belly fat! exercise?

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  • shapefitter
    shapefitter Posts: 900 Member
    You can't technically spot reduce but in the past I have done some type of ab work everyday. I changed it every day but I still made sure it was part of my workout. It helped to tone those muscles which helped change the shape of my mid section.

    :-) I Speak from personal experience as well. Just seems like I didn't have much of a childhood, because we did PE at school Lol In secondary school, we'd go swimming during PE. I even took up extra swimming lessons at this point :)
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    I Speak from personal experience as well.

    So you have a flat stomach or visible abs?
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    I Speak from personal experience as well.

    So you have a flat stomach or visible abs?

    And were able to spot reduce belly fat with core exercises?
  • ken_m
    ken_m Posts: 128
    One weird trick to reduce the appearance of belly fat is to date a blind person
  • shapefitter
    shapefitter Posts: 900 Member
    The answer to all your questions, is yes, yes, and not now, because I'm recovering from years of excessive alcohol consumption, from when I was a student. It totally destroyed my physique.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    The answer to all your questions, is yes, yes, and not now, because I'm recovering from years of excessive alcohol consumption, from when I was a student. It totally destroyed my physique.

    So, you're saying that spot reduction is indeed real?
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    The answer to all your questions, is yes, yes, and not now, because I'm recovering from years of excessive alcohol consumption, from when I was a student. It totally destroyed my physique.

    So you grew up having a lean stomach until you gained weight in college (and after college) from drinking. That would mean you didn't really need to worry about how to lose belly fat as you were growing because you kept physically active enough to eat the way you did (in other words you naturally maintained a lean physique like many people do before college). Since you are 49 that means you haven't had a flat stomach in about 25 years.
  • shapefitter
    shapefitter Posts: 900 Member
    The answer to all your questions, is yes, yes, and not now, because I'm recovering from years of excessive alcohol consumption, from when I was a student. It totally destroyed my physique.

    So you grew up having a lean stomach until you gained weight in college (and after college) from drinking. That would mean you didn't really need to worry about how to lose belly fat as you were growing because you kept physically active enough to eat the way you did (in other words you naturally maintained a lean physique like many people do before college). Since you are 49 that means you haven't had a flat stomach in about 25 years.

    I was refering to when I was a mature student in 2008 lol

    Anyway, this might apply to some women. So, here it is :)

    www.livestrong.com/article/360855-exercises-for-the-endomorph-body-type/
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1161603-so-you-want-a-nice-stomach

    shameless self promotion :)
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Anyway, this might apply to some women. So, here it is :)

    www.livestrong.com/article/360855-exercises-for-the-endomorph-body-type/

    Somatotypes is a theory from the 1940's that has been disproven many times over. There are no endomorphs, ectomorphs or mesomorphs. The way our bodies look is directly related to how active we are and how much we eat compared to our activity level.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1161603-so-you-want-a-nice-stomach

    shameless self promotion :)

    Might as well bump that thread as often as we can since it has great info!
  • pandagirl813
    pandagirl813 Posts: 84 Member
    The best HIIT workout I've found is the STRONGER series on YouTube. There is 12 videos for Month 1 and each one is 30 minutes. Here's the link for for the first one, FIRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt38koLzE4g
  • mantium999
    mantium999 Posts: 1,490 Member
    The answer to all your questions, is yes, yes, and not now, because I'm recovering from years of excessive alcohol consumption, from when I was a student. It totally destroyed my physique.

    So you grew up having a lean stomach until you gained weight in college (and after college) from drinking. That would mean you didn't really need to worry about how to lose belly fat as you were growing because you kept physically active enough to eat the way you did (in other words you naturally maintained a lean physique like many people do before college). Since you are 49 that means you haven't had a flat stomach in about 25 years.

    I was refering to when I was a mature student in 2008 lol

    Anyway, this might apply to some women. So, here it is :)

    www.livestrong.com/article/360855-exercises-for-the-endomorph-body-type/

    Um. Yeah, no.
  • mantium999
    mantium999 Posts: 1,490 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1161603-so-you-want-a-nice-stomach

    shameless self promotion :)

    Might as well bump that thread as often as we can since it has great info!

    Agreed. Keep on bumping
  • shapefitter
    shapefitter Posts: 900 Member
    I am an X shape, which might explain my core strenght. Here's a brief article on female body shapes.

    www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2010/11/body-shapes-explained-defining-points.html
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1161603-so-you-want-a-nice-stomach

    No offence, but that's not quite it, either. I can't believe nobody knows the basics. Didn't anyone learn anything in PE? Lol

    Etoiles, is that you?
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    I am an X shape, which might explain my core strenght. Here's a brief article on female body shapes.

    www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2010/11/body-shapes-explained-defining-points.html


    Lol, no.
  • mantium999
    mantium999 Posts: 1,490 Member
    I am an X shape, which might explain my core strenght. Here's a brief article on female body shapes.

    www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2010/11/body-shapes-explained-defining-points.html

    Irrelevant to the topic posed by the OP. Keep on trucking though.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I am a little confused OP and would just like to clarify one thing...

    Are you a US Size 38, a 38" waist, a European size 38 (US size 6), or something else? I don't want to make assumptions...
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I am a little confused OP and would just like to clarify one thing...

    Are you a US Size 38, a 38" waist, a European size 38 (US size 6), or something else? I don't want to make assumptions...

    He's male. They have this wonder system where their sizes are approximately equal to actual inches and mean something concrete. It's amazing.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    I am a little confused OP and would just like to clarify one thing...

    Are you a US Size 38, a 38" waist, a European size 38 (US size 6), or something else? I don't want to make assumptions...

    He's male. They have this wonder system where their sizes are approximately equal to actual inches and mean something concrete. It's amazing.

    I want one of those. Where can I get clothing based on an actual measurement and not some arbitrary numbering system that assumes all women's legs are the same length if their waists are the same size.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    So sorry! No clue why I assumed female!

    But yeah... it would be amazing to have a measurement size label instead of some random number that varies vastly by brand lol

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