losing bum fat

Hi all, I have a lot of fat on my ass and it makes it look really large. Just recently (3 days ago) I started running about 15 minutes every day. Will this help me lose a lot of the fat if I do this everyday for 1 month? Also which will be better for my ass, a high incline or no incline on my treadmill?
Thanks for all your help.
 
The first thing and most important thing that you need to do is diet. Proper diet + cardio (the running that you do is a good cardio) will help you loose fat. You cannot spot select where to loose your fat so you just loose fat from your butt, but if you have a proper diet and do cardio you will start loosing fat from all over your body which includes your butt and eventually you will have the rear-end you always wanted :) . Considering the question you posted, I'm pretty sure that you're a female so in order to tone up your booty it would be very good if you did some fitness or aerobic excersizes.
 
this is just my copy paste, with some common helpfull info.
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template for loosing fat (cutting)
by average I mean you just want to effectively loose fat, without becoming extreme about it. I will try and outline the basics for you, and later on you should make adjustments / additions that will best fit your needs.
all that will be discussed is for optimal fat loss

DIET : -40% protein 40% carbs 20%fat this is a basic layout. "what kind of protein?" well you should eat: chicken,tuna,eggs,fish,beef are all acceptable basically avoid things like fast food meats and other stuff that's just common since. "what about carbs?" mainly oats, whole grains, starchy vegetables, and fruits mainly the ones with the word (berries) in them. "and fat?" most of your fat intake should be from vegetable oils, seeds and nuts. if you don't like those foods there are some alternatives. -"how many calories?" around 200-300 or 20-30% less than your maintenance level, "how do I know what my maintenance level is?" one way to figure it out is to keep a calorie intake journal for 5-7 days. If your weight stays constant, then you simply divide the total calories consumed by the number of days and you’ll get your daily intake. -liquids: 1-2 gallons/4-8 Liters of water a day is the basic amount you want. you should eat 6 meals a day spaced out 2-3 houres. foods you will want to say away from are: soda, mayo, chips, french fries, ice cream, most salad dressings & oils(except olive oil), cheese. if you can't live without them then go for non-fat and low sugar type things. use some common sence and don't try to make drastic changes all in a day, it should be a gradual process. once you get to the weight you like then you can raise your calorie intake up to maintenance.

SUPPLEMENTS: (first tier supps) for fat loss is a multivitamin and some EFA's (essential fatty acids). (second tier supps) protein powders like casein (used before bed) would be the one of choice for fat loss, whey (after workout) is also benifital. thermogenic fat burners or stimulant-free fat burners are usefull in loosing weight, follow the direction on thoes products which is very important. they will add an extra boost to your goals (san tight is a good stimulant-free product). I would not bother with anything else like carb blockers, fat blockers, appetite suppressants, and other fat loss products you will see everywhere, with maby the exception of thyroid hormone increasers but usally there is no need for them.

WORKOUT PROGRAMS: almost any program will work. the only thing you will want to add is less rest between exercises and sets, but don't hurt yourself.
alot of these exercises have dumbbell-counterparts.
Chest: Parallel bar dips, Bench Press, Incline Press
Legs:Squats (including front squats), tiff-Legged deadlifts, Calf-raises
Back:Bent-over rows, Chins Bent-legged, Deadlifts (also a leg exercise)
Delts:Military press, Lateral raises
Arms:Close-grip bench, press Close-grip chins
you can find fully detailed workouts.

CARDIO: there are two main types of cardio you should use, first is called slow cardio and the second is called HIIT (high intensity interval training). you should use them in a ratio of 3-1 (IE 3 days of slow and 1 day of HIIT). For best results do cardio 4 times a week for an houre, too much is somtimes counterproductive and too little is well too little. "what is slow cardio?" slow cardio is doing any activity (running, biking, swimming, boxing, etc) with about 75-85% of your max heart rate for an houre. "how do I know what my max heart rate is?" well when you do an activity where you are still able to talk without being extremely out of breath, or another easy way is take 220 and minus your age then take that number and multiply it by .75-.85 which will give you rough percentages of 75-85% of your max heart rate or (HR), of course this is not entirly accurate, cause everyone is different. "ok what is HIIT then?" HIIT works like this first you warm up doing whatever for 5 min then take some time and stretch. after your all ready, start a moderate pace for 1 minute then you move your pace up to 90-95% of you max HR for the next 15-30 seconds, then go back down to your moderate pace for 1 min, then back up to 90-95% and back down agen. you get the idea (moderate for 1 min, then 90-95% for 15-30 sec) do this around 15-20 times and your done.

