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I lost 20 LB in 2 weeks, more like 10 days due to need to rest, something like 1.5 - 2 LB a day by sprinting for 1-2 hours 5-6 days out of the 2 week period, so in a sense it's true your abs are made in the kitchen, but also the road, not the treadmill, worked a bit too hard on week 2, which bites due to a need for extra rest, it's really not that hard to slap on a 10-20 LB backpack and run like your life depends on it until you puke, not much of a secret, that + the USSR diet.
Calorie deficit will do it but would you say someone like Mike Hearns or any big time bodybuilders are routinely in calorie deficit? I think the bottom line it comes down to Metabolism which seems to be increased by eating 5 or 6 times a day..
So if I train abs hard say twice a week and then kind of a powder puff just enough to burn twice a week back to back and then the rest of the week no ABS would that be fine or should I go to once a week really super hard
I got my abs in my 50’s by intermittent fasting and clean diet. I also focused on core strength exercises. It’s 80% diet 20% exercise, 100% commitment 💪🏼
@@Hedgeflexlfz I ride a stationary bike and target 125-130 heart bpm (zone 2) for 45 minutes 4x per week. I watch TV while I ride… makes time pass so nicely! I also have a punching Bob and I use it for zone 5 - heart at 170-175 bpm for 3 minutes x 4 sets. I’ll split those 3 minute sessions over 2 or 3 weight training days…. Just because it feels good to hit that heart rate 3 or 4 days in a week. 💪🏼
After working out for many years, I finally got abs in my early 40s by closely monitoring my calorie intake and staying in a deficit for months. The layer of belly fat covering your abs is the most stubborn of all body parts. I lost weight in my face, arms, back and legs before getting truly visible abs. You truly have to master your diet to get abs. Building muscle and exercise in general is the easy part.
I'm in my 50s and feeling great after losing the 20 pounds of menopausal fat I'd gained through diet improvements (drastically lowering carbs, increasing protein, and some IF) and regaining lost muscle by lifting weights consistently, but I still have that little bit of lower belly fat and sadly, with my genetics it comes with subtle cellulite (unless I raise my arms to make it "disappear"). My waist is small and abdomen concave, but that smidge of cellulite is still there😐 I'm on the scrawny side already, so it's a tough balance because I don't want to look skeletal in my face and limbs in exchange for getting rid of that bit of belly fat. I'm just focusing on getting stronger for now by challenging myself more with weights, eating well, and hoping maybe someday it will just go away 😆
@@anneg7411In my 50’s I made a run at getting my 6-pack back. Got to 4. I leaned out everywhere except the lower gut. My face hollowed out so much that people were telling me I looked like crap and were asking if I was sick before I gave up. What works when we are in our 20’s does not necessarily work when we are 60. The struggle is real.
@@Timurlane64 let's be realitsic, who are you doing it for anyway? you dont really care. it aint for any women, cuz what women can you even meet at 60? most women dont really care either, sometimes they dont even care if youre fit from what im seeing these days at 55...
2:36 "Training abs works _exactly_ the same way as any other hypertrophy training: 2-4 times/week training, multiple sets, close to failure, full range of motion, big stretch, increasing loads and reps over time"
Weighted ab exercises have been the most beneficial. I have a very healthy diet, but adding in a full ab workout twice a week has made a huge difference.
@@thatstheguy07 Weighted crunches, renegade rows, leg raises, planks with hip dips, cross body crunches, in addition to rdls and squats. I emphasize high reps over weight. Full superset = 3 x failure rdls with 50lb dumbbells (I prefer rdls with lower weight and higher reps, but that is not common, it just works for me), 3 x failure squats with 50lb dumbbells (I have seen consistent muscle growth with lower weight and higher reps), 3 x 25 crunches with 30lb dumbbell (don't use the dumbbell as leverage, squeeze it to your chest), 3 x 20 leg raises with ankle weights (you can wear two sets of ankle weights at a time), 3 x failure cross-body crunches (focus on form and slow movement), 3 x failure renegade rows with 30lb dumbbells (I do bent over rows with low reps and high weight on arm/back day), and 3 x failure planks with hip dips (feels easy, but once you get into those high reps you can really feel the burn). I workout at home, so equipment is limited, but I have done this routine consistently for quite a while and it has made a huge difference.
Abs are the defining factor which makes a body attractive for women. You can be the biggest bodybuilder in the world (which itself isn’t attractive btw but that’s not the point), but if your abs don’t show, they think you are fat. Look under skinny guys with abs IG comments and see all the are women drooling over their bodies. Look under bodybuilders IG comments and all you see is guys asking for workout routine.
