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10-12-2004, 12:41 AM
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 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,230 Rep Power:  |  Confused about fat spot reduction, + need help on legs Ok... as far as I know there is no fat spot reduction, i.e. the harder you work to lose fat, theres no telling where on your body that fat will be lost. I.e. all the stupid women (no disrespect to women here just usually is) using the tummy crunchers at the gym expecting to rid their bellies is just stupid. SO! tell me this wise gymheads, I have knee problems so I can't do any intensive leg exercises like squats or lunges with any real weights or to any real exhaustion. I also can't run, but can cycle, and cycle a bit everyday which is good i suppose to stop atrophy. Why is it that my body fat is mostly centred around my legs and ass... the very places that I dont get a chance to exercise, when it should be irrelevant where I exercise in the process of losing bodyfat. I'm going to rule out coincidence here because trust me, i lost 2 stone over the summer and lost almost all of my upper body fat, but still had a totally jelly ass, and now that i'm bulking my legs(especially the back of them)/ass are ballooning and im not having a good time. help me out dudes nick ______________________ - Obsession is what lazy people call dedication - |
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10-12-2004, 01:45 AM
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| Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Manchester Posts: 329 Rep Power:   | Quote:
mate u crack me up. Just genetics mate read a thing about tennis players 1 time post on here actually that surveyed their forearms. Obviously 1 had more muscle tissue than other them using 1 far more ie racket hand but fat was Exactly the same in both. Genetics can just be a bitch i guess. Hence the lard women in the gym doing 9000 crap sit ups with the ab roller and still being fat. May I just say on behalf of every1 bless them. ______________________ In This country you gotta make the money 1st, then when u get the money, u get the power, then when u get the power, u get the woman. | |
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10-12-2004, 03:18 AM
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| Making Progress  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: USA Posts: 372 Rep Power: | yeah genetics decides where you retain your body fat... most men retain the most body fat in their waist... which is why you see men with "beer" bellies. Women tend to hold their weight in the hips and thighs. Genetics can always be different everyone though. You just happen to retain the most in those places. The reason you are ballooning more in those areas now is because you are bulking them. Muscle is building under the fat and therefore pushing the fat outward, making it look as if you are fatter. As for those women at the gym doing situps to make their waist smaller, they're doing the same thing - building muscle underneath that fat so that it pushes their stomach further out and makes them look fatter. ______________________ thricefan@cyber-rights.net You have to do what others won't to achieve what others don't. |
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14-12-2004, 02:50 PM
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| Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 0 Rep Power: | I hold ALL my fat around my arse its kinda fustrating as it don't wanna shift and it messes up my proportions quite a bit but on the plus side i've got a ripped waist line, my abs are good and my obliques kill it, its just skin muscle and bone around that area of my body, the guys at my gym can't believe i never directly train my obliques and train my abs very little even at 9.5% the bodyfat on my upper body was minimal, virtually nothing, my ass was still huge, i guess i have to accept it now that its gonna be very hard to shift, i'll just have to get on the juice and build my upper body up more to make it look small in proportion  peace |
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