Skinny with a lot of visceral fat - how should I exercise?
I am skinny (178 cm, 63 kg) but have a lot of visceral fat around the belly.
Should I bulk up first then worry about my belly fat? Or should I burn the fat first?
Ideally, I would like to achieve both simultaneously, but a bit of scavenging around the Internet revealed that losing fat and gaining muscles at the same time is impossible.
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The best way to lose visceral fat is to do high intensity exercise, running intervals is a good way. In fact, the amount of exercise you get might have an effect on wether fat is stored viscerally or subcutaneously. Sumo wrestlers are known for being very fat, but they are also highly active and very strong, and they don't have much visceral fat or metabolic problems.
So if you plan to do high intensity exercise, bulking up is fine, otherwise you might want to cut down first.
If you start lifting, progressive overloading, and eating at maintenance your body composition will change and that visceral fat most likely will go away.
I'm going to wildly disagree with Mårten and forbid you from cutting. You are already extremely skinny and it's going to be near to impossible for you to get rid of that last little bit of belly fat without having any muscle in your body.
Start eating +3000 kcal every day, lift heavy every other day. Until you've gained about 15 kg (which will take a while) don't even worry about cutting. You'll feel and look much better before that, though.
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