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Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG
Been going to the gym for the past three weeks with a more serious mentality this time around. Definitely seeing some gains and size increase.
Feels good.
Just one question though. I have some fat around my stomach and love handles. What's a good way to burn those off, while still adding size to the rest of the body? Or is that an oxymoron.
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If you have fat deposition in the torso area, it's detering you from your ability to recruit your muscle fibers in the area, and also from being able to break down muscle fibers during a resistance exercise.
If you have a significant amount of fatty tissue, chances are, your neural recruitment of fibers isn't very efficient, so the best way to tackle both at the same time, is to work with a full body cardio program, followed by high endurance weight training exercises in a variety of forms.
Once your body fat percentage starts to lower and your rate of muscle firing is much more efficient, it will be much easier for you to progress onto a full muscle hypertrophy regime where you can build pure lean muscle at a much more accelerated rate.
Keep in mind, for your cardio programs, you don't just want to do plain running. Running is good as a warmup, but to really target fat loss and MU neural recruitment and to get your tendons and ligaments activated you want to do exercises along different planes of movement such as burpees, lateral jumps, kettlebell hip swings, lunges, side steps, etc. but you get the idea. It gets you more engaged and focused to exercise than just plain running for 30 minutes.
I'd say 1 month into this type of program about 3 times a week, and you can start moving on to a more advanced hypertrophy/bodybuilding program.
For diet, low carbs. STOP taking in your carbs from grains because it will hurt you. grains have bran in them, that causes inflammation in the body which will cause an overall negative net result for your body. It spikes your insulin an accelerates fatty tissue deposition. Start taking in your substrates from fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and cook your food in healthy oils such as coconut oil.
Essentially what you want to do is 5 days where you go on a caloric deficit diet, and 2 days on a slightly higher calorie diet. Adjust after 2 weeks. I wouldn't recommend a sudden jump to IF dieting if you're the guy that likes to eat breakfast as it will take a heavy toll on your body. Try what I suggested, and if you feel comfortable start narrowing your dieting window and see if it works for you.
cheers