What would you do with this body?

blues4miles

I love when the only thing people will accept are links. Matt has years and years of experience at a very high level of the game training both himself and others, and you want him tov provide you with links for every utterance.

The OP, who looks great, does not need cardio at this time and everything else Matt said was sound advice. Please provide some links that say otherwise.

I love when people expect random strangers on the internet to take their word for something when they have zero evidence to back up their claims.

Please explain your thoughts. Why is it broscience my friend?

What evidence have you seen that convinced you of any of that?

The entire idea seems to be holding off on cardio because introducing cardio is a tool you want to use later to kick-start fat loss once you plateau. I have never seen any evidence that such a phenomenon exists.

There's no reason not to do some cardio. It's healthy. It helps push your caloric deficit in a healthy way. It's good for your VO2 max, which is good for your lifting.

I feel like since Matt has trained a lot of women especially he knows his stuff in regards to fat loss. Too often I see many guys on these forums who just shrug and say "eat less, move more" because sticking to a consistent calorie deficit always works for them. Too often us ladies are just SOL. Completely agree with Matt's little tricks of the trade to change things up and convince your body to drop the fat. And I don't think he's saying cardio is all bad, but the OP is already pretty slender so she doesn't NEED to do a lot of cardio. If she wants to keep horse riding or running or something she really enjoys, all he's suggesting is to take a cardio break. And if she doesn't enjoy the cardio (not everyone wants to do 30DS forever) he's just saying she really doesn't NEED to. Seems pretty reasonable.

kdiamond

You don't have much (if any) weight to lose. You need to drop some body fat. I had the same hip/thigh area as you before I started doing heavy squats, deadlifts, lunges, and stepups (among other stuff). I lost 95% of my cellulte and changed the shape of my body (reduced inches in hips and thighs) by lifting heavy and eating more. I weigh just a couple pounds more than I used to but fit better in my size 2 clothes.

For the record you look great, don't get me wrong. I just believe you would be happier if you would lift!!! JM Shred is fine for someone just starting out and needs to lose weight, but you don't.

kdiamond

Personally I'd work on trying to "widen" your shoulders to try to attain a more hourglass look.

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I also agree with this. Nice rounded shoulders makes women look hot!

honeyandmilk

ps a few results of my broscience:





Girl on right

Gross.

amyk225

hiya u have a very similiar shape to mine,quite exact actually, i did 30ds and it definatly toned me up, but i started nrolfw 6 weeks ago and ate at maintanace and thats what made me tone up and lose inches all over,also ive pretty uch no cellulite left:)

honeyandmilk

You have a limited amount of energy you can drop/expend before the body starts limiting itself to fat loss etc. No point going crazy and risking lean body mass.

However you think what I say is broscience so carry on!

Yeah, and that's why the common recommendation is to limit your calorie deficit to about 500 calories a day. No point going crazy and risking lean body mass.

I still haven't seen any reason to not do cardio now and start later instead. Your reason is basically "cardio burns calories, and you don't need to burn calories now - you can burn calories later."

I'm going to take the word of the guy who is a professional trainer over the word of the guy who starts threads bragging about how he eats absolute garbage and thinks that's OK because he does cardio.

But that's just me, I leave everyone to make their own decision.

I don't know that guy from Adam, but let me tell you that as a fitness professional, I can attest to there being a lot of "professionals" who don't know what they're talking about, or have completely contradictory philosophies and information. Just because someone takes a job and works at a gym does not make them an expert. So, if you're looking for a trainer, do your research and get multiple professional opinions; don't take one person's word as gospel.

Shrinking_Xtina

Run naked in the streets in revelry.

DavPul

Personally I'd work on trying to "widen" your shoulders to try to attain a more hourglass look.

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IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

I agree with this. Good shoulder caps on guys and girls can set off the entire balanced muscular look.

This too. But I love shoulders.

cosigning this. along with working on your shoulder work on your upper back. a lot of symmetry is an illusion where you build up one part to make the other part look bigger or smaller by comparison. wider shoulders and back would give you a fantastic hourglass figure.

calisunrise

i'd steal your abs

VorJoshigan

You mean - what WOULDN'T I do with that body?!

So many many wonderful things.

Starting with squats, and then...

chooriyah

Stare at myself all day :sad:

Haha, exactly what I thought (:

3dogsrunning

ps a few results of my broscience:





Girl on right

Gross.

Ahhh, there it is. One of these threads wouldn't be complete without a comment like that.
Thanks for sharing. It's always nice to insult other people.

RainHoward

dirty dirty dirty things

Matt_Wild

I don't know that guy from Adam, but let me tell you that as a fitness professional, I can attest to there being a lot of "professionals" who don't know what they're talking about, or have completely contradictory philosophies and information. Just because someone takes a job and works at a gym does not make them an expert. So, if you're looking for a trainer, do your research and get multiple professional opinions; don't take one person's word as gospel.

Very rational and sensible approach.