Glad to see Doctor Israetel gaining some recognition. I have been listening to his content for years and he's been consistently truthful and transparent.
A comment like this from someone who's actually been out there in the real world is important. All of these comments about women loving abs aren't wrong, but just having visible abs isn't gonna get you laid. Physical attraction is an advantage but far from the whole game.
@@stevecooper7883 bruh height comes first unless something is extremely wrong with your face cause your face looks better with a healthy diet, exercise that reduces fat and good skincare But height - you gotta live with what you got and nothing's gonna change that
It's been since middle school that I had abs. I just started doing strictly pull-ups, nothing else with the goal of doing a muscle up. 3 months later, I hit my first muscle up. I've lost 4 inches on my waist and got a four pack coming in. I feel it in my core when I do pull-ups as well as chin ups just more in the top with chin ups.
It's mostly diet. You can train your abs all day long and never see them if you're fat. Also, your abs will grow from holding your back straight and tensing your core while you work out. You don't even need to work them if you diet and lift properly.
Idk, you can have a flat belly and pretty low body fat % and have no abs. Having a weak core sucks. I've been mixing up high rep high intensity core training (I'm talking like 2 sets of 125 with only a 60 second break in between sets) as well as more deep stretch resistance training like hanging leg crunch or decline crunches with weights. The difference in my core strength is night and day compared to a year ago. I have a 4 pack but it doesn't pop out very much yet. Basically what I'm saying is you can have low body fat, flat stomach, but such weak core that it means nothing. They're muscles after all, hypertrophy is only going to improve them. But I understand why power lifters don't need to bother and I agree if you diet and lift properly it's more of an afterthought, but that may not be the situation for everyone. I think even power lifters could benefit from some core isolation, obliques especially.
Forget the subject matter, Dr Mike knows damn well how to talk. His knowledge compounded with obvious experience comes through as clean as the data itself. Hot damn, they do exist...
He’s not lying I’m overweight as of right now. 6”5 245 when I’m 205 210 8 pack looks like steel. I was in an accident at work so I haven’t stayed consistent and I eat too much.
I'm 50, female, been lifting heavy for 15+ years, went on HRT a year ago, dialed in my diet to a keto/carnivore diet, added in handstand training/gymnastic/compression exercises everyday ontop of my weight training in December, and I have abs that get compliments every day from men and women. I am 15% body fat, living my best life and feel and look amazing. It is possible but it is work in and out of the gym and that's why people don't have them. It requires effort and diligence which most people. lack.
The bottom 2 or 4 are a nightmare to try to get visible no matter how many leg raises or reverse crunches you do. I’ve always been able to see top 4 pretty easily. Finally after adding 20mins more daily of cardio (fast walking on incline) on treadmill I can see my lower abs. Keep grindin
It should be noted that the visibility of abs can vary from body to body, depending on how fat is apportioned on your frame. You could have two people, both who have 12 percent body fat, and one guy can see his abs while another one won't. This is because fat, even at the same percentage, distributes differently between people. For some people a disproportionate amount of fat will be deposited in the buttocks, allowing for less fat accumulation in the abs and, therefore, greater ab definition. Conversely, someone with the same 12 percent body fat will have most of it distributed along his torso, meaning he would have to go far below 12 percent to see visible definition on his abs. You see this fat distribution difference among people, and even, on average, between racial groups. South Asian guys and gals, for example, on average, have to get much leaner than their Caucasian or Black counterparts because South Asian people generally carry a higher portion of their fat in their mid section.
I feel it so hard. My lowest bodyfat was 10% and i could see barely first set of abs. No sense to diet down more so I just embraced that i wont have perfect 6 pack.
So true. I love a womanly figure that isn't super skinny but where the fat is in the right places and without cellulite. Unfortunately, that isn't how I was made. If I want to have no cellulite and 6-pack abs, it will come at the cost of looking emaciated in the face with scrawny limbs. So I'm just trying to be as strong and healthy as I can and not obsess too much.
It doesn't change what he said though. If your abs don't show, you have too much fat for it. No matter if you're 12 or 24%. You need to diet down to get them properly visible in that state, no way around it.
I got a 14 pack abs by training with Goku and Krilin on the weekends. Stayed in a -20,000 caloric deficit every Saturday and Sunday. My abs became so defined that you could see the micro fractures and striations in my rib bones. Ya now that's some training right there! Don't believe me? Ask Goku or Krillin yourselves! They will tell you!
In my case. I’m intermittent fasting. Eating only 2 times a day (clean for most of the time.) Workout 3-4 times a week, and I have abs showing. I don’t even workout my abs. I guess I’m on a calorie deficit due to my diet as well.
