Any differences in approach to visceral fat?

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Hello,

I’ve done a few searches and haven’t seen this topic discussed by barbell medicine at all. But I have questions on the impact of high-intensity work and visceral fat. For someone looking to focus strictly on losing this type of fat vs subcutaneous fat still lower calories for a fat loss oriented diet? Or eat at a bulk level and incorporate more HIIT into the programming? Do the same general rules of thumb apply to this fat? i.e. 3000kcal ~ lb; rate of loss of .5-1.5 per week optimal etc… Does differentiation of the type even matter?

Currently running the 3day endurance gpp to prep for my Navy PT test, and have seen strength gains while losing 8lbs since the start. This week I replaced the 30 min LISS run with 2min@8.5rpe 1min rest intervals for 5-7sets.

Vegan diet at ~200/200/54 for 2086 calories. 5’9" 200lb bodyweight, 39.5"

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DolanX,

HIIT doesn’t seem to work any better for visceral fat than LISS, though the evidence suggests combining RT and Conditioning works best.

I think if you need to lose weight that you should be in a calorie deficit rather than maintenance level.

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