re: PuttaDaForkDown

P90X update...
I'm still riding the bike in the mornings (3-10 miles, it just depends on mood).
But, this morning I woke up and I have biceps again! It was like magic. And now, I'm beginning to see the outline of my abs again. It's been such a long time and a great feeling. Yes, I'm sore and it's tough, but it's a good soreness.
Not losing a ton of weight, but it's coming down some and I'm sure a lot of my fat is getting replaced with heavier muscles which I'm fine with.

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Not losing a ton of weight, but it's coming down some and I'm sure a lot of my fat is getting replaced with heavier muscles which I'm fine with.

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Everyone, and I mean every human has abdominal muscles. These spinal stabalizers are often refered to as "the core."

The reason that you don't see abdominals ("6 pack") on many folks is because there is a layer of subcutaneous fat obscurring the definition. This is the case for nearly all muscle. So if you eliminate fat, muscles including abdominals become more visible.

This is abundantly apparent in competition bodybuilders. This is an extreme example but observe the photographs of Lee Priest:

In the first photo, he is still has a ton of muscle mass. The striations are just obscured by fat. Before anyone claims that Lee Priest is on steroids, that is a fact he has publicly admitted. He is "on" in both photos. The difference is training programs but more importanly, diet.

I realize most folks would never want to look like a pro-bodybuilder. This is an exaggerated illustration of how bodyfat levels can vastly change appearance.

The human body carries fat everywhere, not just in the stomach. How and where your individual body stores fat has to do with your hormone profile but that can get a little complicated.

There are arguably better ways to train your abs than situps and crunches which is repeated spinal flexion. But if you are doing that kind of work to improve their appearance, you will have much better results focusing on what you are doing in kitchen.

Great job! Keep it up.

I'm not sure if I have had a coke in the last 11 months. I bet it would taste like a dessert drink if I had one now.

I have had a few diet drinks when over at my mom's or at my dad's house.

Calorie intake really is the MAIN way to lose weight. Heck, I didn't even start walking until I had lost 60 or 70 pounds. Plus I've been lazy as hell since November and I have continued to drop the weight.

Now that the weather is warming, I don't have much of an excuse so I will get back on the levee at least until it gets too hot to be out there.

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i read on men's health that its a complete waste of time doing situps/crunches until you're down to about 10% body fat because your abs will not show through your fat even if you do 50,000 situps a day.

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see, but wouldn't you need to do some type of ab exercises to get rid of the fat already there?

Or at least do AB exercises to start tightening up?

i mean, not everyone is trying to get a six pack look. A lot of people are just trying to lose excess fat in the midsection, and i would think doing some type of exercise would help promote that rather than doing nothing.

i would think sit ups and crunches would at least speed up fat burning in the abdominal area ..

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I will get back on the levee at least until it gets too hot to be out there.

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I'm the opposite. The hotter it is the more I am likely to be out there.

95 and 95% humidity is way better than 75 and 60% for me.

If I'm doing it, I want to know it.

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I hit a new low

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I thought it would be sodium again, but no - LACK of WATER!

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When I started all of this, I was amazed at how much of a difference just drinking a lot of water made.

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Table push-away's.

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