While girls get bingo wings, muffin tops and cankles, boys suffer too.
Here Fit Squad 's Nicki Waterman reveals how lads can combat moobs, boy bingo wings and male muffin tops with a handy workout guide.
Manage your moobs
To minimise moobs, cut back on sugar-laden foods and refined carbs like white bread that raise blood sugar levels. Also cut down booze consumption and saturated fats while boosting your activity level.
Weight training will firm up your chest, but you'll also need to do some aerobic exercise to burn calories.
Do something that raises your heart rate for 45 minutes, five times a week. Try running, swimming or football.
Use these toning exercises to give your chest a pick-me-up:
Weight training will firm up your chest, but you'll also need to do some aerobic exercise to burn calories.
Do something that raises your heart rate for 45 minutes, five times a week. Try running, swimming or football.
Use these toning exercises to give your chest a pick-me-up:
Start by lying on the floor face down. Put your hands by your sides, with your arms bent and in line with your ears. Slowly lift yourself onto your toes and push your arms to lift your body as far as you can, keeping your back straight. Lower and repeat until you start to feel the burn. Do three sets of 10. For a more intense workout place you hands wider apart, this will stretch the pecs more.
Lie on an inclined bench, with a dumbbell in either hand. Begin with dumbbells resting beside your chest, with palms facing forward, then lift them up and together in a triangle shape so they meet in the middle above your chest. Breathe out as you lift, in as you bring the weights back down.
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TRICEP DIPS
Sit with your hands close to your body, gripping the bench or chair. Stretch your legs and slide off bending your knees slightly. Once in position, bend your elbows, lowering your body as low as you can whilst you breathe in. Now raise your body by straightening your elbows, exhaling as you come up. Remember to keep your back straight at all times, always looking ahead. Do three sets of ten.
DUMBBELL CURLS
Stand upright, with a weight in each hand. Curl one weight at a time towards your chest. Pivot using your elbows which should be in line with your hips. The strain should be entirely on your bicep. Slowly lower the weight each time you curl. Repeat the exercise ten times, switch sides and do three sets of ten on each side.
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Lie on your back with your knees bent and the balls of your feet placed flat on the ground. With your abdominals clenched, raise your torso off the floor until reaching the crunch position. Hold your ears for balance. Do three sets of ten and work up.
THE LEG SWING (for lower abs)
Lie on your back and tense your ab muscles. Keeping your legs completely straight, inhale and raise both your legs up over your body. Exhale as you lower your legs and stop when they are four inches from the ground. On the fifth repetition, hold the position for five seconds. Do three sets of ten.
