Training & Nutrition - Vanity issue: double chin

I'm in good shape, and it seems as if my body is at or close to ideal performing conditions with regards to body fat percentage. However, I still have the "double chin" fold(s).

Just extra skin? Fat accumulated in certain places and less so in others?

Does anyone else get this? It seems that I hardly see other fit cyclists with double chin folds.


(I'm not going to go starve myself or anything, just curious).

Hard to say without pics and a reliable body fat measurement but chances are you could lose more fat if you wanted to. Loose skin in that area usually doesn't form a double chin, it bunches up vertically.

I've got it on my pecs. The best I can do is train hard all around and reduce my body fat overall. I've got good strong well developed (no overdeveloped) pecs but this area is a darned crummy place to accumulate fat. I don't have the man boob condition but you might have a double chin condition. for me surgery is out of the question and not really needed so long as I watch my body posture when shirtless. if the rest of you is trim but you have this area bothering you - I would say surgery is a reasonable option. I'm strongly considering hair restoration.

<<<<< has back fat.

Oh and chin probs too. but I have a 33 waist.

Its called problem areas.

everybody accumulates body fat in different places and ways. I identify with rumrunn6 with the pec thing. I'm 5'11 a 32 waist but I weigh 180lbs and don't look very muscular. Also it could just be the design of your chin. A lady friend of mine doesn't have a very protruding chin and so a lot of times when she's unaware it looks like a double chin

grow a beard?

I've got the same thing. 5'10" & 150 and still got it. I call it skinny fatman syndrome(thanks mom and dad). I think it's just genes. As far as pros go I think Cadel Evens and Floyd Landis also have it. I became ok with knowing I'm in very good shape even though I don't look like Contador or the Schleck brothers.

grow a beard?

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