Ep. 551 - Q&A - realistic fat loss expectations & why do I store more fay on my lower body?
ESGfitness
Emma Storey-Gordon
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🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Alcohol,
realistic fat loss expectations
sweeteners
& lower half body fat
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESG Fitness podcast. I'm diving back into the Commit 6 Q&A. |
| 0:09.3 | Honestly, I know I just ran on ramp, ramp, whatever. I know I talk about this all the time, |
| 0:15.4 | but the amount of amazing questions that I get, like, I'm very lucky. |
| 0:21.2 | I'm very, very lucky. |
| 0:22.2 | Anyway, right, we'll start with this. |
| 0:24.1 | My question is about body composition and specific exercises. |
| 0:28.3 | I carry my weight on my lower half and have chunky thighs. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm quite lean on top. |
| 0:32.8 | As I lose fat, it's quicker to see definition on my upper body. |
| 0:36.9 | I'm aware that you can't spot reduce, and that's not what I'm asking. |
| 0:41.5 | Do you know what? |
| 0:42.3 | I just find really funny, me and Chloe have noticed this, that a lot of the time, and this |
| 0:46.7 | actually isn't you in this question, but a lot of the time people are like, I know you |
| 0:51.5 | can't spot reduce fat, but I'm literally about to ask you, can I spot reduce fat? |
| 0:56.6 | And the answer is, anyway, my question is, if I'm working out three to four times a week, |
| 1:01.9 | should I do more upper body exercises than lower? |
| 1:04.8 | I don't want to wait my bottom half bulkier, but I'm trying to build my upper body so it's |
| 1:10.4 | more balanced. Does that make sense? |
| 1:11.8 | Your thought, please? Yes, it makes perfect sense. There is that narrative. So that makes sense, |
| 1:19.1 | right? Sure, you could build more muscle on your upper body, thus it would be bigger and kind of |
| 1:23.6 | even things out a little bit. The second thing is you've just described the kind of usual |
| 1:29.7 | shape of a woman, which is more pear-shaped. Now, this actually isn't a bad thing. I know that some |
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