Man, I know how you feel my brother... I have/have had the same issue... And thank god it's finally going away.
AI is important, it helps for sure.
I use exorbitant amounts of Alcar... Yes it causes bad gas, but extremely worth it. I get about 4g Alcar from Levorex, 4g Alcar from thermorexin, Plus i take an extra 1-1.5g before workouts and before cardio sessions. That's a shit ton, but it's worked well.
Yohimburn before cardio, before workouts... Dermatherm right before bed 3 squirts. I exfoliate like a motherfucker too.
5mg extra yohimbine right before I step on the treadmill.
Do tons of oblique work as well.
It's taken months, but I've obliterated my love handles totally. Lower stomach and lower back fat is still there in a small amount... Upper stomach fat has a bit of a sheen. Abs are showing, but not enough to make me happy. I am down to 9.5% bodyfat... So I know how you feel. It's a bitch being that low in bodyfat and still not having ripped abs... It happens and you've just got to work around it... I've known people that have had to get down to 6% for their abs to shed off the final amounts of fat... Thus I've set my goal at 6%.
Like I said, I've made it down to 9.5% and still have fat coverage in the abdominal area. It gets consistently better every week. But it is frustrating when you get into the single digits and still have fatty deposits... You will get rid of it.
You also have to battle cortisol. Cortisol will keep the upper abs with a sheen of sub-q fat..> That's where I am right now... Trying to battle the cortisol to keep the abs coming in.
Keep working at it
Well I use Alcar daily for the mental boost, using Dermatherm now, have used yohimburn, T3, yohimbe- works well everywhere but the deposits. I think they are due to genetics ad hormonal imbalance at puberty.
Have used A.I., anti-e's, high dose, low dose, short & long runs to try to correct for imbalance and lower estrogen levels- no effect
Diet, I go keto to cut, no effect - abs come in but soft on sidesof waist and edges of chest.
One thing worked a little- site injections of GH - but expensive and get crippling carpal tunnel-like symptoms at 2 I.U. / day.
So I need something that will KILL the fat cells, not just shrink them!
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