Hey Everyone,

I have always had small "Man Boobs" but they have gotten worse over the past year.

I used to do a fair bit of trail motorbike riding, which works the chest and arms, but I have stopped that and put on 15kgs....which I think is about 30lb in about 1.5 years.

I have decided to get back into a fitness schedule. I was wondering what exercise I should ephmasize on to get rid of the man boobs and stomach.

I am 25, 6'1" and wiegh 104kg/230lb. I am a VERY fussy eater, so my biggest problem is going to be diet. Exercise I can find time and push myself with, but in the past I have lost no weight as I could not change my diet too aggressivly.

I plan to work out my "whole" body at the gym/home with emphasis on man boobs and stomach,

Any tips would be great.

Cheers
Chris

unfortunatly,you cannot spot reduce. Just keep loosing weight and working out, it will come off

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like newbridge said u cannot reduce fat off a particular part of ur body, body fat is a whole % throughout, it concentrates on different areas usually for different reasons but dont worry about that for now

if you can really push yourself as u claim then go for intense anaerobic workouts, every1 seems to love aerobic workouts and claims how good they are but they are easy and that is why they are popular

take ur time getting back into your workouts but after a period of tiem certainly look towards anaerobic workouts as opposed to coasting an aerobic workout

now while working certain areas of the body will not reduce the fat there it will help tighten everything back up as you condition your muscles, so it can be beneficial from an asthetic point of view

im a majorly fussy eater too so i totally know where ur comming from, my suggestion is not to change ur whole diet, just slowly add things in, depending what ur eating add a few vegetables in there and eat them with ur meal so u hardly notice they are there

i started by adding broccoli to my roast meals and eating it with other things i didnt have to taste it

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"it's not how many hours you put in. It's what you put in the hour that counts"

Doing bench-presses will help firm up that chest.

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yeah wouldn't bench press work ?

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It sure wouldn't hurt, but I tend to agree with newbride02. You can't really lose weight in one area. I would suggest some good ol' fashioned cardio. Running, jogging, walking, swimming... etc

It may take awhile, but good things come to those who wait

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ifu bothered to read my post ud know

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"it's not how many hours you put in. It's what you put in the hour that counts"

Just wondering (have man-mams too) but can't you spot reduce using thermal pads of some sort? I seem to remember hearing that somewhere. You can buy them specially.

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thats not possible im afraid m8, u can tone up and tighten up but you cannot spot reduce at all

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"it's not how many hours you put in. It's what you put in the hour that counts"

I've also had an ongoing struggle with this issue.
I created a blog to track my progress, check it out here for information on how I managed to get rid of my "man boobs":
Get Rid Of Man Boobs

KevinJ - I unfortunately checked out your blog and its just a referrer for a dodgy looking commercial site isn't it? Just one blog entry with a link to the rip-off site - oh via clickbank, a commercial 'referral' service! I was hoping for some genuine advice, and I was disappointed.

Getting back to the real topic, I have had moobs since I was a kid. I put on excess bodyfat on the chest and on the stomach. Since losing some 48 pounds, I have greatly improved the problem. However, although I am at my perfect BMI, and perhaps looking a little gaunt in the face, and wearing small size jeans etc, I still have a bit of a wobble on my chest and stomach. Its the place that my body likes to store the extra fat, and its the last sticky-to lose residual fat.

After losing the weight, I decided to try and increase muscle mass, so I started strength training - and eating lots of lean protein, veggies, good fats etc. After three months, I am quite pleased with the progress that I have made on my chest - lots of bench presses, and I have grown 'pecs'. However, they don't solve the moob problem, not yet anyway. In some ways, they almost seem to enhance the problem!

So what causes it? Excess body fat, excess skin, undevelopment of the pecs, diary products, soya, genes, or a combination of some of the above? I still suspect that its too much body fat. I also have a loose flabby stomach (even though I'm into size 30 (US=10) jeans - I still have that little hangover) as well. Despite losing all that weight, do I still need to lose more? Or would cutting further simply make me underweight?

I'm going to carry on with the strength training programme for a few months or more. Then I'm maybe going to cut calories again (I'm presently eating excess calories for muscle growth) and increase cardio for a few months or so - see if I can eliminate the problem. If I fail, well, maybe I'm going against nature. I'm 44 years old, and had years of beer guzzling self-abuse, maybe its genetical, and maybe I should settle for all of my achievements so far - greatly enhanced fitness .... but not yet.

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You're problem might also be hormones related, There are currently no "official reason" for man boobs, but a lot of cases demonstrate that it is often related to hormones imbalance. I would recommend you seek your doctors advice.

As for exercises to get rid of them, i would recommend cardio, bench press and push-ups. These will probably not remove your man boobs completely, but it's a step in the right direction.

Just my 2 cents

Derek.

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Troll.
ugh, another newb poster pushing that cheesy commercial site.... and resurrecting a long-dead thread.

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I used to weigh 225 since around the age of 13, when I turned 16 and met my boyfriend I kind of wanted to turn things around. After completing my sophomore year in high school, I wanted to loose weight. After of course years of being made fun of, awkward glances, and lack of confidence was another boost to get me going. I started out by the regular push ups and sit ups. Just after a week of excercise I already lost 5 pounds, I started feeling good and continued. Soon after I cut soda out of my diet completely, dropped snacks and fatty foods and starting eating more of my veggies.

Soon the summer ended and I reached 180 pounds. I still went strong, increasing sit ups, push ups, and starting to lift weights. By the end of the year I saw a major difference in old pictures, I was then at only 170 though. I was also dissatisfied. Still retained flabby thighs, stomach, and the infamous man boobs. So I thought the only thing left that I wasn't doing, was cardio. I began jogging and running laps in my own backyard and soon onto the streets, it was only to this month that I started loosing faith. While I managed to reach 153, I still had man boobs, a hang over stomach, and my thighs tightened up a bit. It isn't the fact that there is no muscle under my pecks because there sure is. I can easily flex my chest and feel the muscle, which is quite strong. But still to no avail I retain man boobs, of course not as large as they were a year ago, they still remain.

It seems that either fat still exists, is it extra skin (because of gain of wait skin is stretched out to adjust to the current mass, and losing the mass the skin has a hard time adjusting to the new mass... as it would seem) or is it even possibly hormonal. I am still not sure, I have begun a new type of chest exercises, they are multiple forms of push ups.

ALTHOUGH!

If there is one bit of advice I can part with you, it would seem inverted push ups help more than just regular push ups. What I mean by inverted if you don't understand is, having your feet on an elevated surface with your chest slightly below your feet. I use a lower part of my desk and do the push ups like so.

I know this a lot to type, but hopefully from what I have done, you can learn from as well. There are two types of cardio that seem to be more helpful than others and help with the chest a lot more. Although they aren't accessible to most. Swimming (breast strokes) and rowing. Of course you are more likely to be able to swim than row, but both seem to help with the chest than most cardio.

Hopefully my short story from 16-17 dramatic weight loss can help you in some way.

Also if anyone has any other help to losing man boobs, do tell.

My trainer recently told me that soy protein can be one (of a couple) causes of "moobs"