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Is spot accumulation of body fat a myth?
It has been widely stated that spot reduction is a myth.
I came across the reverse effect proposed here (starting at 3:43), where a bodybuilder states that, if You train a specific muscle, the body ...
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How to lose weight?
Its been 4 years that i want to lose 6
10 kg... my height is 182 cm and my weight is 82 kg. I want, to start with, loose 5 kg... but i'm patient, i wait and years after years i lost 0.
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Should I cut/bulk or do body recomp?
I'm 24 years old and I weigh 215 lbs, and I'm 6,2. I think I have a skinny fat body with a lot of belly fat and 41 41-inch waist size. I have been trying to build muscles while losing fat but I'm ...
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Are smart scales consistent in their mistakes?
I'm looking to improve my body composition. Smart scales might help with that since they claim to measure body-fat percentage and more, but I've read several articles claiming that smart scales aren't ...
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Do I eat at maintenance or deficit to achieve my target physique?
I am a 5'6" tall 31M. I weigh approximately 165 lbs. My waist size is 38 inches. According to the Evolt app, my lean muscle mass is 115 lbs and my fat mass is 50 lbs. So appearance wise, I have ...
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How to reduce body fat if we increase the caloric intake
So I'm a 24 M working IT I weigh at 66 Kg , my maintenance calories are 2500 but the thing is before I thought of starting to workout I used to consume around 1200 calories in a day and I didn't used ...
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How do I know if I’m losing fat or muscle mass?
If I work out and do treadmill to become fitter with the goal of losing weight, how do I know if I’m losing muscle mass or fat if I’m losing weight? Thanks.
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Lost a lot of weight ( around 13-15 Kg ) but cannot see any visible difference in my body shape. What's wrong?
Background & History
I used to be a fit guy during my childhood till age 11-12 but after that I started gaining weight so much so that about 3 months ago I was 174.5 cm, around 83 Kg (age 18) my ...
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When I burn off a very large number of calories, where does the weight go?
Let's say I ride my bike for 20 hours non-stop with no (significant) breaks, burning 650 kcal/hour. My basal metabolic rate is perhaps 3,000 kcal/day, making a total of 16,000 kcal expended over the ...
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How to lose fat but not muscle? [duplicate]
I am 6' 2", 210LBs, have cut my rice and bread intake in a half(and also removed all unnecessary calories I would eat before). I also take 50-75 grams of ON 100% golden whey protein per day and ...
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Will riding a bike for 2 hours in 30 minute increments, burn roughly the same number of calories as riding 2 hours straight?
This question assumes most other variables are constant. Assume that a bicycle rider rides ("exercise time") the exact same distance over the exact same course for a 2 hour duration.
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Is there fat that once gained is permanently there (for example: chin)? [closed]
I gained lot of weight in less than 6 months (about 10kg) because I started taking medicine which as a side effect had higher desire to eat.
Now I am losing some weight and am getting closer to ...
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Understanding the scale of measurement of visceral fat (1 - 59)
I see that many-body composition measurement devices give visceral fat result as an integer between 1 and 59. These are results I got from a body composition analysis.
Weight: 87.7 kg
Body fat: 19.9 ...
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How to calculate muscle loss during weight loss from body fat over time?
I want to calculate muscle loss during losing weight from body fat recorded over time.
Let, during time t1, the recorded weight and body fat
percentage are w1 and f1 consecutively, and
during time t1,...
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Body fat % difference between man and woman setting
I have started my fitness journey a month ago, by not drinking sodas any more and after that I have started to add more exercises to my life and a bit healthier diet. I have started to lose some ...
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Need suggestion on crucial weight loss
I was 108 kgs, I lost nearly 28 kgs of it in 5-6 months with a lot of learning and errors, got to 80 kgs, I lost it with dieting, and walking and a lot of it. I use to walk 14-18 km every day, had ...
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What should I do this quarantine? [closed]
I am 18 years old and trying to reduce my body fat percentage. Unfortunately, while this quarantine has finally given me the chance to, it has also taken out my best means. I used to jog, and often ...
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Skinny fat - does cardio only burn fat up to a point?
My paradigm: weight training and cardio. Each work toward their own ends—that is, building muscle and burning fat, respectively.
But if this is the case, why are people who are considered "skinny fat"...
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When you lose weight, what exactly do you lose?
I'm a bit overweight. I acquired some home body impedance scales (not entirely sure how accurate these are) and the app has ranges on it for normal, overweight, etc.
Specifically, currently I am 107....
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Is spot reduction necessarily a myth?
I have always known this to be a fact that spot reduction is a myth, but this article tends to claim otherwise.
Here is a point, I'd like to highlight from the article:
Theoretically, we have a ...
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When trying to lose body fat, is being in caloric deficit more important than % of calories from fat?
I have seen two pieces of advice on losing body fat, one to consistently consume 500 calories below your maintenance threshold (which I read on a post here), the other that no more than 20% of total ...
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Can breathing more often over the course of the day contribute to weight loss?
related to an older question here: If I were to weigh all the food and water I take in, and weigh all of the human waste I produced could that be used to determine weight gain or loss?
the tl;dr of ...
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I have been training for a while and I have stopped losing weight. What's going on?
I started working out about 5 months ago. In the initial stage I lost 5-6kg in the first 3 months. Then my weight stayed the same for the past 2 months. What changes can I do?
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Is there anyway I can get rid of this "extra cheek" under my bum? [duplicate]
I have had this "extra cheek" since I can remember, and I've always been insecure about it. I try to do squats to get rid of it but I always give up after a week :/
please help me!
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Experienced runners: How to lose fat during a training cycle
Calling all experienced runners. Please advise me as to how I can lose body fat during a training cycle.
