Men, need you help

Baby_sway86
Baby_sway86 Posts: 62 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey guys,
I'm training my guy just on what iv been doing and what I have seen results from, plus he's in the army so has PT 5 mornings a week. The issue is he is not seeing any results, his core is strong but just can't budge the fat from the stomach. Do guys need to train differently to females? Is there any tips you could give me to help him loose it and tone it up?
Any advice you could give me would be great, as I'm out of ideas.

Thank you in advance.

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  • Admiral_Derp
    Admiral_Derp Posts: 866 Member
    Men and women don't have to train differently. If he's already doing PT 5 days a week, it could be that the extra workouts are putting him at much too big a calorie deficit. If he's not eating enough, then his body is going to hold on to the fat for as long as possible in anticipation of starving. Start by reassessing his caloric needs.
  • Baby_sway86
    Baby_sway86 Posts: 62 Member
    Alright I get him to start a count and see where it ends up. Tnx
  • Admiral_Derp
    Admiral_Derp Posts: 866 Member
    If you need help figuring out where to set his goals at , check out: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/952996-level-obstacles-lose-weight-target-fat-easy
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    What are his goals? If it's weight loss that'll have more to do with diet than anything else.

    If it's to be better prepared for military training and such I'd suggest doing some kind of basic weight lifting 2 or 3 times a week, and something like this:
    http://www.lift-run-bang.com/2013/03/military-fitness-preparation.html
  • Baby_sway86
    Baby_sway86 Posts: 62 Member
    To lose weight and tone. He's fittnes is high which is what confused me.
    Ill have a look at those sites. Re-think his game plan.
  • angelamcmillan2008
    angelamcmillan2008 Posts: 11
    he needs to drink more water.his weight divided by2=the ounces of water he should be drinking a day
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    To lose weight and tone. He's fittnes is high which is what confused me.
    Ill have a look at those sites. Re-think his game plan.

    Losing weight is going to be centered on diet.

    There's a lot here, but this is a good place to start: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss

    Basically he's got to get his diet in check and either maintain or increase his current amount of exercise (I'm assuming he's doing at least some resistance training on top of the calisthenics and such at PT).

    I have a tremendous amount of respect for anyone in the service, and have a lot of family in the Army myself actually. If you have any more specific questions feel free to shoot me a PM.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    To the OP, how long has it been? It's sounding suspiciously like you guys just started with his weight loss. You probably need to give it some more time. And if he's not counting, it hasn't even started yet
    he needs to drink more water.his weight divided by2=the ounces of water he should be drinking a day

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  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
    To the OP, how long has it been? It's sounding suspiciously like you guys just started with his weight loss. You probably need to give it some more time. And if he's not counting, it hasn't even started yet
    he needs to drink more water.his weight divided by2=the ounces of water he should be drinking a day

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    Create random mathmatical equation and call it science. :laugh:
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    he needs to drink more water.his weight divided by2=the ounces of water he should be drinking a day
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  • Baby_sway86
    Baby_sway86 Posts: 62 Member
    I don't really know what he eats due to many fields going on over ATM and on them they have to eat what they are given - MRI, I know are very high calories as they are designed to be. Here he cooks dinner from some healthy cookbooks we ordered online and are trying to work around what we can't help. Iv only been helping him on work outs - usual day he has PT, that's different all the time work, also doing 30 day shred and 2 hours in the gym - but with less on the weekends, generally just shred.

    But today I have told him to write down everything he will eat, and drink and spoken to him about water intake.

    Yes sorry I'm new at this, and is much easier on me as I showed results really fast. Before joining this site I didn't even really know what a calorie was. Sorry about my question but thank you all for your reply - we will see how it goes.
  • bfcano
    bfcano Posts: 19
    If he's a big beer drinker I would said cut out the beer. That beer belly won't go anywhere if he doesn't cut back. Not sure if this is the case but if it is....

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