<p>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?</p>
<p>Go to the gas station and buy one</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Stallone has written a lot about working out. Try Googling it.</p>
<p>I doubt you'll find many sixpackers on College Confidential.</p>
<p>I'm a "sixpacker." But all I do are sit-ups.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>for abs, you do sit-ups and abwork on the exercise ball</p>
<p>NOOOOOOOO.</p>
<p>a six pack is simply someone with low body fat percentage. </p>
<p>Therefore, start losing some weight if you want that six pack to show.</p>
<p>I recommend running.</p>
<p>yeah thats true too robotFOOD but if you wanna have nice abs that the bi*ches love, then you gotta do sit-ups</p>
<p>then you gotta bring down the body fat-->running is the best way</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>in what sense do you mean strong? that their abs aren't as storng? or that they aren't strong in general?</p>
<p>lots of runners have sixpacks and don't seem strong. That's because they are runners. They have strong abs and legs.</p>
<p>sure they're skinny, but they're certainly not scrawny.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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</p>
<p>I'm very big into weightlifting and in order to receive abdominals, you need to look at your nutrient intake rather than what exactly you are doing for your abdominals in terms of physical exercises. I know everyone is sick of the whole "Atkins" diet, but the fundamental idea behind it of low carb intake and a high protein intake is how you truly achieve a good 6-pack. If you want a defined stomach, you should change your diet up so that 40% of it consists of carbohydrates (complex carbohydrates..ex. pasta, oats, etc.), 40% protein (meats, fish, etc.) and 20% fats. What this does is slowly strip your body of the excess body fat it is holding. When that layer of fat is reduced, you will see more definition in your torso. There is no such thing as "spot reduction", which is the idea that if you do sit-ups, only your stomach will lose fat. You must lost fat over your whole body in order to lose it over your abdominals (which is why cardiovascular workouts that burn fat tend to lead to visible abdominals). In addition to changing your diet (which is the biggest thing you can do to achieve abdominals), doing weighted exercises that target the abdominals (including weighted sit-ups) will also stimulate growth in the region, making your abdominals even more visible. It is really hard to give a run-down on this stuff on a message board, but if you have any more questions or need more information, my AIM is DEMatt93.</p>
<p>OK you don't need to worry about nutrition if you are in fairly good shape-I mean eat well but don't stress over percentages. The best way to get a sick pack surprisingly is yoga. Since my freshman year of high school I had been doing 1000 abdominal exercises a day, and while my abs were getting stronger, I was still not that well defined. I did cross country, swimming, and track in high school, and I do competitive triathlons now, so I already have a low body fat index, but just before my senior year, I started doing yoga every day, and within 2-3 weeks I noticed the difference in my abs. I don't do any ab exercises (crunches, situps, bicycles, whatever), and I have an incredibly well defined six pack w/obliques. I also do two cardio workouts every day (during the summer)-swimming, cycling, and/or, running-for triathlon training, but I also eat about 7000 calories per day, with alot of those calories coming from fat. Situps and crunches are a waste of time. Go with yoga!</p>
<p>What you eat (not how much) is the biggest factor in determining whether or not someone will have a six pack. Exercise helps, but a good diet is the foundation regardless of what other physical activities are included. (If someone did nothing but change their diet, they could achieve the desired "6-pack".)</p>
<p>I would disagree. Yoga (in additon to some for of cardio) is the easiest way to get a six pack, but the problem is most [white] instructors in this country teach it completely incorrectly and do not place enough emphasis on breathing. Also, as far as diet, each person is different. There is no "correct" way to lose weight-it depends on the person. For some people atkins makes them gain weight (fat). A lot of it, however, is genetics, but that should not be an excuse for not having one if you really want it (like I did-and now I have one).</p>
<p>a little off topic...whats a good BMI to not look skinny but not fat at the same time?</p>