I'm not really a serious fighter but I work out a lot and I'm in pretty good shape. I eat reasonably well, but I'm an 18 year old kid and its not as hard for me to keep my body fat % low as it is for an adult.
My dad on the other hand is 53, about 5' 10" 180 lbs and in pretty good shape for his age. He's much stronger than I am and works out with me for strength and cardio too. The problem is that he's older and his metabolism is so much slower than mine that he can't shed that last 10 lbs of fat to get the muscle definition that I have. His diet would need to be so different than mine, where I'm usually trying to gain mass, that I don't know what to do. All he knows is eat "healthy stuff" and reduce caloric intake, but when he reduces it enough to lose weight he doesn't have enough energy to work out hard.
Does anyone have any links or suggestions of their own for a diet plan that would allow him to lose weight while still working out hard? There's gotta be something that older MMA fighters eat in training camp to cut the fat over the course of his camp before he cuts the water weight and all that stuff.
Thanks guys,
Derek
My dad on the other hand is 53, about 5' 10" 180 lbs and in pretty good shape for his age. He's much stronger than I am and works out with me for strength and cardio too. The problem is that he's older and his metabolism is so much slower than mine that he can't shed that last 10 lbs of fat to get the muscle definition that I have. His diet would need to be so different than mine, where I'm usually trying to gain mass, that I don't know what to do. All he knows is eat "healthy stuff" and reduce caloric intake, but when he reduces it enough to lose weight he doesn't have enough energy to work out hard.
Does anyone have any links or suggestions of their own for a diet plan that would allow him to lose weight while still working out hard? There's gotta be something that older MMA fighters eat in training camp to cut the fat over the course of his camp before he cuts the water weight and all that stuff.
Thanks guys,
Derek