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2012Sonya
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I read this recently and wondered if its true?
30% gym, 70% diet. Abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym.
30% gym, 70% diet. Abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym.
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Yes, it's true. Your body as far as healthy eating and changing is made in the kitchen.
The muscles are made in the gym.
I didn't start running till after I lost weight. I did it to run a 5K, then I got hooked.0 -
More like 90% diet.
Diet is for weight loss.
Exercise is for fitness.0 -
very true. without diet to get rid of the belly fat you cant get abs. this is true because you cant target fat loss you have to work for it by eating right. if you dont eat right and just workout your abs you actually just push the fat out with the muscle you build and see no results0
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very true. without diet to get rid of the belly fat you cant SEE abs. this is true because you cant target fat loss you have to work for it by eating right. if you dont eat right and just workout your abs you actually just push the fat out with the muscle you build and see no results
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thanks haha i did mean cant get visable abs0
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I read this recently and wondered if its true?
30% gym, 70% diet. Abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym.
I agree with the concept, but I think the diet % should be higher. 85 to 90% maybe.0 -
Eh. I think everyone is different. I've always eaten very well, but until I started running, I was fat.
My husband, on the other hand, eats the world's most horrendous diet. Well over 6000 calories a day. 200+ fat grams. Carbs, sugar, you name it. And an absurd amount of beer. And he's about 250 pounds of rock solid muscle. Maybe 15-17% fat. He's at the gym ALL.THE.TIME. He's got a 550 bench easy.
So for both of us, the diet doesn't seem to make a difference, it's what we do in the gym. Though I'm terribly jealous of his ability to eat everything.0 -
Thanks everyone. I really need to get my food habits back on track. It's so hard this time of year!0
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AGREE.0
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very true. without diet to get rid of the belly fat you cant get abs. this is true because you cant target fat loss you have to work for it by eating right. if you dont eat right and just workout your abs you actually just push the fat out with the muscle you build and see no results
^^^ This right here.0 -
totally0
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Well , chit, you can't lose or gain if you arnt eating correctly0
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Yep, very true, although the percentages are probably more like 80/20.0
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This was always my take on it too, until I came here and discovered the importance of muscle. I was one of those fat women who was terrified of developing muscle because I didn't want to get bigger! Seems strange even to me now. I had no idea of the importance muscle tone plays in actual weight loss. Creating muscle by working out actually makes you lose weight faster. And easier too I might add.0
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Agreed for the most part.0
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I think both your diet (preferably not fad dieting) and exercise levels are important, but if I had to rank one more importantly.. it is definitely what you eat. It is very difficult to out-exercise a bad diet.0
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nope0
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More like 90% diet.
Diet is for weight loss.
Exercise is for fitness.
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I think both your diet (preferably not fad dieting) and exercise levels are important, but if I had to rank one more importantly.. it is definitely what you eat. It is very difficult to out-exercise a bad diet.
I agree with the all of the above. Diet should be a life time of what you decide to eat. Dieting is while trying to lose weight. It's easier to change your diet than it is to be dieting, especially if you are prone to doing the Fad Diets.
To original poster. I am with you. I work out all the time, but i really need work on my diet. I have made better decisions, but they are not where they need to be.0 -
Disagree
I know guys that eat 'unclean' all day and have six packs because they train so much. Swimmers are known for this.
Heck, just go to prison, you'll see lots of shredded guys with 6 packs, while eating garbage.
Then you also have the genetic freak skinny guys that don't even workout and have 6 packs.0
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