Need some help
Ok leaning out seems to be an almost impossible task for me. My whole body gets extremely lean, you can see splits in my biceps and vascularity is just insane. But when it comes to my abs, I can get the first 4 lookin pretty cut, but the lower abs and "love handles" i can never seem to get rid of, no matter how hard I try!
My diet right now is carb and cal cyclic diet. Ill do a few days low carb around 1g/LBM and about 1750 cals. when i feel that i am quite depleted I will load up again. The calipers show bodyfat is decreasing but not where I want it to. Diabetes makes it hard to lose weight but I have beat every aspect of diabetes and I am not going to let it stop me from getting the physique I want and deserve.
so to any of you more experienced people out there that may have some tips to really shed fat get at me!
February 18, 2009 at 7:24 pm
As far as the lower abs and "love handles" are concerned, when you start to lose fat on your abs, the fat does not get shed evenly. It starts at the top and works it’s way down. So after you’ve made some decent progress, your abs will probably look worse than when you’ve started(!), as your upper section will have melted away, but your lower section still remains. FOR THE TIME BEING. Consider it the "dark night of the soul" so to speak. This is just a temporary, unsightly pain in the ass, but it is a sign that you are making progress. Just keep doing what you’re doing and work through it and eventually "this too shall pass". I suggest Yohimburn ES (http://www.yohimburn.com/). It’s a topical lotion that you apply to your abs/love handles prior to working out. I swear by the stuff, in addition, pop a yohimbe capsule or two (Action Labs Yohimbe Power Max 2000), the stuff helps target and dissolve abdominal fat*. And, when I’m cutting up, I put a neoprene belt over that as well–I’m telling you, that combo speeds the process along. Lastly, when you’re cutting the carbs, do it whole hog, be really, really careful not to let any carbs slip into your diet–there are some sneaky little things that have carbs in them that you might not be catching. Just for laughs, check my progress photos in the next three months and you’ll see my abs melting down from the top to the bottom, and, as I said, they’ll look worse toward the bottom before they get better. It’s part of the game, so just gut it out (no pun intended). Hope this was helpful.
*It also makes you more "virile", don’t take my word for it, just try it and see.
P.S. Have you tried the E/C/A stack? Ephedrine, aspirin, caffeine, That is by far the world’s best fat burner.
• Vasopro
• Up your gas
• Bayer
And, as I mentioned earlier, action labs yohimbe.
P.P.S. When you DO have carbs, NO SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES!!! No bread of any kind, no pasta and no white potatoes. Oatmeal (not instant), sweet potatoes and brown rice are best.
February 20, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I’m not sure if you’re doing it or not but there are exercises that target the lower abs and love handles specifically that should help.
February 20, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Yeah he is right. About the not touching the simple carbs and rather sticking to the complex ones. And I forgot to mention about supliments,and that the yohimbine in any fatburner targets the abdominal receptors for fat loss and eca stack is good also,ive tried both these before.
February 23, 2009 at 11:44 am
i havent tried e/c/a yet which i may soon a lot of my issue is scar tissue from injection sites of insulin in that area so idk how to get rid of that!
April 10, 2009 at 9:55 am
the best way to get that last bit of fat off your abs is cardio- the best being running… i know you’ve mentioned you want to increase your cardio to get lean… try doing 3-1 ratioed intervals… go 50-70% for 3 minutes & then all out or at least 90% for 1 minute… or go 50-70% for 90 sec and all out for 30 sec…. you will never get bored with a cardio session if you do intervals… i usually do them for a duration of 20-40 minutes.
another suggestion if you want low impact is doing the same type of interval training on the elliptical machine, and including going forward and reverse directions to switch up the muscles used
also on a rest day, elliptical trainers are great because you can go at a moderate intensity for 60 minutes that will just work on losing fat while your muscles recover from intense lifting all week.
just some suggestions!! good luck