. They're now more prominent whilst not being a proper stand out six pack. I'd previously read being lean is more important for this kind of thing than being able to do lots of abdominal exercises. I struggle to reach 40 sit ups at the moment. Needless to say I'll be doing regular core strength work now including abdominal work. I'm actually exercising less than normal in general but regularly swim and am getting gradually faster in the pool faster as well as continuing to make improvements to my running speed. My food choices are not leaving me short on energy. The weight loss obviously helps with making running easier a bit.
This may be true for a lot of people but I still believe it's not that simple. I disagree with this if you're referring to me. As you don't know me or me eating or training history I could not expect you to see this from my unique point of view and the following is not meant in a negative light towards you or your opinion if indeed you refer to me in your post. I've had a reduced training volume (intensity x duration) during this recent period of weight loss for reasons beyond my control. Several people I train with who race long distance races (ironman with or without the M dot branding) pointed me in the biology/endocrinology, reduced carb increased natural fat and protein direction initially when we were discussing weight management and my concerns with possible weight gain as a result of reduced training volume. They had also had success following this approach. Some recommended reading material and the other information I found following this proved invaluable to me and set me on my way to try and give myself a basic understanding of the subject. A bit of sports nutrition reading also helped with appropriate ways to apply this such as the timing of certain foods relating to training to ensure recovery. I trained six days a week through late spring and summer including once a week 4km open water swim from the spring onwards. My weight was around 13st with very little fluctuation before changing my eating habits. My training has fluctuated up to around June due to said problems out of my control but when time is limited I still train late at night when everyone is in bed. My weight was fairly constant. I have a nice photo of me at ~13st on the finishing line of a triathlon in August when I was at my fittest this year following my highest training volume and a bit of a taper. I currently train around four days a week and have done during this time of weight loss.
