What to do to get rid of stubborn beer gut?

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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

MaddIrishman wrote: »

It’s a hard question to answer not knowing your current diet and how you workout. I hate most cardio programs but I love lifting weights. For most of my life I trained for strength with high weight and low reps being my focus. I also rested 3 minutes plus between sets. Through poor dieting I jumped to 265 pounds from 245 pounds. I am now counting my macros 40/30/30 and staying away from simple carbs. I will have a cheat day but I still stay under my caloric goal. I changed my workout to supersets with lower weight and higher reps with only a minute between sets. If a set completely kicked my *kitten* I will wait 1:30 seconds. This keeps my heart rate up longer and I sweat a lot more.

Examples (I do 4 sets of 12 or more)
Bench Press/Seated Row
Incline Press/Lat Pulldowns
Butterflies/Backflies
T-Bar Press/Barbell Rows

heart rate being up and sweating means nothing for weight loss. sweating is your body's way to keep you cool and heart rate can vary person to person doesnt mean you care burning more calories because heart rate is up. you burn calories 24/7 just by being alive.

Not to mention that increasing reps and lowering intensity (weight on the bar) is a great way to lose muscle mass in a deficit... you should lower frequency and volume before you ever lower the weight if retaining that mass is a priority.