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  • 03-05-2010 9:54pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭


    Hey i have been going to gym over the last 6 months and turns out i have put on weight. I am 5ft8 and weigh 102kg. I used to be quite fit when younger (now 25).

    The main problem is the tummy more than anything. I have been training and my legs have got much stronger and so have my arms and my shoulders are quite strong as well as i have improved on my chest area too. But i want the stomach area down and lose some inches around the waist.

    The last few weeks i havent been but that has been because of something that popped up and usually i am very strict and keeping to my gym routine.

    I would generally go 3-4 times a week and do a 45 mins cardio (cross trainer, bike, light jog on treadmill and occasionally i do some rowing as well).. i would also do some weights (shoulder press, lats, chest press, ab crunchs).

    Foodwise i eat quite good and generally do not snack. I have weetabix in the morning. A low fat yougart later in the morning. a brown bread sandwich for lunch with tuna or low fat cheese. Also generally a piece of fruit with lunch and also on way to gym after work to keep energy. My dinner is generally freshly cooked and good meats (chicken mostly) and try have pasta only when home from gym. Also make a hearty soup fresh every week which is dinner for few nights for us. I would have the odd take away but by no means all the time.

    I want to lose the weight soon as I have been going hard for the last 5-6 months and am not seeing anything happening... please give me some advice?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    I'm no expert but I would say cut out the pasta after the gym. It's unnecessary carbs.

    What kind of cardio routine do you do?

    You have to remember that as you do weights you will put on muscle so it seems like you aren't losing weight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Scuba Ste


    Transform probably describes it best here


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭chris85


    k_mac wrote: »
    I'm no expert but I would say cut out the pasta after the gym. It's unnecessary carbs.

    What kind of cardio routine do you do?

    You have to remember that as you do weights you will put on muscle so it seems like you aren't losing weight.

    Yeah you are probably right but i though after going gym it would be ok as muscles still burning straight after and pasta is great energy source!! maybe not.

    i generally do 30 mins on cross trainer and a decent resistance and high tempo with 30seconds of "sprints" (just flooring it on the trainer) on them every 5 mins in the set. Then would do 10 mins on the bike and then move onto a fast paced walk into light jog for 5-10 mins.

    i know the weights put on weight and that is fine and my mass doesnt bother me but for the fact it seems like i have gained a bit in the tummy area but the rest of me has been getting more toned. For instance i have lost weight on my backside.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭chris85


    Scuba Ste wrote: »
    Transform probably describes it best here

    thats some good info there. I think i will sit down tomorrow and do a circuit plan for the gym (intervals of cardio and weights). and also do a diet plan cutting as much carbs as needed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    chris85 wrote: »
    thats some good info there. I think i will sit down tomorrow and do a circuit plan for the gym (intervals of cardio and weights). and also do a diet plan cutting as much carbs as needed.
    just remember - cut back NOT cut out all the very starchy carbs


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭chris85


    Transform wrote: »
    just remember - cut back NOT cut out all the very starchy carbs

    got it!

    have done a circuit plan for the gym with less time on each machine/weight set but more intensity in each set. Will alternate between cardio and weights. Hopefully will be more fun as well as gets a bit boring for a 30 min set on the crosstrainer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,062 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    chris85 wrote: »
    Yeah you are probably right but i though after going gym it would be ok as muscles still burning straight after and pasta is great energy source!! maybe not.
    Yup pasta is full of energy, which is a positive way of saying its full of calories. Simple carbs galore.

    And muscles are still burning, but why not let them burn some body fat and rather than upping calories excessively.

    FYI, I try to eat few cards on non training days. And have some on gym days, but not a bowl of pasta. Tues I had a small tin of beans with my kangaroo steak. Today I had a biscuit with lunch. Which do you think was better. Both have similar cals.
    i generally do 30 mins on cross trainer and a decent resistance and high tempo with 30seconds of "sprints" (just flooring it on the trainer) on them every 5 mins in the set. Then would do 10 mins on the bike and then move onto a fast paced walk into light jog for 5-10 mins.
    you'd be better off with shorter rest periods and closer sprints for less total time.
    I would hazard that 2 mins rest with 1 min max sprint for 15 minutes, is better and 30 mins with 5 or 6 30sec sprints
    i know the weights put on weight and that is fine and my mass doesnt bother me but for the fact it seems like i have gained a bit in the tummy area but the rest of me has been getting more toned. For instance i have lost weight on my backside.

    Nope. A common misconception.
    You can't put on weight if you are eating a calorie deficit. Weights burns calories, if you are burning more than you eat you lose weight and your body has no energy or protein left over to build muscle. (the very early stages are the exception to this, noobs gains result in fat loss muscle build)

    also, all the exercise and the cleanest diet in the world won't help if you are eating a surplus


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