of 23% needs to go down to reveal more of your muscle. Diet is so important in this process. It is the reason why many people can’t obtain their goals. Weightlifting while losing weight will help you to lose fat while maintaining lean muscle mass. Keep it up!