WILLPOWER: alot of people try to make changes too fast and end up quiting, so don't over do it, this means to slowly change your diet and work your way up to the suggested cardio regimen. if you don't workout already and don't want to that is ok, working out is not required for loosing weight but it will help the main parts are your diet and cardio. by phaledax
 
vojdancov said:
The first thing and most important thing that you need to do is diet. Proper diet + cardio (the running that you do is a good cardio) will help you loose fat. You cannot spot select where to loose your fat so you just loose fat from your butt, but if you have a proper diet and do cardio you will start loosing fat from all over your body which includes your butt and eventually you will have the rear-end you always wanted :) . Considering the question you posted, I'm pretty sure that you're a female so in order to tone up your booty it would be very good if you did some fitness or aerobic excersizes.

the funny thing is that I'm a guy, with a female type of ass :(...that's why I'm so worried lol...if I do this cardio and eat properly, then how long do u estimate that it will take to lose most of the fat that makes my ass look bloated (I know it's different for everyone, but just a rough estimate will do).
Thanks once again guys.
 
I see so many different ways to do HIIT, it's starting to confuse me...if I am doing it right or wrong...
 
alskdjfhg said:
the funny thing is that I'm a guy, with a female type of ass :(...that's why I'm so worried lol...if I do this cardio and eat properly, then how long do u estimate that it will take to lose most of the fat that makes my ass look bloated (I know it's different for everyone, but just a rough estimate will do).
Thanks once again guys.

Well, that depends on how much fat you need to loose. Also, when you start the diet and cardio, and start losing fat, there's no way to predict where you'll loose the fat from first, maybe you'll start loosing belly fat, maybe fat around your thighs and hopefully around your butt. Or maybe you'll start loosing fat from all over ur body.The point is that by dieting, cardio and maybe little working out you will eventually loose that fat on your butt. Figure out your BMR, start a healthy diet + cardio + weightlifting and you'll achieve your goal sooner or later.
 
between 40-60 mins would be good each day, can't really go wrong with cardio as long as your active, thats the major step.
 
is that 40-60 minutes of non-stop running, or interval training for 40-60 minutes?
thanks again and sorry for asking so many questions..
 
thanks a lot guys, and what about the incline question I had earlier...which one is better for my ass, running on a treadmill with high incline or no incline?
 
high incline will develop the muscles in that area better than no incline, which will make it bigger with muscle. So I would say start out with no incline till you have your desired weight, then if you want a more muscular butt start up with the incline. however a higher incline will burn more calories so it ends up a trade off. remember there is no spot reduction, this means you can't specificly burn fat in a specific area.
 
thanks once again, and I have one more questions.
around what time during the day should I run 40-60 minutes to maximize weight loss?
 
no difference for direct fat loss, I would suggest mornings because that will wake you up better, and the more active you are or the more energy you expend the better off you are. I would adives agenst night time runs because, it could give you a small degree of insomnia for the first few houres of your normal sleep time. which of course impears fat loss. in conclusion it's better to run in the mornings to afternoons.
 
alright I just got back from phenix so I hope your still checking this..
1: from what Ive seen running after eating is best, although there is myths about running on an empty is better, which is the dominant idea right now.
2: every other day is for the most part better than every day if your working out
3: running a the full 30-60 will be better, this is cause of the bodys energy systems, what it uses first and how long it takes to switch to metabolizing fat.
 
hey phaledax, I was wondering, after 10 mins of non-stop jogging on the treadmill I experience really painful cramps sometimes on my chest but mainly on the muscle near the lower stomach. Is this normal? Why does it happen?
And also, how much time should u wait for the food to digest after eating, before running? 1 hour?
And also you said that every other day is better for working out, but what about cardio?
 
Wait at least an hour. I don't like fasted cardio either it makes you feel like crap. Both fasted and not will work.

He means to do cardio on your off days IE the days you don't weight train. Also, take at least one day rest a week for your CNS.
 
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