So, I need a little help. I kind of have a poochie pooch(not flat stomach). And I was wondering if the members with 6 packs and gunz could give me some practical tips on how to make the whole pooch-less process faster. I run at least 2 miles every other day, and I do about 50 crunches and 50 situps. And that's pretty much the extent of my workouts.

I used to lift weights but f-ck dat sh&t.

 

Share your exercise routines with me, so I can create a better one for myself.

just keep it up for 6-9 weeks. you should notice a difference! i'm currently in the process of losing a bit of flab and working out again too. try swimming, it's great cardio and more efficient than running.

I don't know about you but when I warm up before lifting weights or running I do pushups and situps at like 15 pushups at a time and about 25-30 situps, I do each 3 times and alternate between them. After a few days of doing that I'll add on a few pushups/situps when it starts to get easier.

That seemed to be working pretty well, I didn't have a SIX PACK but my stomach muscles were developing a little faster.

I quit after a few months of it though because I got home and got lazy...

I'm doing an interesting set of regiments for a workout and have seen some pretty quick results.  I also replaced all the beef I ate with turkey, so that may have helped too...

But for stomach workout, I do a little number where I raise my feet about 6" off the ground, and my head 6" off the ground and move torso + legs off the ground together, working lower and upper abs.  After this burns enough, I do another exercise on each side of my abs.

On your side, lift the topmost leg up and your torso off the ground and just try to do a sideways crunch.  You'll feel it burn pretty quick if you're not used to it.  I'm at about 30 or so right now, and it's been doing wonders for my love handles.

A doctor-friend of mine who's doing residency also said this: You can eat anything you want, just have a salad first.  This is the best "diet."  "Want a huge slice of cake?  The entire thing?  Fried chicken with fried vegetables, 18 pounds of sugar, and anything else?  Salad first."  Supposedly the salad helps digest everything.  And no salad dressing on this -- he was running this test on some patients (since Houston, where I am, is one of the fatter cities in the US), and he's seen some remarkable results...  A little over half his patients (just with this diet) started to lose a few pounds in a healthy manner -- not anything that will happen like 20 pounds in 2 weeks...  but yeah, totally can lose 1-3 pounds per week.

--Terin

you are supposed to eat salad AFTER you eat things.

my brother told me this and he is a chef and im pretty sure the french call salads an "aperatif" or something that means "after eating" or something like that.

No that's the wrong way around, an aperitif is a (always alcoholic I think???) drink you have before you start eating at all. I think the idea is it cleanses you palette.


"would you care for an aperitif?"

"why, thank you" *munches leaf*

don't eat late at night. i try not to eat too much after dinner cos i just feel like a sack of dough for the next 24 hours if i do. i don't always stick to that cos heck, sometimes you've got to have a slice o' cake at 2am, but when i do for a couple of days my belly goes from Flab To Fab Good As New!!!

also if you drink alot of booze, then be careful not to eat much the next day or so cos that food just doesn't get digested right and turns into pure fatness real quick. this could mess up a week or two of steadfast chocolatelessness or whatever, so i dunno watch out. i've got no exercise tips cos i don't know any other than sweating = good.

also tft your saying the phrase "poochie pooch" leads me to believe you look and act like the person in your avatar.

So, I need a little help. I kind of have a poochie pooch(not flat stomach). And I was wondering if the members with 6 packs and gunz could give me some practical tips on how to make the whole pooch-less process faster. I run at least 2 miles every other day, and I do about 50 crunches and 50 situps. And that's pretty much the extent of my workouts.

I used to lift weights but f-ck dat sh&t.

 

Share your exercise routines with me, so I can create a better one for myself.

I was going to tell you to lift weights, but uh, nevermind I guess. In lieu of that, just keep running.

I can't swim - -

just lift weights, it will make you lose weight and gain definition, which is probably exactly what you want. Lifting weights causes your body to burn suprising amount of calories because you continue to burn after the workout, versus running which only burns during the workout.

"Abs are made in the kitchen."

Basically, to have visible abs (and any muscle, really) you need to drop your bodyfat. Your actual body fat and muscle mass will get you those abs. For example, you may have a well defined six-pack, but a layer of fat may be above it. Or you may have very little fat, but no abs muscles. I think you get my point.

So basically, lowering your body fat and getting visible abs is more than just running 2k and doing 300 situps everyday. THAT DOESN'T WORKS.

