Lowering body fat %

[PunchDrunk]

You're 180, 64kg, and 15% BF??? Build some muscle.

[mmrooms]

firstly, cheers for the replies everyone, some real useful information in there for me.

probs gonna maintain the swim cos i enjoy it and add some HIIT in one form or another, as well as drop the low fat products.

btw i weigh 64.

you are not fit enough to start HIIT. Try with some cardio first, otherwise you could get injured.

[Bretto2]

a) swimming won't help you lose weight. Infact unless you go as fast as hell your body will be shocked by the thermal loss caused by water and will drive your hunger to very high level.

b) Low fat product=will get you fatter.

The lack of fats automatically increase the GI and thus the nice deposit of belly fat.

Bollocks,
He doesnt have to be going hard, aslong as he keeps his heart rate at a work rate of about 65% he's in the fat burning zone, eg aerobic training
and if hes going hard heil probally get a heart rate around 80% which is more fitness and less fat burning. i sure know when i swim i cant keep a low heart rate.
And low fat products wont get you fatter, its just they usually have more sugar and other preservatives, which is better because carbs burn quicker and provide energy more faster. try not to provide false information, it generally doesnt help.

[mmrooms]

Bollocks,
He doesnt have to be going hard, aslong as he keeps his heart rate at a work rate of about 65% he's in the fat burning zone, eg aerobic training

with a cardio at hand (from Polar), I found that I have to push A LOT to reach 70% of my VO2 max... But I agree that this is quite subjective.

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And low fat products wont get you fatter, its just they usually have more sugar and other preservatives, which is better because carbs burn quicker and provide energy more faster.

could you post me any link suggesting that preservatives actually cause weight gain?

By the way the past century (19th, not 20th) dietician found the meaning of glycemic index and glycemic load.

They actually found that a diet rich of carbs and poor of fat cause weight gain, and the reason is that fast absorbed carbs turn more easly in fat.

You have to eat fat and low GI carbs because fat automatically lower the GI, plus are the fuel of anaerobic exercise.

If you want I can link papers from Pubmed, could you please provide some reference too? I won't belive anything not write from someone with at least a PHD from a reputable college.

try not to provide false information, it generally doesnt help.

that's the same I though about you

[Bretto2]

I know where your coming from, but where talking about people who are training 5-6days a week and sometimes twice a day, not just casual excersize
But i just realised hes only swimming and didnt mention anything about actual boxing so his food intake and what hes eating totally changes i guess.
btw your last post was alot more detailed, the other ones wernt half as detailed as that so i gotta give it you ya
kind regards

[mmrooms]

strange I sent a reply but it didn't show....

btw your last post was alot more detailed, the other ones wernt half as detailed as that so i gotta give it you ya
kind regards

yeah, the fact is that not being a native english speaker, and being my english so poor, I get EASLY misunderstood.