How do you get a six pack?

boomer01 · 07-01-2005, 01:26 AM

I mean, I am fairly well built, and I work out but I don't have a six pack....any suggestions to what I can do to get one?

BCgoUSC · 07-01-2005, 01:40 AM

Go to the gas station and buy one

a-bomb · 07-01-2005, 01:42 AM

boomer...you've got to remember, not all people can get six packs even if they try like madddd. its part genetic if i'm not mistaken.

aim78 · 07-01-2005, 02:03 AM

Stallone has written a lot about working out. Try Googling it.

I doubt you'll find many sixpackers on College Confidential.

NDirish1989 · 07-01-2005, 02:18 AM

I'm a "sixpacker." But all I do are sit-ups.

nbachris2788 · 07-01-2005, 02:46 AM

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boomer...you've got to remember, not all people can get six packs even if they try like madddd. its part genetic if i'm not mistaken.

I kind of doubt that, because everybody I know who is athletic has at least some kind of abs, and they're of all race and size. Maybe not everybody can get fitness guru level abs, but I think that everyone can at least get some moderate tone.

CK61188 · 07-01-2005, 02:59 AM

i can get toned abs, but not really defined. I was very athletic when i was in middle school. I played soccer in the spring and fall, futsal in the winter, conditioning in the summer and one winter. i was doing some sort of exercise, whether it be running, circuit training, games, or whatever, on average 5 times a week. i never had a six pack, and i was doing this for just about 2 years straight. and the main strength training exercises we did were focused on lower body and core, so it seems like i would've gotten a nice 6 pack. i think it's genetics.

stanfordlover · 07-01-2005, 03:21 AM

for abs, you do sit-ups and abwork on the exercise ball

robotFOOD · 07-01-2005, 03:24 AM

NOOOOOOOO.

a six pack is simply someone with low body fat percentage.

Therefore, start losing some weight if you want that six pack to show.

I recommend running.

stanfordlover · 07-01-2005, 03:33 AM

yeah thats true too robotFOOD but if you wanna have nice abs that the bi*ches love, then you gotta do sit-ups

stanfordlover · 07-01-2005, 03:34 AM

then you gotta bring down the body fat-->running is the best way

aim78 · 07-01-2005, 04:53 AM

Most guys I see with abs are pretty skinny, small guys. I don't really count those. They're not really stronger than anyone else's abs, they're just more visible.

robotFOOD · 07-01-2005, 05:15 AM

in what sense do you mean strong? that their abs aren't as storng? or that they aren't strong in general?

lots of runners have sixpacks and don't seem strong. That's because they are runners. They have strong abs and legs.

sure they're skinny, but they're certainly not scrawny.

bigndude · 07-01-2005, 09:34 AM

Doing more situps won't really help. Ab muscles are just like any other muscle in the body. Would you do 200 arm curls? Or do 200 reps on a bench press, I think not. All you have to do is a very normal amount. Doing more won't make a difference. Some people just won't have one naturally, and others will, it really is "genetic." I know pepople who don't work out at all, and have six-packs. I know others who work out on a daily basis trying to get one, and don't have one. To make it show the most you really do have to lose a lot of fat on you belly, simple as that. Not really work on the muscle.

thesbohemian · 07-01-2005, 09:45 AM

Yeah. Situp and crunches will burn some fat, but not nearly as much as doing cardio. Your body mass index will determine if your abs show or not. One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that the more muscle you have, the more efficiently your body will metabolize fat, so some form of structured resistance training is important. You don't wanna just do abs. Giant, protruding ab muscles will just make you look fat! LOL