Cardio for the injured

[waynesworld]

Hi, I am new here. I have read quite alot but this is my first post on the forum. I am 40 yrs old and have been training for about 2 years now. My problem is that I just can't get rid of the last few lbs of belly fat. I am pretty lean generally but still have a gut(which alot of my freinds laugh at when I say that). I am 5'8 and 150lbs. My problem is that I know I need to do more cardio to lose it but I have a degenerated right hip and cant do any running or jumping. I seem to have the sort of body that I can eat crap for a while and it won't go on but the same happens in reverse also.

Any suggestions?

 

[bigbumpkin]

at that height and bodyweight can't imagine a lot of fat??

what about a recumbent bike??

otherwise in all seriousness I would hit the weights a little harder and change diet choices --at that weight you could be ripped up if you could convert to muscle my 2 cents

 

[str8jacked23]

Doesn't sound like you could have much fat at those stats. lol, but in your case the solid diet, good training and the bike should help.

 

[waynesworld]

That's the problem. Everyone says I don't have much fat and I don't. But what I do have is on my lower abs and I can't get rid of it. I have had it all my life and my wife keeps telling me i am stuck with it. I am determined to prove her wrong and show my son that an old bloke can have a six pack lol. I know i am not old but the kids keep calling me an old fart

 

[owlicks]

If you're serious about it, you need to start with your diet. As the saying goes, abs are made in the kitchen. You need to start tracking your precise caloric intake and your macronutrients. Figure out what your maintenance level is, and drop the calories to a few hundred below that. That is your first means of attack. Your second should be, as others have said, to step up the intensity of your weight training. This doesn't mean bad form or more weight than you can handle; it means intensity down to the last rep, not just going through the paces. This will help build muscle, turning your body into a calorie burning machine. The cardio should just be the icing on the cake. For low impact options, I would really recommend either swimming, yoga, or both. Running on a bad hip is not worth it, nor will it get you the body you want.

 

[waynesworld]

Thanks for the info guys. I have a recumbent bike which I use on occasions but it bores me to tears. Looks like the diet needs an overhaul and maybe somehow need to find a way to like the bike. Thanks again.

 

[owlicks]

Thanks for the info guys. I have a recumbent bike which I use on occasions but it bores me to tears. Looks like the diet needs an overhaul and maybe somehow need to find a way to like the bike. Thanks again.

No prob! I've found the diet stuff to not nearly be the pain in the ass that I thought it would be. Check out websites like Invalid Link Removed (they also have an iPhone app), get a food scale, and you'll be set. You'll be amazed at the difference it will make!