Losing Weigh, Upper Body Getting Flabbier (Read 1755 times)

Are you sure it's flab and not just loose skin? As your volume decreases (fat occupies more space than muscle or nothing) your surface area (skin) will probably not decrease proportionally (unless you're very young). I know there are medical procedures that remove excess skin.

When weight is lost it isn't either all fat or all muscle or all anything. There is a mix of fat and muscle loss but in your lower body you are building strength by running so probably not losing as much. Doesn't sound like you've lost enough weight for excessive loose skin to be an issue. Why not do some weight training for your upper body. Body weight exercises like pull ups, press ups, chins and dips.... if you are feeling adventurous planche training should do it (just kidding)

BMI is the most worthless excuse for a measurement known to man. At one point in my life I had a BMI of almost 28 with 11% body fat. I'm going to agree that you probably haven't lost enough weight to have excess skin. I'm also going to agree that upper body exercise is the way to go. If you're really adventurous and want to look like an idiot, carry some light dumbbells on your runs and do arm exercises as you go. Now that I've said that, it's probably horrible and maybe even dangerous advice but if you do it, please post video.

Id say hit the GYM when you can - bench, arm weights, presses etc etc...........it wil definately help...and in the mean time it will make you feel great while in the process......

I had a similar issue and have had good success doing resistance training with weights. I prefer free weights to machines, but whatever you want will do the trick. I usually do mostly upper body with a few more compound movements that include some of the larger muscle groups and work everything together. For example: Squats w/ dumbells or barbell Bench press Lunges (with small dumbbells or just body weight) Bent over Dumbbell Rows Deadlift (with barbell) Dumbbell push Press (weight in each hand, standing position, lift straight up and down) and sometimes I throw in some curls, although they aren't really necessary. I find doing that routine gives me a stronger core, way stronger upper body and gives the legs enough of a workout with the squats and deads that it complements my running to keep the legs solid. I usually do 3 sets of each exercise, 12-15 reps each, and I superset them. Meaning I do 12 reps of squat, then immediately 12 reps of bench, then rest. Do that 3 times then move on to the next two exercises in the same fashion. It gives a pretty good workout if you use a heavy enough weight and you can see results quite quickly. Good luck and make sure to practice good form before lifting anything too heavy - you don't want to hurt yourself.

How do you do a captain's chair situp? You could join the Hundred Pushups Challenge user group on this site!

Thank you all very much. I think I'm going to opt for a pushup, pullup, situp routine. Do you all think I should do all three every day (like Hershel Walker was famous for)?