Hey there people,
So to be as brief as possible, trying to help my girlfriend get her abs back, specifically her lower abs.
She has a 3 year old child, who was a big baby when he was born, and her baby bump is more or less gone, with still some stubborn extra skin causing her lower abdomen to still appear loose.
I've been dating her for a year, and helping her train for about the last 8 months, we've made some pretty phenomenal progress, but she's a little discouraged that her abs aren't back to 100%. Or what SHE feels like would be 100%
By the way, she does indeed have a bit of distatsis recti from the baby, but it's about a 3 finger gap.
She's 5'2, about 118, and if I had to eye her BF percentage, probably sits at about 14-15%. So inb4, yes, by anybody else's standards, she looks incredible, and I tell her that trust me. The reason she's discouraged though is because the whole reason she started working out with me in the first place is so she could get rid of her lower ab bump and have her 6-pack back, and while she's looking great, that's the thing that her mind always goes to, so I guess I get that.
Now look, I'm completely aware that her abs will never get back to 100% where they were before the baby, I'm aware that it's mostly skin and not fat we're talking about, and I'm also aware that in some cases surgery may be the quickest fix here... but I'm trying to reiterate to her that you can do whatever you set your mind to. So I need some help to push her past this apparent fat loss plateau we're hitting.
So in trying to get her to about 10% BF, down from her current 14% (and her ORIGINAL 19+%), we've tried several different things (about 2-3 months at a time) but nothing has particularly gotten her past the plateau. So far we've tried:
-- A 1,200 Calorie per day diet, Macros: High Protein, Moderate Carbs, Low Fat
-- Intermittent Fasting (6 hour window)
-- A 1,600 Calorie per day diet, Macros: High Protein, Moderate Carbs, Low Fat
-- A 1,600 Calorie Per Day Diet, Macros: High Protein, LOW Carbs, Low Fat
Lot's of water, and she eats very very clean.
As far as training goes:
She does cardio at home for about 30-45 minutes almost every day.
She does Yoga at least 2 times a week.
In addition, she goes to the gym with me about 4 times a week, where we do a typical intense 1 hour weight session, standard "bro split" (Legs/Chest-Tri/Back-Bi/Shoulders-etc)
On the days that we don't go to the gym, she does abs on top of her cardio. for at least 20 minutes.
Needless to say she's doing some sort of training at least 6 times a week, gives herself one day to rest at least.
----
Anyway, I'm not going to sit here and claim that "we've tried everything", but in a lot of ways I will say that we're doing everything right. If you guys can offer any insight, I'm determined as her boyfriend to help her achieve this goal so I'm calling on the community for help, thanks a lot :)
So to be as brief as possible, trying to help my girlfriend get her abs back, specifically her lower abs.
She has a 3 year old child, who was a big baby when he was born, and her baby bump is more or less gone, with still some stubborn extra skin causing her lower abdomen to still appear loose.
I've been dating her for a year, and helping her train for about the last 8 months, we've made some pretty phenomenal progress, but she's a little discouraged that her abs aren't back to 100%. Or what SHE feels like would be 100%
By the way, she does indeed have a bit of distatsis recti from the baby, but it's about a 3 finger gap.
She's 5'2, about 118, and if I had to eye her BF percentage, probably sits at about 14-15%. So inb4, yes, by anybody else's standards, she looks incredible, and I tell her that trust me. The reason she's discouraged though is because the whole reason she started working out with me in the first place is so she could get rid of her lower ab bump and have her 6-pack back, and while she's looking great, that's the thing that her mind always goes to, so I guess I get that.
Now look, I'm completely aware that her abs will never get back to 100% where they were before the baby, I'm aware that it's mostly skin and not fat we're talking about, and I'm also aware that in some cases surgery may be the quickest fix here... but I'm trying to reiterate to her that you can do whatever you set your mind to. So I need some help to push her past this apparent fat loss plateau we're hitting.
So in trying to get her to about 10% BF, down from her current 14% (and her ORIGINAL 19+%), we've tried several different things (about 2-3 months at a time) but nothing has particularly gotten her past the plateau. So far we've tried:
-- A 1,200 Calorie per day diet, Macros: High Protein, Moderate Carbs, Low Fat
-- Intermittent Fasting (6 hour window)
-- A 1,600 Calorie per day diet, Macros: High Protein, Moderate Carbs, Low Fat
-- A 1,600 Calorie Per Day Diet, Macros: High Protein, LOW Carbs, Low Fat
Lot's of water, and she eats very very clean.
As far as training goes:
She does cardio at home for about 30-45 minutes almost every day.
She does Yoga at least 2 times a week.
In addition, she goes to the gym with me about 4 times a week, where we do a typical intense 1 hour weight session, standard "bro split" (Legs/Chest-Tri/Back-Bi/Shoulders-etc)
On the days that we don't go to the gym, she does abs on top of her cardio. for at least 20 minutes.
Needless to say she's doing some sort of training at least 6 times a week, gives herself one day to rest at least.
----
Anyway, I'm not going to sit here and claim that "we've tried everything", but in a lot of ways I will say that we're doing everything right. If you guys can offer any insight, I'm determined as her boyfriend to help her achieve this goal so I'm calling on the community for help, thanks a lot :)
by Fatherload via Bodybuilding.com Forums - Female Bodybuilding
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