It seems to be a difficult caloric balance to maintain to train for performance while trying ...
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Home excercises to burn fat everyday?
I'm living in a hostel right now and they give us a lot to eat, so I'm afraid that in a couple of months I may get a little obese. Because of that I wanted to know if you can give me a set of ...
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Question about getting in shape for holiday - diet question!
So I am off on on a sunny holiday in 4 days.
I have been hitting a low carb diet for the last 3 weeks and keeping my training up (lift 4 days/ week and cardio 3 times a week). By low carb diet I have ...
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Am I losing weight too slowly?
I used to be a national, competitive swimmer - University put a stop to that. So from a 11st, 6ft swimmer I turned into 16st 12lbs after 3 years. I decided to start my gym work to get this under ...
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Tips to avoid muscle loss when cutting? [duplicate]
I recently had Dexa scans three months apart (the first in the middle of a cut, another three months later). I was still strength training 3 days a week, still eating a lot of protein, kept cardio ...
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DEXA scan showing I gain more muscle when restricting calories. Why?
It's common parlance in the bodybuilding and muscle building world to assume that you need a surplus or diet above TDEE over constant periods called "bulking" in order to build muscle. I refused to do ...
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Will someone help me construct a weight loss plan?
I am a 16 year old, American girl who wants to lose weight. Obviously, I am not unique in this regard, but I'm not interested in magic pills and chemicals and Jenny Craig programs that promise results ...
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cardio workout : grading and fat loss efficacy
I weighed 331bs. For last 10+ yrs struggling against obesity.
For quite sometime I had been doing cardo 1 hr daily . Here are my questions
I read someplace in the past that low intensity - ...
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Where does my weight come from?
I weigh quite a lot and I am trying to lose weight.
I am currently 6 feet tall and my weight is 216 pounds, which is clearly too much.
I have been working out doing mainly clap pushups, pullups, ...
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Effects of not eating all my macros?
I've recently started to exercise and eat healthy. I started following my macro intake and surprisingly I have been eating much less of my supposedly daily values (almost always short on protein about ...
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Does eating meat causes weight gain, even in deficit [closed]
I was told recently that eating meat will cause weight gain.
I fail to find any research on this and i call bs, but i am very curious about it.
If yes, what would be the amounts (for chicken/fish).
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How delicate is a state of ketogenesis?
I am losing weight on a keto diet, staying under 20g of carbs every day.
Today I slept late and didn't have time to pack my lunch. Buying lunch at a gas station limited my options, and for lunch I ...
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I am overweight and I want to lose weight but I don't know how! [duplicate]
About me , I am 25 year old male , with 100+ kilo weight, a pot belly that is lots of disappointment when I am in any trial room while shopping clothes .
I am currently aiming to get fit and have ...
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How can I lower my body fat in my current condition?
(I am 16 year old male) A few years back, I had a spinal cord injury and I couldn't move anything from my chest down. Now, I am very strong and can walk using a walker to assist my core balance. I ...
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Correlation between Sweat and fat burning
I was wondering about the place of your body where you sweat more during workout and fat burning, Is there any correlation between them ?
For example, Having more sweat around your belly, means you ...
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Can't go below 16-17% body fat. What is wrong with my diet?
I started to loose weight 1 year ago, when I began to practice MMA. Few months ago I realized I lost too much weight so I began weightlifting. I was around 79 kg ( 174 pounds ) last year and my ...
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How Do I get a Six pack [closed]
My name is Jake and I'm 15 years old. I'm 5'10" and 140 pounds. I have been working out in gym for 2 weeks now and as I calculated my body fat percentage is around 14%-15%. My goal is to get a six ...
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Is this intensity of Jogging good to reduce fat? [duplicate]
According to a website the speed of Jogging is around 4 to 6 miles per hour, I'm doing something around (very little faster) 4 miles (6.4 Km) per hour, but I'm doing that uphill, so I go 213 feets (65 ...
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Why is my belly fat so loose/watery/un-rigid?
I have been working out for the past 9 months and I have lost around 30kg. I started at 130kg and now I am at 100kg but at the same time I have built up a lot of muscle in my arms, back, chest, and ...
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Clenbuterol dangers? [closed]
Ive recently looked into the bronchial dilator clenbuterol for fat loss and body fat reduction aid. I'm wondering what if any comments anyone here had about this, mainly the dangers of it and long ...
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Correlation between weight to loose, target number of days and steps to walk each day
The following specs describe my physique:
Age: 23 Years
Weight: 75 kgs
Height: 5'9''
I'm a typical Indian IT professional with average diet. The only time I could spare to keep myself fit is at ...
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how to lose fat hips after weight loss? [duplicate]
Here is my "chronological weight loss": when I was 23 I weighed 103 kg then I started to walk long distances (sometimes 10 km per day and 3 times a week). I also decreased food rations (1/3 of what I ...
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Feeling always tired even doing exercices
I am 28, 174 cm, 110 KG of pure fat :D and I always feel tired.
I used to cycle to work about 20 KM per day but In a low pace, about 9-10Km/h.
Now I changed my job and I cycle 15 km to get to drop my ...
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Best routine to lose weight? [duplicate]
I am wanting to lose half a stone maybe a stone before the years out. I have just started. I am doing a intense 15 minute work out (push ups, planks, star jumps, forward lounges etc) then 3 different ...
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Which exercises target agility and body slimming?
I'm 20 years old, female, and my body weight is OK. I'm interested in starting an exercise regime to slim my entire body (legs, chin, arms, and stomach mostly and in that order...) Without building ...
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Do Sauna belts really help in losing belly, hips, and buttocks fat?
Do Sauna belts really help in losing belly, hips, and buttocks fat? How effective are they? Are there any side effects associated in using it?
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