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Want better body, need help

bee33 Posts: 4 Joined: 2006/06/16	2006/06/16, 08:27 AM I'm a 33 year old female. I would say currently that I already have a good body. I'm 5'8'' and 130 lbs, but I consider myself flabby around the stomach, butt, and thighs. Every women's problem, I know. I currently work out 5 days a week. Mix of cardio and weight training. I feel like I've stalled. Not sure what to do. I have kidney disease and have to watch my protein intake, plus I can't take supplements. Besides that I can pretty much do anything. Any ideas out there?
mikencharleston Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2002/01/09	2006/06/16, 09:05 AM I have no experience with your situation so I won't venture a guess. One thing that would help would be to post what you're currently doing to make it easier for folks to respond. I'm just posting primarily to bump your post back to the top.
bee33 Posts: 4 Joined: 2006/06/16	2006/06/16, 10:30 AM I do ~45 minutes of cardio(running, kickboxing, step aerobics) about 2-3 times a week. Also, on other days I will do legs, triceps, shoulders one day and chest, biceps, and back another day. Too do something different today, I did 30 minutes of aerobics and then did some leg and tricep work.
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2006/06/16, 11:32 AM Sounds to me like you need to build some muscle to take up the flab space. Try focusing your wt training on big compound moves like squats, deadlifts, lat pulldowns, lunges, rows, bench presses etc. And use heavy enough wt to really challenge yourself. I think it'll make a big difference for you. It's best if you do your wt. training on alternate days to your cardio and spend a good 45min-1hr wt lifting(including warmup and cooldown). Just my 2 cents...Good Luck and welcome to FT. -------------- Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.