Hey, I have been working out for 6 months now and I have lost some fat and gained a little muscle. Im not looking to become huge or anything, I just want to make my body more aesthetic and be able to move some heavy weight.
I have done progress but dont seem to get rid off my “love handles”, if i call it that, i have wide hip bones. How do I tackle this? Is building a bigger back the solution? or how do I get my waist wider so i get rid of my hourglass shape?
The pic’s not showing, but at 6’8" and 225, I’m guessing you’re lanky. If you have love handles, you might be what the kids are calling “skinny fat”.
Follow this program for at least 8 weeks, with 15-20 minutes of easy-ish cardio 2 or 3 days a week, while eating to build muscle. This is one diet plan to follow.
That can help.
That won’t help. You almost never want to make your waist wider, as it does nothing good for the physique.
I’m only 6"1 but I too have huge hips. I suggest you should focus on lats (well back in general) and delts to increase the impression of width. Also be patient, you have a large frame to fill
Yeah you seem to have big hip bones. Apart from shaving them down through surgery, there’s nothing you can do against them. However, I have fairly wide hips too and what helps is definitely low bodyfat. You carry way more fat on your hips than your shoulders so it’ll enhance proportions.
Also, obviously just work out and emphasize on shoulders.
Other than that, there’s not much you can do.
You really don’t look bad at all. I was expecting another 16year old with body image issues.
Emphasise lats and shoulders, working on the V taper. Don’t neglect legs and keep your lower back and core muscles healthy and strong because tall people tend to get lower back issues.
I am also very tall and have a wide bone structure including hips and to a lesser effect shoulders, gaining thickness in my obliques and lats helped a lot, it makes everything look more even even though your waist is technically getting bigger
just echoing what’s been said. the more muscle you put on, the less you’ll notice the ‘hourglass shape’ thing. Right now you just kind of look like a regular, out of shape dude. It’s not that bad.
You probably don’t need to do work specifically to build your oblique muscles, but rather train in an athletic way. I’ve seen my core get bigger and stronger through training for strongman competitions. Heavy carries like farmers walks, yoke carries, sandbag or keg carries, etc should build your core. Anything that involves the need to brace your core and create stability, particularly while moving. Squats, deadlifts, and standing overhead press also involve these muscles.
I feel your pain as I’m in the same situation myself. Some guys will have a solid v-taper despite having never trained. What I can tell you is that the stronger I get the less noticeable it becomes. It looked worse when I was 145 versus now at 165 (I’m 6 feet tall by the way, so still pretty scrawny). Get a lot stronger over the next few years and you’ll be fine. Trust me, I’ve spent way too much time worrying about the exact same thing. There’s nothing you can do about it to a certain extent as you can’t re-structure your skeleton. But you can do A LOT to change your overall appearance.
