Which approach to take with the six-pack

I'd recommend getting some more carbs in. By the end of the week you might find yourself weaker. How many calories are your maintenance? I'd say shoot for a couple hundred below maintenanceand slowly decrease it from there. 1500 calls seem a little low. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

six packs and eight packs are core muscles. things like torso twists with a medicine ball will do wonders for working all those muscles with little resistance. also a few vertical leg raises and u will be "FEELING the BURN" LOL ouch

 

 
you realize he want's abs right? 
 
carbs are the opposite of what he needs right now.
 
@op, your caloric intake is way too low, you will have no energy, lose mental capacity and sex drive if you do it for a long time. eat more fat and protein in your diet like bacon, eggs, nuts.
 
for exercise, do compound lifts that engage the core, this will stimulate your testosterone and develop many stabilizer msucles in the core. (squats, deadlifts) for isolation exercise, try alternating between stability and explosiveness 
 
stability is like planking, explosiveness is like kettlebell swings

 

Some good advice so far, but if you really want abs, your going to have to do alot of cardio and eat right, doesn't matter how ripped your abs are if they're covered up with a layer of fat.
 
Personally I work out alot but i'd have to quit drinking beer if I wanted to really get a six pack, I have a bit of lower belly fat that is stubbornly sticking around, and I just know the beer is the culprit.

 

Carbs cause insulin spikes which prevent fat burning

Cut carbs if you want to burn fat

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Thats waaaaay to many carbs.

If you cause a blood sugar spike, youll put on fat instantly (literally insulin pushes fat into fat cells) and you wont be able to burn it no matter how fucking hard you work. (Insulin prevents fat burning. In the lab they found fat diabetic rats could starve to death withoug burning any fat for energy)

CARBS ARE BAD.

Think about it. In the natural human diet, you dont find carbs. You get a small ammount from fruits and seeds, but grains are unheard of in our paleo diet. The most grains ancient people ate was some ground up barely, maybe a pinch

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The key here is insulin though. If you moderate carb intake and dont cause insulin spikes, youll be find.

But literally that meanz you cant even eat a burger. The bun fucks you up.

A couple fruit is the most you should risk. (Also whole foods digest slower so you can get aaay with more carbs than say with burger)

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That much dedication would drive me nuts. I just eat what I want and ride my bike around the city. Come home to a cold beer and bong rips.Omega369

 

Man fuck ab exercises don't see the point in all the work ppl do for their abs. Just do sprints and keep your diet reasonably good, job doneSent from my GT-S5360 using Grasscity Forum mobile app

 

 
yea but why would you want to lose weight by restricting calories, when it's so unhealthy and unnecessary?
 
and why would you eat less fat? just because it's called fat doesnt mean it makes you fat lol
 
you should try to target 20% or less of your caloric intake from carbohydrate

 

Noooo!!! ^ You can't eat that little and expect results! Your body is holding onto the fat because it thinks you're having a hard time finding food. You have to eat at least 1,800 calories as an adult male.

 

Yea six packs arent really worth it for most of us. Its easy to stay in shape, but hard to be perfect

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This is also true. Dont eat less. Eat right!

And as for the carb thing, dont listen to people who tell you exact numbers. Everyones bodt is different.

I may get an insulin spike from 50g of carbs while you might be able to eat 100 before you get high blood sugar.

Also carb types matter. 100g of sugar from an apple has a much much lower GCI than 100g of starch from bread!

Dont count calories, dont count carbs, just eat balanced and watch your blood sugar levels. If you arent getting insulin spikes, the carbs are not so bad.

On a side note high blood sugar also scares your arteries and causes cholesterol build up. Contrary to popular belief, high high cholesterol diet wont clog arteries, because cholesteral is the body's natural defense go damaged arteries. Its teh sugar!

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Dont count carbs. Everyones body is different. Instead pay attention to blood sugar levels

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Don't cut so many calories out of your diet, you'll only do yourself harm. When you start missing significant amounts of calories your body goes into fat-storing mode, thus any calories you DO intake will mostly be held as fat, not what you want. 
 
First of all, cut out all sugar in your diet. Drink alot of water, aim for around 6-8 glasses a day. 
 
Secondly, change the food you eat. Try and cut down on potato and bread, and instead try to eat more vegetables and lean meats. Things like chicken, broccoli, spinach, turkey, tuna, onions, leafy lettuces are all your friend, get well acquainted. 
 
Thirdly, change the size of the meals you eat to correspond with the time of day. Try to make your breakfast the biggest meal of the day, when you wake up your metabolism is at its highest and a good breakfast will leave you feeling less sluggish throughout the day. Scrambled eggs on brown bread toast is a good choice I find, as long as there's plenty of it. 
 
On the other hand, try to make sure your evening meal is your smallest meal, and more importantly the least fatty. Your metabolism will slow right down on the evening, so any excess fat you consume will just sit there in storage while you sleep, you definitely don't want that. 
 
Remember, abs are made in the kitchen.