How to get a six pack?….

mrBLOB84

I’ve been going to the gym, doing various workouts, including crunches. Looking for any tips to isolate and burn belly, fat, other than cardio and crunches, any suggestions?

BrianSharpe

Sadly there is no way to spot reduce. Just keep working on your core and losing body fat, to get really visible abs your % of body fat has to be around 10%.

The only way I'll ever get a 6 pack is going to the store...

AnnPT77

What Brian said. Spot reduction doesn't work, and many of us - perhaps especially men (which I am not) - find that the abdominal fat is the last to deplete.

Of course exercises can improve your ab muscles, but until the fat above them depletes enough to make them visible, there's not going to be a 6-pack. On top of that, some people's genetically-gifted body configuration means that they may never get a 6-pack literally (could be a 4-pack or some other level of definition, once they get lean enough). Some of the fitness influencer types who have a 6-pack only have it when they're carb-depleted, a little dehydrated, pumped from a recent workout, slathered with fake tan and oil, carefully posed, professionally lit, professionally photographed, and maybe even photoshopped. It's not necessarily a 24x7 just walking around thing, even for quite lean, very fit, very muscular people.

If your routine doesn't include a good whole-body strength routine with compound movements, maybe add that. Specifically core-targeted exercises are a good thing, but whole body movement will tie things together as well as giving abdominals some useful stress.

You may find some useful advice in this thread:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

No, I don't have a 6-pack. I'm a freakin' li'l ol' lady. I like being strong and healthy, but couldn't care less about a 6 pack. I'm just glad I don't have the shape of a couple of droopy 2-liter bottles plastered horizontally on my belly anymore, and am satisfied with just getting somewhere close to an almost nearly approximately flat belly, TBH. YMMV.

RGv2

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

^^This.

Like was said, ab isolation work (however not pointless) won't get the results you're after.

Healthy diet (in a deficit) along with a solid lifting and cardio plan.

nossmf

I'm pretty sure I posted a response to this exact question, from this exact poster, a day or two ago. I won't bother to scroll to find it, but did the OP ask again because they couldn't find the first thread to read the responses, or because they didn't like what they heard and hoped for a different answer?

middlehaitch

@nossmf You did! It is (hidden?) in tech support.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10886656/how-to-get-a-six-pack#latest

Cheers, h.

tomcustombuilder

A 6 pack is a product of low overall bodyfat and ab muscles developed enough to show. For most people, chasing abs is just too much work to make it worthwhile. When you see models with abs, many times that low amount of body fat is only temporary for those photo ops. Super low bodyfat is generally unhealthy to maintain long term.