Best Exercises to eliminate man boobs?

MassiveBeard
MassiveBeard Posts: 10 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Aside from push ups, what would you all reccomend doing to burn fat in the chest area? Running is my exercise of choice, don't have a lot of experience with weights (again I'm focused on burning the fat not building bigger pegs). I'll gladly follow a routine that you all think would be best. Thanks in advance.

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  • mrdexter1
    mrdexter1 Posts: 356 Member
    Aside from push ups, what would you all reccomend doing to burn fat in the chest area? Running is my exercise of choice, don't have a lot of experience with weights (again I'm focused on burning the fat not building bigger pegs). I'll gladly follow a routine that you all think would be best. Thanks in advance.

    fortunately for you , its the first place it comes off and as a male myself i was a bit gutted to lose mine as they looked like pecs and worst of all i never got to wear the new man bra thing they now market !!!
  • eblakes93
    eblakes93 Posts: 372 Member
    The general consensus is that you cannot spot-reduce fat. Keep eating at a deficit, and the fat will come off, but you don't necessarily have control of where it will come off.
  • MassiveBeard
    MassiveBeard Posts: 10 Member
    Well that's unfortunate. Will still do pushups for good measure :)
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    Well that's unfortunate. Will still do pushups for good measure :)

    Firming up the pecs will generate a more stable base, so that the fat is more supported, hence moves around less. But similar to above, it was probably where I noticed the fat loss first anyway.
  • eblakes93
    eblakes93 Posts: 372 Member
    Well that's unfortunate. Will still do pushups for good measure :)

    Yup. Any exercise is beneficial and will help create a larger deficit!
  • resistance_freak
    resistance_freak Posts: 899
    The main thing is to reduce your overall bodyfat and the man boobs will shrink as a result. In general for men fat loss occurs first, furthest from your mid-section (think fingers and toes), and takes the longest to lose from around your waist. So once you start losing fat you should see the moobs getting smaller and smaller.

    As for what exercises to do. Push ups are good for strengthening the pec muscles underneath the moobs which will help the overall appearance. And in addition to that, I'd recommend doing a ciruit-training style workout that includes resistance exercises (push ups, pull ups, dips, sit ups, box jumps, lunges, squats, etc...) 30 minutes per day of a mixture of those kind of exercises with little to zero rest between sets will really kick up the fat burning.

    Running is excellent too, but it will not help you burn fat as quickly as resistance exercises will.

    Hope this helped, feel free to message me if you like.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Aside from push ups, what would you all reccomend doing to burn fat in the chest area? Running is my exercise of choice, don't have a lot of experience with weights (again I'm focused on burning the fat not building bigger pegs). I'll gladly follow a routine that you all think would be best. Thanks in advance.

    None of the above. The way to lose broobs is to lose fat - lots of it.
  • tomcornhole
    tomcornhole Posts: 1,084 Member
    Table push aways
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    bump
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    Aside from push ups, what would you all reccomend doing to burn fat in the chest area? Running is my exercise of choice, don't have a lot of experience with weights (again I'm focused on burning the fat not building bigger pegs). I'll gladly follow a routine that you all think would be best. Thanks in advance.

    First thing is first, is it pubertal gynecomastia caused by an imbalance of hormones? If so, your 'man boobs' are being pushed up by breast tissue, so you can lose as much weight as you want and they will not go away. To get rid of pubertal gyno, you either have to have surgery or you can wait for them to go (in most cases they go after hormones balance out).

    If they're just from being fat, then a caloric deficit with exercise will ensure they go. However, you cannot spot reduce fat. So doing push ups or exercises for your pecs will not eliminate them.

    If you're a high body fat percentage but you aren't sure what's what, you could go to a doctor and get their opinion.

    They're a real pain to have, but I guess they go eventually.

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