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mp1li Posts: 17 Joined: 2004/02/23	2004/03/05, 11:25 PM what are the best exercises to do to get rid of the fat around the waist line? The old love handels. I am on a strict diet, lost 30 pounds in 2 months (went from 192 to 162)and lift 4 days a week. I do cardio twice a week, abs 3 times a week. -------------- Michael
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/03/06, 09:06 AM sorry mate but it's not possible to get rid of fat from a specific area (spot reduce) what you have to do is keep losing wieght and hope that at some point your body decides to use up the fat that's around your waistline. Unfortunately for you blokes that can be one of the stubbornest areas to shift but it is possible and it sounds like you're well on the way
Hellscream Posts: 272 Joined: 2004/02/25	2004/03/06, 10:35 AM ummmm this might seem like a stupid question but...does lifting weights actually burn overall body fat? I mean without doing cardio and not starving yourself, will you actually loose weight just from weight resistance training? Not that I need to loose bodyfat, according to the tools Im at 9% bodyfat but yesterday I was at 17%, course it didnt help I measured right after I just had a big fat lunch. -------------- Willing is not enough, we must do. Success is the journey...not the destination.--- Bruce Lee
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/03/07, 04:09 AM To burn body fat you have to create a calorie deficit i.e.take in less calories than you use up You can take in less (dieting) or use up more The amount you use up consists of two parts: 1.The energy you expend doing activity (cardio and to a lesser extent weight lifting) 2.Your basal metabolic rate - this is the energy you use up just maintaining your body as it is. This is the part that weightlifting has a real impact on because muscle is a hungry tissue and needs lots of energy just to exist. Don't quote these figures exactly but I think each lb of muscle burns an extra 30 calories a day. If by weight lifting you gain 5lbs of muscle you will burn an extra 150cals a day so as long as you don't compensate by increasing your intake of cals you will lose body fat