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Weight & Fat Loss | Abs...help please

IM A 19 YEAR OLD MALE ABOUT 5'7 AND 135 LBS.....IM CURRENLY WORKING OUT, WORKING ON MY CHEST AND ARMS.. I HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP IN JULY THAT CAUSES ME TO BE ALITTLE MORE BUILD THEN I AM.. AS YOU READ IM REAL SKINNY AND HAVE PROBLEMS GAINING WEIGHT IM USING CREATINE, CYTO GAINNER W/ PROTEIN AND THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS I WAS TOLD TO EAT AT LOT OF FOOD DAILY TO BUILD MORE FAT SO I CAN WORK IT OUT... AND NOT TO DO CARDIO. BUT I NEED TO WORK OUT MY ABS. I CAN SEE THEM AT THIS POINT BUT I NEED MORE DEF IN THEM.. I KNOW YOU NEED CARDIO TO WORK OUT YOUR ABS BUT IM BEING TOLD NOT TO DO CARDIO SO I CAN WORKOUT MY CHEST AND ARMS TO MAKE THEM BIGGER... I WORKOUT WEEK LONG ON A DIFFERENT BODY PART EACH DAY AND REST ON SAT AND SUN AND MY ABS I DO CRUNCHES EVERYDAY ABOUT 150 WITH REST OF 20 TO 30 SEC....I DONT WANT TO FOCUS ONLY ON MY CHEST AND ARMS AND THEN MY ABS DISAPPEAR I WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK OUT EVERYTHING IN TIME FOR THE EVENT.. SORRY IF SO LONG PLEASE ANY HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

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irishabs
Myfit Moderator
Yelm Washington Personal Trainer

3/26/2008 6:21:52 PM

Actually if you are taking in enough of the right calories you can do cardio and weight lifting at the same time. The only time you are losing muscle is the fact that you are not taking in enough protien to make sure you are not catabolising your muscle.

As for abs....it is actaully false on running for defined abs. Its actaully how little body fat you have on your stumach. Make sure that your not only doin crunches. Your body will get used to it and won't get better. Try things like bicycles, flutter kicks, and x-over crunches.

Since getting out of highschool bein track captain and now bein a personal trainer this qusetion has popped up alot and have read alot of myths on cardio and weight lifting.

Bein a long distance runner/bodybuilder is thought impossible but is far from it. I have proven that one!

healthnut0120
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3/12/2008 2:11:01 PM

Well from experience this is my advice to you. You need to focus on only one thing at a time. Spend 2 months focusing on just bulking and adding weight,by eating healthy protein and complex carb rich foods, and working out in the 8-10 rep range. Then spend the next couple of months cutting(toning up). This is done by increasing cardio, and training with weights 12-15 reps. Lower your calorie intake.

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