Will I Have Man Boobs For The Rest Of My Life? (RE: Pubertal Gynecomastia)

I can’t want to share a TON more ways that I’ve discovered to help you get rid of those man boobs.

One of the best ways to do it is to share questions from YOU, my readers, customers and subscribers, and let you benefit INSTANTLY from my answers.

That in mind, let’s jump into today’s mailbag…

Actual Reader Email

Hi Garry,

My name is Rob, and I am 18 years old and about to leave for college. I just listened to your video and am so close to ordering your program.

First I would like to give you some background on why I have been driven to this. I have had man boobs since the fifth grade. I was a little pudgy at one point but in high school I have always been thin but have never been able to get rid of my chest fat. It has wrecked my mind. I have missed out on so many things, and there has not been a day I don’t think about new plans to lose it. I have developed terrible anxiety from it, and I’m at the point where I am not even excited to go to college because of my man boobs.

Some might look at them and say they aren’t that bad, but in my mind it is horrible. I have tried everything. I have even worked with trainers and spent my hard earned money on anything I could find to help reduce my chest fat.

I have gone to so many extents to avoid taking my shirt off, and picking out something to wear for me is torture becauase I immediatley look to see if it looks like I have boobs.

I think a lot of it has to do with the teasing I got in grade school and my poor body image I have. I am extremly self-conscious and have never felt confident. My dad is very in shape for his age of almost 50, but he has some chest fat as well, and when he was a kid he was a lot bigger than me and also suffered from some chest fat. That makes me lose hope that I will ever be happy with my body.

I’m not looking for the most amazing body anyone has seen. I just want a flat chest. The only shrinkage I have ever seen was the most intense training and dieting I have ever done with a trainer. I could see some results coming, but with the diet and exercise plan I was on I was almost misisng out on just as much.

However, that feeling I got when I saw them getting smaller is unexplainable. I want this so bad and will do anything to get it. I am going far for college where I know no one, and I want this to be a new start for me and not let myself be held back. I am really hoping this program is all it says it is, because I am ready to get my life back and these are the years I should be enjoying the most.

I do have some questions though:

I am coming off a new injury and have some sessions left with my trainer–I want to go straight into your program, but are there any exercises I can do with him?

Also, is this something I can manage in college? Will my chest start to blow up the second I go of a diet or a miss a week?

Plus I realize you have two different programs, which do you think I should order?

These are just some questions I have, and it would mean so much to me if you had a chance to respond, because I am so ready to deal with this chest fat once and for all!

Sincerely,

Rob

My Comments

Hi Rob, thank you for your email.

I feel your pain my friend, it isn’t easy living with man boobs. The first most important thing is you need to get over your self image. I know it’s easier said than done, but see if you can get a hold of some of these self-help books on how to stop being self-conscious. If you’d like a recommendation, please let me know.

A lot of guys with man boobs really blow up the problem in their minds, to the point where the biggest problem isn’t their man boobs, but their own perception of themselves. The truth is (and I’ve done detailed surveys to investigate this), that most people really don’t judge you by your man boobs, ESPECIALLY not women.

On Losing Your Man Boobs

Another thing Rob, could you reply to me and tell me how long you have had your man boobs?

At your age, it is likely that you are suffering from something called ‘Pubertal Gynecomastia‘. Here are some facts about pubertal gynecomastia:

– 40% of kids suffer from pubertal gynecomastia and most doctors say it is a perfectly NORMAL thing to happen.

In 75% of cases, the excess breast tissue disappears within 2 years without treatment. 90% of kids will lose their man boobs after 3 years without treatment.

When you hit puberty your testes produce more testosterone (a male hormone) and also more estrogen (a female hormone). In kids who suffer from pubertal gynecomastia, all that happens is that the estrogen increases earlier/quicker than the testosterone. It can take up to 2-3 years for the testosterone to catch up and for the man boobs to go away.

Unfortunately, it seems nowadays that more and more boys with pubertal gynecomastia end up suffering from gynecomastia that lasts into their adulthood. When this happens, it’s called ‘persistent pubertal gynecomastia’.

