Getting rid of the muffin top?

[Neo33]

I have been on the calorie deficit since the day I joined the gym, i.e. 3 months(I workout 6 days a week). And I have lost 6 kgs (13 lbs approx). I have lost fat from most parts of my body now , but I can't seem to get rid of that muffin top around the waist and the lower abs region. What exercises should I be doing? Will doing any exercises help to get rid of the fat there? Or should I continue calorie deficit and the lifting?

[tastan]

I have been on the calorie deficit since the day I joined the gym, i.e. 3 months(I workout 6 days a week). And I have lost 6 kgs (13 lbs approx). I have lost fat from most parts of my body now , but I can't seem to get rid of that muffin top around the waist and the lower abs region. What exercises should I be doing? Will doing any exercises help to get rid of the fat there? Or should I continue calorie deficit and the lifting?

You can't target fat loss with specific exercises, you lose body fat overall through out the whole body and abdominal/lower back area are the last areas to lose fat for most people. Keep working hard and it will happen in time.

[kanis999]

Go on a diet.

[magician27]

I have been on the calorie deficit since the day I joined the gym, i.e. 3 months(I workout 6 days a week). And I have lost 6 kgs (13 lbs approx). I have lost fat from most parts of my body now , but I can't seem to get rid of that muffin top around the waist and the lower abs region. What exercises should I be doing? Will doing any exercises help to get rid of the fat there? Or should I continue calorie deficit and the lifting?

keep losing , that will go the last.

[Neo33]

You can't target fat loss with specific exercises, you lose body fat overall through out the whole body and abdominal/lower back area are the last areas to lose fat for most people. Keep working hard and it will happen in time.

By the way I am not doing any abs exercises. Apart from the fact that doing abs exercises won't affect the fat around my waist, should I be doing the abs workout anyway or wait until I lose fat from that part and then do the abs workout?

[magician27]

By the way I am not doing any abs exercises. Apart from the fact that doing abs exercises won't affect the fat around my waist, should I be doing the abs workout anyway or wait until I lose fat from that part and then do the abs workout?

train your abs if you want developed abs rather than flat abs

[richardmf]

I have cut all sugar from my diet and managed to get rid of my love handles. Also lots of HIIT full movement cardio :-)

[JayVincent]

I like to use a swimming pool analogy when it comes to this topic. Think of the process of draining a swimming pool, the shallow end will empty rather quickly as the deep end will take a bit longer (your belly area). This particular area has less blood flow, is more sensitive to insulin and has more of the receptors for hormones causing fat to be stored (alpha receptors) and less of the receptors for hormones that cause fat to be released (beta receptors). Because of this, your body draws less fat from these areas when it draws in your body's fat stores for energy.

So basically, continue to died and train hard and as you lower your over all body fat %, that area will eventually shrink down as well.