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Hi, I'm and 27 yr old male and I was wondering if anyone would be able to tell me what kind of work out would be good for me to loose weight in the male (man) boob area.? I'm not to sure which work out will work but would love to know which workouts males have used to help them in my situation.  
 
Thanks a bunch.

I am in the same boat ! I am doing cardio along with weights and it's slowly working ! Make sure to add weight training into your workout as muscle eats fat ! Good luck !

On how to do a workout or what to do. I wouldn't mind a partner is doing workouts but I also want to get a membership from Anytime Fitness as well.

Talk to the personnel working. Inquire about the cost of an initial startup program. If you currently have no idea what workouts correlate with what muscles than you need to hire a professional who can not only make you a program specific to your needs/wants but can assist you with proper form and body mechanics before you injure yourself. Anyone can give you "tips", "suggestions"  
that they have acquired from experience and/or the Internet. But for your own safety invest in a personal trainer to assist you. That being said some beginners need a program tailored for just foundations training before they can move on to other types of training.

Professional and knowledgeable. Takes great pride in seeing his clients achieve the goals they have set.  
Invest in a few sessions to get a feel for what exercises work for you. When you feel comfortable with things, try it on your own.  
Personal opinion, if you want one exercise that targets EVERYTHING, hit the Versaclimber. Cardio and strength all in one. Good luck with your journey!

Sent you a PM.  
I have a guest pass for anytime if ya want it.

Cheapest gym in the city is hlc. They also offer personal trainers for a nominal fee. I'm female, but I've started going there and it's small so I find it less intimidating.

Highly recommend Zack and his coaches at CrossFit Rocked on 6th St.  
Their community, instruction and results are unreal.  
You can get two weeks of free foundation classes just to try it out.  
And then if you decide to sign up for a month its 50% off.  
This Sunday at 10:00 a.m. there is foundation class. And it's free!  
Best decision I ever made!

I would strongly suggest going and talking to a professional. I went to FitnessQuest and loved it, but only went during my sessions with my trainer (JP) and he was awesome. He checked in with me between visits and made a good meal plan & workout for me. I paid for my 10 sessions and never went back (as I am 1.5hrs away and just to costly with gas and membership). I have a fairly good mini gym at home where I just took what he taught me and set me up. I then started looking online (YouTube, Bodybuilding.com) and taking stuff from there. There are a lot a quacks on YouTube, but if you focus on big names (Ben Pakulski) they will explain the workout and why that workout is good for targeting specific areas.  
This summer I was working outside of Brandon, living in Brandon and went to Anytime Fitness because I could go Anytime! It was a great gym, a little crowded with equipment (could use a bigger footprint), but as someone who doesn't like working out around people or waiting for equipment it served me well. All new equipment, everything you could want & at 4:30am it was fairly dead.  
I know that the initial cash out of pocket looks bad, but with little to no experience it's money well spent so you don't injure yourself (which many do) and you won't end up on YouTube as one of those guys using a leg machine to work your chest! I am a firm believer of YouTube, but ONLY after you have a little experience so you can filter the good and crap out.  
Good luck man, and don't worry about the man boobs, half the time it is all in our heads on how we look. Get fit/healthy cause you want to be health and have a good life and the rest will fall into place!

It's great to think about physical fitness, and it's great to work towards becoming more fit. But here's the thing: you can't target one area of the body for fat loss. If you want to lose fat, you need to eat less, and the fat comes off wherever your body tells it to.  
 
If you exercise more without paying attention to diet, you're probably (statistically) going to end up eating more, because physical exertion causes your appetite to increase. Maybe you'll build muscle, and you'll probably become more fit, but you won't necessarily lose the moobs.  
 
But do exercise, for sure! There are huge benefits to exercise that have nothing to do with weight loss!  
 
If you want to read some sciencey stuff about this in an easily-digestible format, I'd recommend "The Cure For Everything" by Tim Caulfield. He looks at myths and science in a lot of fields, from health and fitness to alternative medicine and "Big Pharma".  
 
For myself, I've been using the Skimble Fitness Trainer app, and I really like it. It has lots of workouts at all levels, and it has good options for bodyweight-only exercises if you don't have access to gym equipment. I've gotten stronger in the last few months of using it, and combined with reducing dessert intake, I've lost some gut fat too.  
 
Good luck.

Here is the format. It's super simple (in theory)  
 
Food is a biggie I'm not going to go into detail because I could talk about it for hours and someone is going to come on here and try and argue about my method so I'll say this...  
 
Meal prep. Cook in advance for a few days try and stick to whole foods (not processed) incorporate the 3 food groups into each meal (protein, fats and carbs) 3 main meals and two snack.  
 
Cardio like a mofo. I recommend 30-45 minutes at the beginning of your workout. You don't have to be doing sprints on the ole' treadmill. Just do something that's going to get you sweaty and keep your heart rate up  
 
Then I would recommend for now just doing some full body workouts. Hit each muscle group once 3 sets of 10-12 all on machines no free weights. Here's a program for you  
 
Cardio: 30 minutes walk/run treadmill  
 
Machine chest press 3 sets of 10  
Machine shoulder press 3 sets of 10  
Seated Machine row(or cable) 3 sets 10  
Cable bicep curl 3 sets of 10  
Cable tricep push down 3 sets 10  
Seated leg extension 3 sets of 10  
Floor crunches 3 sets of 10  
 
Set your weights so you can hit 8 reps with the last two being a struggle rep 10 should almost be failure.  
 
If you're not sure of one of the exercises just YouTube them.  
 
Which ever gym you end up at they should have someone there who can show you how to use the machines correctly.  
 
Do that workout 3 times a week for 4 weeks. That should get you off to a decent start. You might find it gets old real quick doing the same thing but that's where knowledge and experience have to play a part which means ether hiring a trainer or trudging through the endless amounts of crap on the internet.  
 
Hope that helps you out a little bit.  
 
Ps. Doing a few push-ups in the morning when you get up will also help to tighten that chest up a lil as you start to lose the fat. If you can do a full push up do them from your knees or wall push ups (YouTube) until you build up some strength.

Worth every penny!

RK123 said "Professional and knowledgeable. Takes great pride in seeing his clients achieve the goals they have set.   Invest in a few sessions to get a feel for what exercises work for you. When you feel comfortable with things, try it on your own.   Personal opinion, if you want one exercise that targets EVERYTHING, hit the Versaclimber. Cardio and strength all in one. Good luck with your journey! "

I tried multiple trainers at multiple gyms...when I started at FPC and had my consultation with Tyler I thought "here we go again..." but I learned more in that first session than I had in 5 years. At FPC they spend the whole hour working you...they're standing there showing you what to do and how to do it.