Back fat

nsweet1183

I was wondering what type of exercise to do to get rid of back fat. Like right around the top of my ribs right below my shoulders. I don't have a gym membership but I do have 2 10lb dumb bells. Help please!

Mycophilia

You can't spot reduce fat. Eat at a calorie deficit and lose fat all over.

urloved33

flys. sit, leaned forward at the end of a bench w the weights in each hand and with arms outstretched pull the entire arm backwards. like a wing..hence flys.

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kamack1215

wide set pushups I find I really feel there; jus thave to make sure you have a nice form with a flat back.
But sadly, as said above, fat will come off where it comes off. If you keep consistent with your deficit and continue to work out those areas you will hopefully be able to sustain any muscle already there and reduce fat! (I am no expert, just giving knowledge I have gotten from these forms )

kgeyser

catscats222 wrote: »

isn't back fat a part of a pig?
my grandma in law cooks with this all the time, she always needs back fat

No, that's "fatback." The layer of adipose tissue right under the skin of a pig; it's used in cooking. "Back fat" is a term humans use to describe fat that is located on their backs, hence the OP's detailed explanation of "Like right around the top of my ribs right below my shoulders."

OP, you can't spot reduce, the fat is going to come off of whatever locations it wants. You can do exercises like shoulder presses, reverse flys, pull-downs, rows, etc, to strengthen the muscle so you have a more defined look when the fat does come off, but the fat loss itself is going to be the result of a calorie deficit and patience.

SonyaCele

eat less, it will eventually come off.

quiltlovinlisa

As everyone said, you can't spot reduce, you have eat at a deficit to lower fat overall.

Speaking of back fat, my mother said to me last week "Hey Lisa, your back fat is smoother!" Thanks for noticing mom! (she's a riot)

SueInAz

You definitely can't spot reduce and exercises that target that area would increase muscle mass, not burn fat in that area. This is regardless of the fact that you aren't going to really gain muscle while losing weight, so exercises that target that area are pretty much useless. Eat at a calorie deficit, lower your body fat percentage overall and your back fat will shrink along with all of the rest of it.

Michael190lbs

lipo suction is the only way to spot reduce fat

angelexperiment

I finally got mine down it was alot of push ups, pull ups, p90x, leg raise with arm extension such as on jillian micheals beginner shred level 1. Walking lots of walking too. And of course eating less.