How Do I Lose My Gut While Minimizing Muscle Loss? Diet/Exercise Tips?
Whey protein is a great aid in this process. Also include some glutamine in your daily regimen to help build and repair muscles after a workout. I don’t understand what you’re doing that would cause you to lose upper body mass unless you had fat under your muscles instead of on top of which can happen. For cardio I recommend 45-1hr on an elliptical and you can opt to not use your arms and still reap the benefits. For a man the abs and upper body are the first to take shape so perhaps the issue for you is that you are so out of proportion you are noticing it more. Do plank exercises for as long as you can hold yourself up, tuck in your glutes think plank not mountain. This is a very effective way to reduce your gut. Also crunches, lay on your back, bend your knees and cross your legs at the ankles lift them about a foot off the floor and keeping your head straight and shoulders back arms crossed over your chest or behind your head (don’t pull your neck but rest your fingertips against t