| Re: Leg muscle/heart rate question?
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:21:03 -0800, Bill Baka <bbaka@syix.com> wrote:
>chris c wrote:
>> I am 35 going on 20. Weigh 169 (weighed 210 last summer!). Lost it quick
>> with cycling and a low fat diet. I eat great now also (try to stick to the
>> fruit and veg thing). I am in good shape. I have only some fat that I am
>> trying to get rid of on the stomach (love handles). I know cycling wont do
>> this. I do crunches.
>>
>I got to ask if it is diet related but I was up to 200 at 5'7" and now
>down to 158, up from 142 before the holiday food fest began, how do you
>get love handles? I never had that problem, so is it maybe from beer, or
>some dietary thing, or just a personal genetic inheritance?
>
>Not ragging on you but I am 56 and never had that. I have seen some of
>the actors on television that were basically in shape but still had
>those little rings of fat. Male models too, the 30ish ones.
It's genetics that determines fat distribution - age is a factor, what sort of
factor is again determined by genetics. Some guys will have a tire others not
some show a six pack others won't all at the same body fat percentage.
Ron
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