What it takes to get a 6 pack

[Anonymous]

If you are my teenage son, absolutely nothing you eat carbs all day don't lift weights (but do play sports).

I've never in my life had a 6 pack. Even when I got super skinny and did weights, no 6 pack. Did not win the genetic lotto

[Anonymous]

I have a small keg now but once had a six pack. Could dunk pretty easily too and I am only 5’10. I miss my youth. Have kids now and they look like they were cut from stone and they eat horrible food!

[Anonymous]

It depends a good deal on your body composition.

I had a 6 pack in my early 20s when I was 120 pounds at not quite 5’3. But even then I had plenty of hips and thighs. I’m bigger now but my stomach is still one of my slimmer areas.

[Anonymous]

Youth is wasted on the young…
My teenage son ran a half marathon this summer without training for it. Just decided to do it, did a few moderate runs, then ran laps on a trail around a small lake near us until he hit 13.1 miles. 9 minute pace.

[Anonymous]

About $10 at 7-11

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About $10 at 7-11

More than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About $10 at 7-11

[Anonymous]

Too many six packs wretched damage on my six pack.

[Anonymous]

Core exercises everyday. Lower leg lifts and crunches. Done the right way when you are young, you can maintain those muscles.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, genetics. Maybe not the only way you can do it but it helps a lot. I’ve had a six pack or at least a “4 pack” for years, even when my exercise routine is kinda meh. Stayed through a lot of pregnancy and came back after. It’s just how my body is.

[Anonymous]

They say that abs are made at the table and muscles are made in the gym. Eating really is the key to getting a six pack. Here’s the formula for eating that I used to get there:

11x lbs of body weight = the number of calories you should consume per day when cutting weight. Use 14 when you’re ready to maintain.

The calories should be 50% carbs, 30% protein and 20% fats. This is easy to track with an app like LOSEIT. You’ll lose weight quick at first and then settle into about 1.5 lbs per week.

Planking and ab exercises along the way can help add definition.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

DD has a 6 pack. She plays a lot of basketball and eats whatever the heck she wants!

We joke that DS has a 24 pack. He swims about 14 hours a week and lifts way too much. If college doesn't work out, he could be an underwear model. Oh yes, he eats whole animals, peanut butter sandwiches and boxes of crackers for "snack."

In my next life, I will join them!

[Anonymous]

The size of your pack is purely genetic -- different people have different muscle structures.

The visibility of your pack is how much fat your body retains or avoids building.

It has nothing to do with how strong your muscles are.

Stop ogling your son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Youth is wasted on the young…
My teenage son ran a half marathon this summer without training for it. Just decided to do it, did a few moderate runs, then ran laps on a trail around a small lake near us until he hit 13.1 miles. 9 minute pace.

Agree!
My 14 yo joined his HS cross country team this year - he has never ran. I took him out for his first preseason run at the end of the summer - he couldn’t keep up with my 11/12 min mile pace for more than 1.5 miles. Yet here we are now, near the end of the season (roughly 6 weeks after his first run), and he’s running 7 minute 5k’s (not 7:59, mind you, 7:08). I just want to smash his face in 😂😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The size of your pack is purely genetic -- different people have different muscle structures.

The visibility of your pack is how much fat your body retains or avoids building.

It has nothing to do with how strong your muscles are.

Stop ogling your son.

Omg get help. You truly need it.