Some would have you believe that chest exercises can be an effective treatment to lose chest fat. But the truth is not really, at least not chest exercises alone.
While it may help some, in general only doing chest exercises by themselves will likely not help all that much to lose chest fat. Exercise can definitely strengthen the chest muscles and increase the chest muscle size, but the fat layer covering the muscle still remains in many cases if nothing else is done.
In fact, the situation may become worse if you do chest exercise alone as the increased chest muscle size pushes the fat further out. To get rid of the chest fat you will likely have to do all of the following:
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Lose weight by calorie reduction. You can't lose fat in just one part of the body. You will have to lose weight all over to see the chest fat reduced. Even worse, stubborn fat (which chest fat often is for men) is often the last to go. But with perseverance it will eventually be lost.
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Reduce systemic estrogen through supplementation. Having a lot of chest fat in particular is sometimes a sign of high estrogen levels in men. It may be helpful to supplement with DIM or some other estrogen modulating herb to counter this. If you feel estrogen is a big problem in your case, use the Gynecomastia treatment Andractim topical DHT.
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Get some exercise! You should be exercising the whole body not just the chest, even when your goal is mainly reducing chest fat. Involving the whole body in an exercises program will burn much more calories than just doing chest specific exercises alone
This is the best way to go when looking to get rid of excess weight on the chest area. With persistence it can be done!
While it may help some, in general only doing chest exercises by themselves will likely not help all that much to lose chest fat. Exercise can definitely strengthen the chest muscles and increase the chest muscle size, but the fat layer covering the muscle still remains in many cases if nothing else is done.
In fact, the situation may become worse if you do chest exercise alone as the increased chest muscle size pushes the fat further out. To get rid of the chest fat you will likely have to do all of the following:
*
Lose weight by calorie reduction. You can't lose fat in just one part of the body. You will have to lose weight all over to see the chest fat reduced. Even worse, stubborn fat (which chest fat often is for men) is often the last to go. But with perseverance it will eventually be lost.
*
Reduce systemic estrogen through supplementation. Having a lot of chest fat in particular is sometimes a sign of high estrogen levels in men. It may be helpful to supplement with DIM or some other estrogen modulating herb to counter this. If you feel estrogen is a big problem in your case, use the Gynecomastia treatment Andractim topical DHT.
*
Get some exercise! You should be exercising the whole body not just the chest, even when your goal is mainly reducing chest fat. Involving the whole body in an exercises program will burn much more calories than just doing chest specific exercises alone
This is the best way to go when looking to get rid of excess weight on the chest area. With persistence it can be done!