getting rid of a gut

[Hydro]

i'm getting frustrated because of my inability to get rid of a gut. if i flex hard i have a 6 pack, but if i let go a gut still hangs out.

i've been eating pretty well. sometimes i stray away but for the most part i eat pretty good stuff. chicken, fish, some steak, cutting down on the rice, eating more apples, only wheat bread, tons of water, only diet soft drinks, etc...

3-4x a week i do cardio on the cross trainer. i warm up for about 20-30 minutes then i do 30 minutes of intervals....2 minutes of easy resistance then 2 minutes of harder resistance. i lift, and i do ab workouts.

still this damn gut hangs out. do i need to intensify the cardio and make the resistance tougher? instead of more time doing intervals, should i do a tougher resistance for less time? so i do more real running instead of the cross-trainer (which i like because it has less impact on my joints)?

for the most part i'm naturally pretty skinny....5'10 and 162. basically every part of my body is thin...except the gut. i know it's the last fat to go away.

any recommendations on what i should do differently?

[Chipper]

theres always liposuction.

[fraidycat]

I had this exact problem and I solved it with a psyllium-husk colon cleanse. I lost about 8 lbs and 3-4" off my waist in just a couple of weeks. Fair warning: the stuff that will come out of you is really freaking gross.

Thread on detox diets is here ; my progress starts about six posts in.

[Tuggers1986]

i'm getting frustrated because of my inability to get rid of a gut. if i flex hard i have a 6 pack, but if i let go a gut still hangs out.

i've been eating pretty well. sometimes i stray away but for the most part i eat pretty good stuff. chicken, fish, some steak, cutting down on the rice, eating more apples, only wheat bread, tons of water, only diet soft drinks, etc...

3-4x a week i do cardio on the cross trainer. i warm up for about 20-30 minutes then i do 30 minutes of intervals....2 minutes of easy resistance then 2 minutes of harder resistance. i lift, and i do ab workouts.

still this damn gut hangs out. do i need to intensify the cardio and make the resistance tougher? instead of more time doing intervals, should i do a tougher resistance for less time? so i do more real running instead of the cross-trainer (which i like because it has less impact on my joints)?

for the most part i'm naturally pretty skinny....5'10 and 162. basically every part of my body is thin...except the gut. i know it's the last fat to go away.

any recommendations on what i should do differently?

Run

Do a few miles in the morning. A few miles at night. You will notice a massive difference within 2-3 weeks.

[Run]

Stay away from liquor and beer, no other vices either.

Drugs do the same thing in other ways. People that use ******* binge and don't eat for days...their bodies go into starve mode and they store fat in their midsection. Weed smokers get the munchies and accidentally eat 5,000 calories in one day unknowingly.

I know nobody admits wants to admit their guilty pleasures....but I'd hazard to guess most of us here aren't as health conscious as we think we are.



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[Run]

Oh and um, run.

Forget jogging, run liners on a tennis court as fast as you can over and over. Make sure you don't cheat and bend down to touch the lines.



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[platinummatt!]

Make sure you dont have a weak core

[dario]

I have the same problem, it's the last place fat will leave a man's body, but the first place that fat will be stored.

[Run]

In order to burn fat.....you have to get your heart rate in the target zone. To do that....is to maintain excruciating activity for a long time. ****......hitting the bag with a ridiculous amount of punches in bunches non stop for a long time is as good a workout as you can get in my best estimation. Especially if you're moving laterally side to side. I'm talking about throwing power punches and really committing to combinations over and over.

In other words....you just need to work your ass off.



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[Pork Chop]

actually boxing's not that good for weight maintenance.
even if you get your legs into your punches, it's still not enough to really burn a ton of calories- that's why you see so many fat heavyweight pros who train 5 or 6 hours 5 times a week.

i'd say most boxers are actually joggers as far as weight management goes, the jogging doing much more to keep them fighting trim than their training.

from my own personal experience, when i focus exclusively on cardio and weights, i have an easier (although not "easy") time maintaining weight.

Part of your fat storage problem is genetic, part hormonal, and part in how well your diet handles your body's insulin requirements.

That last little bit is usually the hardest part to get off. I wouldn't try getting there through starvation, it may work for a few days, but afterwards your bf% will spike a bit. I'd really suggest being more strict on how you do the 5 meals a day thing.