Six Pack Abs - Do you buy?

[episkopos]

Who needs a "Six Pack" when you've got a KEG!

And it's all paid for!!!!!

[Jasper]

Lmao that video was funny... but as i always say ab's are made in the kitchen

[Youssarian]

I don't have a six pack. I do, however, have plenty of 8-packs of mini candy bars that went into making my belly.

[KingFisher]

You can have six pack abs by performing table pushes and head shakes!

[Nick]

Considering the seeming cornucopia of muscle ripping machines - from the simple to the ridiculous - being endlessly paraded on commercial media, there must be an incredible niche market out there.

Must admit: I have a plastic, concave looking thing stuffed behind the desk, designed for facilitating crunches. It actually does work and comes in it very handy when I get the notion, perhaps once a year, if that often. Seems a day up and down on the ladder involves the equivalent of several workouts, but realize that can be pure deception.

Do you find yourself occasionally stumbling over finely-engineered apparatuses folded neatly in closets, under the bed or in catch-all rooms, designed for the ever illusive, ripping abs?



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I don't do anything for abs yet I have a full 8-pak. The trick? Diet, diet, diet. There is no substance for diet when it comes to abs. You could do all the sit-ups in the world and not show one ab if your diet is off.

7 simple things to eliminate from your diet:

1) Dairy - this includes milk (lowfat or skim milk is worse)
2) Soy - raises estrogen
3) corn - high in sugar
4) sugar- self-explanatory
5) Eggs - yes, especially the whites - no eggs - causes a bad allergic reaction on allergy test - increases inflammation = higher levels of cortisol (#5 is part of #1)
6) Gluten - no bread
7) Artificial sweetners (splenda, etc.)
8) Peanuts - it's not a not; it's a legume

This is called the "Virgin" diet and it works well.

[jhdobbins]

Yes, eating right does matter.

I've lost from 226 lbs. down to 213 in a few months just by decreasing the amount of pop I drink. - Only drink 1-2 cans a day now from the 4-5(!) I was drinking.

If I could stay motivated, I can definitely see how the Insanity workout would burn fat. It's pretty hardcore. Also "ab ripper x" workout from that other beachbody inspired workout dvd thingy is pretty tough. I have them both, just loose interest after a few weeks... It's just soooooo much like work.!