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Age, street workout & eliminating belly fat
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Hi all, I see mostly very young folks here, and it's great that you guys are interested in being active, healthy and fit. There is a horrifying increase in obesity levels not only among adults in North America and Austrailia, chiefly, as well as other wealthier countries, so this sort of thing is heartening.
I wonder, however, if there are any other member here who are older and seeking to once again be active, healthy and fit. I just recently turned 38--yes, sounds a bit old when I put it in writing, but I feel very young--and afer working as a manager in an office for a number of years and gaining a fair bit of weight, I now own and operate a sustainable urban delivery business using cargo bikes and trailers to haul up to 300lbs of goods for and between local businesses. This has helped me get to pretty much normal weight (there are a persistent 5 lbs or so that don't want to leave my midsection) and my legs are lean and nicely defined. But as mentioned, the midsection remained soft and flabby.
About 8 weeks ago I began doing a series of basic ab exercises in the morning. Around week 3 I added more stretches, a back exercise, and some 2 weeks ago bar pull-ups. Having come across youtube videos on the ghetto workout, or street workout, I was immeditely fascinated and then (healthily) obsessed. My upper abs are beginning to show now, and I'm very happy about that, but the flab covering the lower abdominals won't go away... With the pull-ups, I was at first barely able to do one. Now I can do about 4 of each in a row and do at least a dozen a day.
So I have 2 questions: 1) are there any older people on here just getting back to serious bodyweight exercises, and 2) do you have any tricks to get rid of the last 5 lbs of belly fat (aargh!)?