So here’s my deal: I’m 5’7/5’8 and I’ve got what I would call a thick-look-that-makes-me-look-kinda-fat.
Let’s just say, I look better without a shirt on than I do WITH one on.
I think it’s due to my back and chest being disproportionately built compared to the rest of my body. I’ve got like a 45-inch chest or something and a 31-inch waist. Now, I’ve considered trying to go on the “fat fast diet” for about 2-3 weeks to see if dropping some body fat would help, but I’m unsure if that’s the way to go.
I asked about building my upper chest before, and I was advised to simply do inclines. Should I only do inclines and skip regular bench and decline exercises?
Nobody likes muscle+fat man-tits. I know I don’t.
The main problem is, if most people saw me, they’d think I was underweight. But then I have this big back/chest combo that makes me look uncomfortably bulky.
What is there to do? (I run 3-4 times a week - 19:30 in the 3 mile)
I was actually just thinking of concentrating my workouts on my legs for a while, and just ignoring my chest and back during that time (maybe a month?), to see if that would “even me out.”
I just feel a bit top-heavy and I’m self conscious about it.
Twisting type exercises have begun to help me solve a similar problem with my physique. I’ve also heard that weightless calisthenics help to round out a physique, but thats just word of mouth.
[quote]Mikel0428 wrote:
Twisting type exercises have begun to help me solve a similar problem with my physique. I’ve also heard that weightless calisthenics help to round out a physique, but thats just word of mouth.[/quote]
Could you give a little more detail about “twisting type exercises” and the kinds of stretching that you’re talking about?
[quote]dhuge67 wrote:
Mikel0428 wrote:
Twisting type exercises have begun to help me solve a similar problem with my physique. I’ve also heard that weightless calisthenics help to round out a physique, but thats just word of mouth.
Could you give a little more detail about “twisting type exercises” and the kinds of stretching that you’re talking about? [/quote]
[quote]Reef wrote:
How could you have so much fat to lose if you have a 31 inch waist and a 45 inch chest? And good luck keeping any muscle on your 1200 calorie diet[/quote]
People on the fat fast rarely lost much muscle and some even GAINED strength.
They are both very extreme diets. What’s your rush in dropping the fat? Why not eat a clean diet but drop the total kcal to a few hundred below maintenance?
If you are going to do fat fast or V-Diet, I think you’ll find a lot more support for the V-Diet if you have questions while you are on it.
Protein intake still looks low, I would shoot for 1gm/lb at the absolute minimum.
Just remember that after you have completed this diet, you will have to transition back to a normal diet. If you go back to eating however you were eating, you will end up with the same results as before.
