breebreerocks
Member
Hi all!
I am coming to a body building forum for some help. In the past I have found that you guys know best, so I thought it best to head back for some advice.
Here's my story...
A few years ago, thanks to a low carb diet and support from a body building gym, I shed 25kgs. I have managed to keep it off and until recently had some great muscle definition.
But now something very odd is happening. I have very quickly gained body fat and my definition is disappearing (I'm talking gaining 5 cm on my bust over a period of a couple of weeks). My heart rate is just soaring through through the roof when I am doing cardio training.
My initial response was to up the intensity of my cardio workout and train for a longer period. I was doing 20 mins HIIT training for one daily session and a longer 45 min session with my heart rate around the 160bpm mark, but my heart rate was quickly rising to 180bpm for exercise that I hadn't perviously found challenging. I upped this to 30 min HIIT and 60 min session. My heart rate has started to steady, but the body fat just isn't shifting! On top of all the cardio, I also weight train for three times a week- my favourite part of the workout, as I know that weight training is the key to real results.
My PT feels that I have trained my body to burn glucose rather than fat stores with all of the high intensity stuff that I have been doing and that I would be better doing more long cardio sessions at a slower bpm. Have any of you found this can work?
I know that I need to re-evaluate the amount of protein in my diet- I am just not getting enough. I started to get sucked in by a lot of the diet advice in a particular women's fitness mag and have been eating fruit for snacks rather than more protein based options. I need to find a new protein shake, but being lactose intolerant has made it difficult finding one that doesn't give me stomach cramps.
Please help- my personal goal by the end of September was to have a touch of a six pack! It's still underneath, but I need to get this body fat off first! I don't care what I weigh, I just want to see those muscles that I work so hard for.
I am coming to a body building forum for some help. In the past I have found that you guys know best, so I thought it best to head back for some advice.
Here's my story...
A few years ago, thanks to a low carb diet and support from a body building gym, I shed 25kgs. I have managed to keep it off and until recently had some great muscle definition.
But now something very odd is happening. I have very quickly gained body fat and my definition is disappearing (I'm talking gaining 5 cm on my bust over a period of a couple of weeks). My heart rate is just soaring through through the roof when I am doing cardio training.
My initial response was to up the intensity of my cardio workout and train for a longer period. I was doing 20 mins HIIT training for one daily session and a longer 45 min session with my heart rate around the 160bpm mark, but my heart rate was quickly rising to 180bpm for exercise that I hadn't perviously found challenging. I upped this to 30 min HIIT and 60 min session. My heart rate has started to steady, but the body fat just isn't shifting! On top of all the cardio, I also weight train for three times a week- my favourite part of the workout, as I know that weight training is the key to real results.
My PT feels that I have trained my body to burn glucose rather than fat stores with all of the high intensity stuff that I have been doing and that I would be better doing more long cardio sessions at a slower bpm. Have any of you found this can work?
I know that I need to re-evaluate the amount of protein in my diet- I am just not getting enough. I started to get sucked in by a lot of the diet advice in a particular women's fitness mag and have been eating fruit for snacks rather than more protein based options. I need to find a new protein shake, but being lactose intolerant has made it difficult finding one that doesn't give me stomach cramps.
Please help- my personal goal by the end of September was to have a touch of a six pack! It's still underneath, but I need to get this body fat off first! I don't care what I weigh, I just want to see those muscles that I work so hard for.