fading 6 pac

eurotrotter

hey ppl
hope yer all well
im over here in the states and iv recently joined a gym here, I used visit my gym regularly back home, and I always had a 6 pac goin gon, not a really prominent onw, but it was noticable and there was an outline of one, however it has started to fade.
Can someone please advice me on what excercises to do to get it back again.
I might have put on a small bit of weight while i was over here, nothing noticable, its just that teh ab muscles seem as strong as always from feeling them, its just that the skin around the abs seems thicker.
My issue has more to do with teh lower abs than the upper abs, if you know wat i mean.
thanks for your patience
Ed

BaZmO*

eurotrotter wrote:

I might have put on a small bit of weight while i was over here, nothing noticable,

Get rid of the fat and your six pack will return, not that it ever went anywhere other than behind the layer of fat. American portions are big aren't they?

eurotrotter

thanks for the reply
ya the portions are massive altogether!
how will i go about burning this fat off?
any ideas?
i go to the gym a lotbut iv never needed to burn off fat before.
thanks again!

BaZmO* wrote:

Get rid of the fat and your six pack will return, not that it ever went anywhere other than behind the layer of fat. American portions are big aren't they?

BaZmO*

Check out the stickies on the main page, loads of top tips for loosing body fat there.

Vinnie K

eurotrotter wrote:

thanks for the reply
ya the portions are massive altogether!
how will i go about burning this fat off?
any ideas?
i go to the gym a lotbut iv never needed to burn off fat before.
thanks again!

Eat right and work hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

eurotrotter

burntCornlake wrote:

Eat right and work hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sounds good to me!

thanks for that!

oneeyedsnake

eurotrotter wrote:

how will i go about burning this fat off?
any ideas?
i go to the gym a lotbut iv never needed to burn off fat before.
thanks again!

You don't have to work incredibally hard to burn off fat,in fact a slightly lower intensity of training at about 60-70% of your maximum heart rate is much more effcient as more fat is metabolised at this intensity.As the intensity of exercise increses the body switches over to glycogen metabolism to fuel your body,this glycogen is stored within your muscles so you will not notice as much fat being burnt.So an hour on the bike at low intensity will be more productive than 20 minutes spent killing yourself as long as your goal is burning fat.Also aswell as avoiding fatty foods try to avoid foods high in simple carbohydrates/sugers.

GreenHorn

oneeyedsnake wrote:

You don't have to work incredibally hard to burn off fat,in fact a slightly lower intensity of training at about 60-70% of your maximum heart rate is much more effcient as more fat is metabolised at this intensity.As the intensity of exercise increses the body switches over to glycogen metabolism to fuel your body,this glycogen is stored within your muscles so you will not notice as much fat being burnt.So an hour on the bike at low intensity will be more productive than 20 minutes spent killing yourself as long as your goal is burning fat.Also aswell as avoiding fatty foods try to avoid foods high in simple carbohydrates/sugers.

Great piece of advice there... Duly noted...