Group: General Fitness & Exercise

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6 pack problems

joeystacks
joeystacks
Posts: 3
Joined: 2006/02/28
United States
2006/02/28, 04:08 PM
i Need to loose weight and show my six pack?? amy suggestiongs ?? im willign to work extremely hard to do it..i see things about dieting and stuff but i dk were to start with that..if anyone could help me out i would appreciate it thanks


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VTCwby07
VTCwby07
Posts: 34
Joined: 2006/02/16
United States
2006/02/28, 04:14 PM
I know that the main key to the process is burning more calories than you are taking in. Key foods to avoid are high sugar/caloric foods like soda and sweets.
Along with that you should focus on exercises to target that area. Do a search in fitBuddy on getting a Six-Pack.

Good Luck
Mojo_67
Mojo_67
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Joined: 2003/09/23
United States
2006/03/01, 12:31 AM
A six-pack is very very difficult to acheive, you have to work your abs with weight and diet like nobodys business. Even then very few acheive ever it. Good luck.

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Mojo_67
Mojo_67
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2006/03/01, 12:43 AM
DERRRRRRRR..even then, very few ever acheive it.

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fighting_london
fighting_london
Posts: 89
Joined: 2005/12/25
United States
2006/03/01, 01:17 PM
Its not hard to strengthen the abs muscles. Its not about how much weight you can do with your abs. A six pac abs is found in the kitchen. You need a proper diet to help burn fat. Strengthening the muscle to point where it shows is not the issue here; you could have a six-pack underneath a layer of fat, but no one is going to see it until you burn that fat away. For men, your body fat percentage is around 6%, I believe. Women can see six pack abs in as high as 15%, I think.

FT Regs, please correct me if I'm wrong.
sstump1
sstump1
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Joined: 2005/03/20
United States
2006/03/01, 02:04 PM
london...you're right a 6 pack will mostly be found in the kitchen (not a 6 pack of beer though), but it is also about resistance. Like any muscle it's not going to get firm (or bulge) without some amount of resistance. That's like saying I can get incredible shoulders and glutes by just doing cardio...which isn't the case. It's a combination of everything. Granted the fat burn is the larger part of the equation...but never discount resistance if your goal is to get muscles to show.