Help me lose gut and moobs

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AVAFREAK182

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Just recently started working out for the first time, after realizing im fat, lulz.

Anyway, my gf got me a gym membership to her gym and I can't keep up with her (5'2, 120 lbs, athlethic). So I go by myself.

I'm not sure how to go about losing my gut and man boobs. I'm 6'2 and 270, 18 years old.

I don't really like running, I get BAD cramps (yes, even with stretching). I have mainly used the eliptical and bike, which I feel more comfortable on.

Any tips? Crunches? Sit-ups?

Help!
 
rcpratt

rcpratt

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Read the fat loss sticky.

You don't have to run, bike or elliptical is fine. The biggest thing that you're going to have to fix is your diet, though.

Don't just do crunches and sit-ups. SL linked above is fine. You're probably big enough that you could get away with not lifting weights for now, but might as well get in the habit.
 
AyashiKaibutsu

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At 6'2 270 pounds, I'm going to guess your diet is the main thing you need to work on anything else can help, but I doubt just going to the gym is going fix your body. I used to not beable to jog 50 feet, and now can run a 5k without any real issue; losing weight helps a ton in that regard (if you're looking to get into running).
 
boomerang

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I've lost 14 pounds in 8 weeks after joining the local Anytime Fitness. I have to be building muscle too so I can't be certain how much actual fat I've burned off. I worked with a PT for 12 sessions because I was totally unfamiliar with the equipment. This was the first time I had ever set foot in a gym. I wanted to learn the right way to use the equipment without hurting myself.

I've changed my eating habits. I had done so for about a month before joining the gym and had lost weight but my 14 pound loss is measured after joining.

I'm doing low reps with high weights with cardio interspersed. I'm using the machines pretty much exclusively. In the beginning I was so sore that I was in actual pain. I was also physically exhausted after a half hour workout. So exhausted that I'd drive home and would have to lay down to try and regain some strength. I was hitting the gym 3 days a week.

Now, I'm no longer sore. I am going 4 to 5 days a week. Instead of just concentrating on one area, lower, upper or core, I'm throwing it all in with more emphasis on one of those three areas on basically a rotating schedule.

I've read enough here to know that there are many ideas of what's the right way to approach this. This is what's working for me.
 
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