40 the new 30?

[Tybalt71]

Hey there from Toronto, Canada, love the site, lots of information, wanted to say "Hi", just turned the big 40! embracing it not by going to buy a sports car but, by getting some abs. Any advice for the last 10lbs, finding it hard, pretty dialed in on all aspects of training & nutrition, txs in advance-Tybalt

[jtroster]

Welcome.

Abs are made in the kitchen.

[themyth2009]

40 is the new 30 my back would disagree with that....anyway what does dialed in mean? Hard to give any advice with no program given.

[beachguy498]

Abs, meh... highly overrated. Eat right, workout hard and poof... one day the ab fairy will drop off a set at your house.

Rob

[induced_drag]

The solution to abs is as easy as sustained caloric deficit.

Yes....that simple. Yet some how not as easy as it sounds. It just takes discipline and willpower. I had tried and failed several times in the past because I did not want to do the work it takes to track food as accurately as I needed too.

I am now 11 weeks in on my quest to have abs for the first time since my 20's....but this time it is working. Only difference is this time, I am putting the work in to food planning and STICKING to it.

Waist is down from 36.5 to just below 31" right now. My abs are almost....coming in. It's been tough but worth it!...

I am doing a modified carb cycling diet. I give details in my journal (address in my signature). Lots of other good diets though. You have to find what you can handle mentally. There are some amazing people on here with great advice and after considering the options, this worked the best for me.

Just to give you an idea of how quick progress can go if you are dedicated...here is a good pic to illustrate it. I am working on the last little bit now.....Wish I had taken a starting picture....would have been even more dramatic.



old pic of me at about 200 in 09


This was taken fri

[pumpedgame]

You know training and nutrition?

Then, the issue is that you have a backpack on.

[Tybalt71]

You know training and nutrition?

Then, the issue is that you have a backpack on.

LOL, Thanks Bro!, yes but it's a very cool "Dora the Explora" backpack- Ty

[Whiskeyjack]

Welcome.

Abs are made in the kitchen.

Agreed fellow Canuck.

Also, I do believe that 40 is the new 30 and 50 the new 40. Not sure why that is, but people in their 40s look younger than the last generation. I suspect it's related to better nutrition than our parents/grandparents had, I mean as kids, and those currently in their 40s were not raised on video games so there wasn't that fat kid business that will haunt the next generations.

[alex2363]

The solution to abs is as easy as sustained caloric deficit.

Yes....that simple. Yet some how not as easy as it sounds. It just takes discipline and willpower. I had tried and failed several times in the past because I did not want to do the work it takes to track food as accurately as I needed too.

I am now 11 weeks in on my quest to have abs for the first time since my 20's....but this time it is working. Only difference is this time, I am putting the work in to food planning and STICKING to it.

Waist is down from 36.5 to just below 31" right now. My abs are almost....coming in. It's been tough but worth it!...

I am doing a modified carb cycling diet. I give details in my journal (address in my signature). Lots of other good diets though. You have to find what you can handle mentally. There are some amazing people on here with great advice and after considering the options, this worked the best for me.

Just to give you an idea of how quick progress can go if you are dedicated...here is a good pic to illustrate it. I am working on the last little bit now.....Wish I had taken a starting picture....would have been even more dramatic.



old pic of me at about 200 in 09


This was taken fri

nice work and advise..repps

[alex2363]

try doing weighted leg raise, weighted crunches, every other day...watch your cals, dont eat lot of fats, they should pop out within weeks.

[absntaxes]

40 is the new 30 my back would disagree with that....

try telling that to the prostate...hey, at least it's easier to get up for those 5 am workouts

[bodyhard]

<------46 is the new 20, this boy never gets old!

[DSUP]

Getting the fat off the top of the abs so they'll show is indispensable but I've also found that making those muscles bigger helps tremendously. To that end, I make heavy resistance abdominal exercises part of every training session even if many say that there is no need to do any direct ab work. My gym has a crunch machine that accomodates as many as three 45lb plates (plus, I've discovered a dumbell on top for some extra resistance). There are also standing side bends with a heavy dumbell in one hand, lying crunches with a plate on the chest, leg raises with a dumbell between the feet, and kneeling cable crunches.

Of course, after that, it's just a matter of reducing your overall bodyfat level as low as you can. The last ten pounds is a bitch! I've been doing pretty well by eating twice a day (breakfast and dinner). My meals are very satisfying. I sleep well. Keeping the calories and macros at a level that allows me to cut a pound a week yet still have energy for training is easy and I can deal with the hunger in the late afternoon when there are distractions (not like lying in bed trying to fall asleep hungry).

I was just thinking this morning about fitness being a good "mid-life crisis." A six pack is even better than a Corvette!

@ induced_drag: Good work, brah!

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[ccs77]

mirin the wrestling shoes. Not to many 40 year olds pimpin those these days... =)