Topic: Quickest way to lose fat?

[ClayG]

  What is the quickest way to lose fat while preserving/building muscle? I need to lose some flab quick, so please help me out.

[Andy Animus Tran]

Diet, activity, and patience.

[ClayG]

  Should I do cardio or HIIT, what is better..?

[Chris Salvato]

HIIT and eat less.

[Casey Boatwright]

sorry to be that guy again, but what does HIIT stand for?   high intensity [something] training?

[Happy Fries]

High Intensity Interval Training, I believe.

[Casey Boatwright]

ah   thanks!   

[Andrew"Brick"B.]

I am 12 but have been told time and time again that i am not fat but i still think so. How do I lose a little bit of flab yet maintain lean muscle? Beacuse I don't want Arnold Schwarzenagger muscles.

[Chris Salvato]

I am 12 but have been told time and time again that i am not fat but i still think so. How do I lose a little bit of flab yet maintain lean muscle? Beacuse I don't want Arnold Schwarzenagger muscles.

You may have a body image problem dude.  You look fine in your avatar picture.

If you do have flab and want to maintain muscle then a simple, catch all recommendation is to do HIIT and eat less.

[Andrew"Brick"B.]

Yeah but that's my face, not my stomach area. And yes I think I have an image perception promblem. How would I do HIIT?

[cjasinas]

Man Im 13, Im 5'8 weigh 122lbs. I have lots of muscle everwere including my abs but I still have extra fat there. I can see my ribs. How tall are you and how much do you weigh? you don't look anywere close to fat man. Also Puberty Changes people a lot very quickly

[Andrew Stockton]

People should stop worrying about losing fat and start getting friggin huge.

Go Big Or Go Home

[Grayson]

People should stop worrying about losing fat and start getting friggin huge.

Go Big Or Go Home

Unless your sport requires you being slim

[Andrew Stockton]

Well, sure, for sports like swimming, running, skiing...
for parkour you need to have some meat on your bones though.

also, to prevent confusion, when i said "get huge" I didn't mean just get fat. I meant get fat, get muscles, and become a beast.

[jacobmcallister51]

Yeah but that's my face, not my stomach area. And yes I think I have an image perception promblem. How would I do HIIT?

Dude, when I was your age I had a image problem to. I think everybody does if you realy think your fat do the WOD everyday at least, and eat right and some aerobic exercises wont hurt. good luck!

p.s for me i just did the crossfit WOD and the APK WOD and waited and it goes away and bulds a nice body.

as regards to how do i do HIIT look it up it might help. Good luck!

[Andrew"Brick"B.]

I'm 5'3" and 131.3 lbs.

[FastGuppy]

I'm 5'3" and 131.3 lbs.

You're at a healthy weight for an adult woman.

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I would say you have nothing to worry about. You will probably gain some weight when you get older which is good. Bigger is probably a good thing.

[Jesse Wharton]

Yea bro I wouldn't sweat it you look fine. If you just keep up with training and conditioning you should look great in no time. If you are really concerned HIIT is awesome im a lil on the chunky size but since Ive started ive been shaving off fat like crazy.

[Dan Frank]

You're at a healthy weight for an adult woman.

Err... is that supposed to be encouraging?

[Chris Salvato]

I'm 5'3" and 131.3 lbs.

IMHO, body image problems are usually easily solved when you feel like you start accomplishing things.  I would suggest that you set some performance goals and you will find that the confidence follows.

http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2009/05/setting-and-achieving-goals/