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Change up routine to lose spare tire |
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Written by Rocco Castellano
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
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Question: For about the past 20 years (ever since I got out of the Army), I have done 200 pushups and 200 sit-ups every other day. Plus I bike or hike three or four days a week and this has kept me looking good and in good shape. But, recently I have been gaining some weight and a spare tire is forming around my midsection. I am 6 foot tall and about 215 pounds. I try to eat healthy foods. Is there something that I am doing wrong?
— Paul
 Answer: Paulie… Paulie… Paulie… that’s just the problem, you have been doing the same exercises continually for 20 years. Push-ups and sit-ups do not a spare tire take away.
“Spare tires” or fat around the middle can come from two different places; one is just fat, the other is gravity.
That’s right, gravity… and no I’m not going to go all Issac Newton on you, but it is important to realize that as you get older you can lose some muscle even if you believe you have been working out diligently for 20 years. The problem I think you’re having is that skin, not fat, is falling down around your waist. The fallen skin comes from not having enough back muscle to fill your skin, therefore it falls because of gravity.
FYI: Our body changes every seven years: metabolism, bone density, glands, digestion — you get the picture.
So if you’ve been doing the same thing for all those years, you may need to change it up a bit to keep up with your changing body.
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Rocco Castellano is the co-founder of askROCCO Media, which provides boot camps, seminars, media content and online fitness services at askROCCO.com. He is certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine and has written “askROCCO Uncensored v1” available at bookstores. Ask your personal
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