Factors that increase the chances of your man boobs lasting longer than 2 or 3 years is being overweight and having excess environmental exposure to estrogen and estrogen-like particles called ‘xenoestrogens’.

Here’s what you can do to help reduce the chances that your man boobs will last beyond 2 to 3 years, and also help to get rid of your man boobs quicker:

1) Exercise, keep fit, and eat healthy. Most importantly, you need to maintain a low body weight. I’ve seen it time and time again – it’s almost always the fat kids that end up STILL having man boobs later in life. This is because body fat increases the amount of estrogen that can be produced and stored in your body.

2) You also need to educate yourself on the topic of estrogen reduction. This is quite a big field that a lot of people are talking about on the internet. Just do a Google search on ‘estrogen dominance’, and you’ll find lots of info. Aim to get good at limiting your exposure to environmental estrogens.

3) It’s also important to learn how to naturally boost levels of the male hormone testosterone.

I’m willing to bet one of the reasons your dad had excess chest fat throughout his life, is he also had pubertal gynecomastia, and as you said, he was a big lad at the time. Having excess fat while suffering from pubertal gynecomastia just increases the influence of estrogen on the body, and gives you that feminine trait where your body prefers to store fat on your chest for the rest of your life.

While you are young and still in your teens, your body is still going through the process of deciding how it will look for the rest of your life. So this is a very important time for you to take action. The sooner you act, the better.

Exercises You Can Do

Now, regarding some exercises you can do. I find that focusing on whole-body weight training is key. Doing the big compound lifts like squats, deadlifts, the bench press, pullups, and the shoulder press, works the whole body in a way that boosts testosterone, burns body fat (especially chest fat, thanks to the T-boost), and grows muscle (which really helps to improve your appearance).

Man boobs may seem like a problem with just the chest, but they are really a sign of an underlying systemic (whole-body) problem. The breast-growth is just a sign that your body chemistry is totally out of line.

This is why it really doesn’t make sense to just exercise the chest. Since the muscles in your legs and back together make up 2 thirds of all the muscle in your body, it makes sense to at LEAST focus on these muscles just as much as you do your chest.

Managing It All With A Busy Lifestyle

You also asked me whether my exercise routine is something you can manage in college. Well you’ll be happy to know that training hours on end almost every day of the week is actually counterproductive when it comes to losing man boobs.

Overtraining actually reduces testosterone, and increases the stress hormone cortisol in your body. Cortisol enhances the effects of estrogen on the body.

This is why a lot of guys who are training like crazy, end up losing fat all over the body, EXCEPT from the chest. By training too much, you create a chemical imbalance in your body that causes it to hold onto those man boobs for as long as possible.

In the Chest Sculpting Blueprint, I discuss something called ‘hormonal training’, where you train only as much as you need to boost those T levels, and maintain the anabolic process in your body, where you are constantly growing muscle and burning fat throughout the week. Consequently, this only requires that you work out 3-4 days a week, and anything from 20 minutes to 1 hour max per workout.

About My Programs…

How to Lose Man Boobs Naturally is a general guide on reducing man boobs naturally using diet, exercise, estrogen reduction tactics etc.

You can watch the intro video here:

https://chestsculpting.com/how-to-lose-man-boobs-naturally-video/

The Chest Sculpting Blueprint on the other hand, is an advanced training program that’s based more on exercise and growing chest muscle to sculpt a chiseled set of pecs. This program goes into a lot more detail about exercise, with routines and videos of the exercises you need to do.

Here’s the intro video for the Chest Sculpting Blueprint:

https://chestsculpting.com/chest-sculpting-blueprint-free-video/

Which program should you get?

As a general guide, I advise skinny guys with man boobs to get How to Lose Man Boobs Naturally, and I advise fat guys with man boobs to get the Chest Sculpting Blueprint.

From what I’ve seen in your email, I think the best option for you would be How to Lose Man Boobs Naturally to begin with, then, if you want to get into the more advanced aspects of training, you may also consider getting the Chest Sculpting Blueprint later.

I hope that helps answer your questions. If there’s anything more, please do feel free to get in touch.

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