What you need is a nice diet, complemented with resistance training (weights, basically) and some cardio. To start burning fat you need a mild calorie deficit, and this process takes a while, from 4 weeks to 16 or even more, depending on your current body fat.

As for your diet, you need to eat 5 to 6 small, healthy, frequent meals (leave 2-4 hours between every meal), all which need some sort of protein. Keep yourself hydrated, drink AT LEAST 2 liters of water everyday. Keep away of junk food (refined sugar, refined flour, sodas, sports drinks, alcohol, energy drinks, potato chips, candy, fast food, etc). Stick to good sources of protein, such as eggs, chicken/turkey breast, fish (salmon, tuna, etc), cottage cheese, milk, lean cuts of meat (sirloin), WHEY, soy, etc. Also, stick to complex carbs, such as oats, brown/wild/integral rice, integral pasta, sweet potatoes, etc, and only use simple carbs after workout (dextrose, maltodextrin). Fruits are ok, you can have as much as 3 pieces per day. Eat vegetables in abundance (except for potatoes). For fats, they must compromise 20% of your total calorie intake, stick to the good fats: olive oil, avocado, salmon & salmon oil, flaxseed and flax oil, nuts, almonds.

For your training, you don't need to be on a gym, but it's highly recommended. A good routine needs to use every muscle at least once per week. Do not abuse your abs, train them like any other muscle, once or twice per week should be enough.
Do these workouts until you can afford a gym: http://www.trainforstrength.com/workouts.shtml

For cardio, 30-40 minutes 3 times per week should be enough. If suddenly you feel 30 minutes aren't enough, push the resistance up: run faster, run uphill, whatever. Intensity is everything. Also, you could try interval training, that burns even more fat.

Lastly, genetics do play an important role on your muscle mass and definition, but EVERYONE can get a six-pack. Check this site, is really useful: http://www.iwantsixpackabs.com/

Hope this helps man.

people with a 6 pack, is it constantly in 6 pack form? also people with big biceps, are they constantly hard or do you have to tense them?

this is something i've always wondered

people with a 6 pack, is it constantly in 6 pack form? also people with big biceps, are they constantly hard or do you have to tense them?

this is something i've always wondered

depending on your body fat then yeah it could be in '6 pack form' permanently. as for biceps it depends on how big they are

I'm basically on a low-sugar, low-carb, low-fat diet at the moment fairly hardcore. I got put on some medication that has heavy weight gain as a side effect and I ended up gaining 18.5 kilos in two weeks which was awesome! So I was pretty pissed about that but I've been working hard and I've lost about 4 kilos in the past fortnight.

I always get hungry at night which sucks because I'm really trying not to eat then. Apart from that it's just the obvious - no soft drinks, no fried/fast food, no sweets (nothing insane at least) and try to keep your carbs/sugar really low after lunch (since after that unless you do evening exercise it can be hard to burn it). Stay far away from over processed foods, especially processed 'deli' meats.

Fish is really good for dinner if you like it. As far as I know once you're at the weight you want to be at it's cool to be a bit more lax with what you eat, but you've still gotta keep the exercise up if that's the case.

So in a sense I guess putting on all this weight was good because I've never really bothered with eating well and exercising lots and I've decided I want a 6 pack (since I've never had one before) and a toned body and all that jazz.

Does anyone have any tips for fat burning stuff that I can do at home that isn't too time consuming? I know about going for runs and so on but it'd be cool if I had some other stuff that I could do in my room or backyard that would help and wasn't the same old 'going for a run'. Jump-rope seems like a fair idea and I imagine it'd work really well so can anyone back this up?

Just about any sort of physical activity is good for you.  I mean, there are a lot of specific workouts for your preferred goals but just staying active on a daily basis is the foundation for everything else.

As far as dieting goes:  if you have trouble eating less or cutting out certain foods that you love but shouldn't eat, I would recommend getting a job.  If you're busy for at least 8 hours a day doing some completely menial task that leaves you braindead at the end of the day you don't really have a whole lot of time to sit around thinking MAN I'D LIKE THAT DOUBLE CHEEZEBURGER RIGHT NOW. 

I'd highly suggest cutting soda out of your diet.  It's just....bad.  And it's really easy to get into other drinks too!  Juice, water, milk, and BEER are all great alternatives.  That last one should only be for weekends though.