hip fat

[Ricyorkshire]

Hi all, I am hoping you could maybe share some advice or thoughts...I am a little overweight at the moment but I'm loosing weight rapidly due to a good diet and plenty of exercise. The only problem is, i can't seem to shift fat off my hip area, this seems strange for a guy but that's where it all seems to build, I actually lost loads of weight and had a 6 pack in the summer of last year yet I still had fat around my hips....

Are there any good exercises to get rid off these annoying love handles?

Thanks.

oh and I'd also like to get some good exercises to tone and not build, I did lots of building last year and now I look bigger than what I am because of the muscle that's under the fat, like I got pecks then got lazy, you know the outcome! what is the best way to get rid of beer boobs without building loads of muscle? just very light peck deck work maybe?


any help will be well appreciated

[6foot3]

If you want to tone and not build mass any chest excersise will work however the key is going LITE and only 30 second rest between sets. That will pump you up but is not a mass builder. Example: After i do mass building excercises (benchpress, flys etc.) 6 to 8 reps i'll do 5 sets of decline pushups (feet on weight bench) as many as you can crank out at 30 second rest between sets (need watch).By the 4th/5th set what a PUMP !! Key is 30 second rest !! later!

[Ricyorkshire]

thing is, i don't want to tone up the fat i have, i want to get rid of the fat and withought turnung the fat into muscle.

[6foot3]

Im not sure if i follow you (quote:i dont want to tone the fat i have) Fat cannot be toned , also muscle cannot turn to fat and vice versa ,they are two different cell components in the body.You did not say your age (i assume male). Reason i ask is older men 50/60ish have ''beer boobs'' due to collagen degragation . To get rid of excess fat you have to burn it off. High intensity cardio.Theres just no easier way dude. harry

[macro]

Originally Posted by 6foot3

Reason i ask is older men 50/60ish have ''beer boobs'' due to collagen degragation . To get rid of excess fat you have to burn it off. High intensity cardio.Theres just no easier way dude. harry

this is not correct. the shift in fat patterns in older males is due to a shift in T:E ratio caused by elevated aromatase production.

two things will help with aromatase related fat topical yohimbine (like Yohimburn ES- otc) and aromatase inhbitors(like femera, arimidex, aromasin- prescription). Oral yohimbine will help a little, but it cannot achieve high tissue concentrations possible with topical/transdermal administration because oral dosing must remain quite low.

Yohimbine blocks the A2 adreonceptor (which is upregulated by oestrogen) allowing for fat utilization from areas that are oestrogenically "stubborn". Aromatase inhibitors reduce the levels of "offending" and "upregulating" oestrogen.

alcohol intake and adiposity are two additional factors is elevated aromatase production (hence why when you do you fat, it does get a somewhat easier to lose fat from those stubborn oestrogenic areas)