The mention about core training for grappling was close to my heart. I hated ab training always and saw much greater results from squats and deadlifts when I started bracing and lifting heavier. But when I started doing judo again, I "had to" start training abs again. Why? Because the sides are very underdeveloped for grappling if all you do is lift in vertical axis. And you're just exposed to more torsion and other kinds of core demands. And to be fair I think big abs look better if the sides raise the platform closer to their peak so you don't look like a small skinny guy with a big ball of ab slices in the middle. And despite the small waist maybe being some sort of aesthetics thing, I much prefer the "functional" body type that judokas have. That thick but fit midsection. And despite Dr. Mike saying it's universal to like small waists, there are plenty of women who enjoy that dad look or a bit grizzly look. Body hair and strong midsection that is. I guess it's also some sort of farmer look. Having to be very strong in the midsection. Ab wheel really is brutal. And works great in my experience as well. And dragon flags. Even if you can't do them fully, just the eccentric is pretty killer. You can almost feel your abs ripped apart. Unlike any other exercise when it comes to how it feels like. One negative (to me) in grappling was the neck training though. Not more than warmup exercises to avoid injuries, but now especially when sick, even though I don't have much extra on the bones, my face looks fatter especially when I tilt it even slightly down or am pictured from lower perspective. The neck muscles sort of frame the jawline in that case and I was puzzled why I looked like having a fat face despite feeling it out to not be that fat.
No matter how hard you work. If you don't have a diet right you never really see them. When you are at recommending bodyweight or less your will see your abs easy.
My father was one of those "tragic accidents." He got blind drunk at a bar when he was in his 20s and got into a fight that resulted in him getting shot in the gut. He was so drunk, he apparently didn't realize it until he got home. At the hospital, he had to have a wire mesh put in place of a number of his abdominal muscles to give him support. He would remind my brother and I anytime we landed on his stomach. "Don't do it! You're gonna go right through me!"
It comes down to lowering your body fat to a low enough percentage that you can see them. It's really that simple. Until you get that fat around your abs to melt off it doesn't matter how much you work on your midsection you won't be able to see the definition in your ab muscles.
@@nathanly2878 I should have clarified: For skinny people. Muscular people are usually fat around the waist, and spend hours trying to build a six-pack. That's the lone area skinny people have an advantage when trying to get more muscular.
I follow low carb but I am now gaining weight. I eat eggs, vegetables, almond bread made at home, chicken and steak. Some keto treats sometimes but somehow I seem to be picking up weight. Not sure what to do. I would love to lose enough fat to have noticeable abs. At the moment I'm 20% fat. Willing to try anything with my diet to get it back down.
Carbs are just one macro, calories are what make you gain weight. Carbs are 4 cal per g proteins are the same, and fat is 9 cal per g. If you want lean muscle, you need to eat a higher ratio of protein, and if you want to lose weight, the ONLY way is to have a calorie deficit.
Speaking to what Mike was saying. I’ve been natty and training for well over 10 years. I’m now at a stage where even during my bulk phase of 13-15% BF I still have a halfway decent 6 pack.
@@bellerophon- neither are the prettiest or most intuitive; it takes some work to get into a flow. But I’m in the best shape of my life, so there’s that.
This is personally one of my favorite lesser known fitness tips. Using progressive overload on your abs versus the bs 8 minute abs workouts. Planks and things like that are mostly beneficial to core stability, so athletes may benefit from it, but once you get to the points where you can do situps all days with little fatigue it's a lot better to switch to resistance abs training imo if you just want aesthetics.
As someone with crappy genetics for abs, I only had visible abs when I was 27 or 28 years old. What it took for me? 500 stomach crunches x 3 times a week. Kept my calorie intake under 2000 calories per day. Played roller hockey games twice a week, plus practiced twice a week. Ran a total of 20 miles a week on average. After about a year of finally having nice abs, I stopped giving a shit and didn't feel like putting in the effort to have them anymore.
I'm a soccer player and you can see my abs under the right lighting and me flexing but damn i want them to be visable without me flexing. Been doing it all wrong. Going to get a roll wheel right now on Amazon!
As someone who's achieved visible abs twice in his life, the body fat percentage they appear at changes based on how you've been building them. My first cut was brutal - i saw them at 6% body fat. Next one was 9 or 10. I'm a little bigger now. The cutting is easier if your muscle mass is higher in proportion to body fat. Less to diet away. Also, little to no ab workout. You work them out as you train normally anyway.
Nothing has changed since 80s 20-30 % is training 70-80 % is what you eat and drink. It becomes a natural normal habit & way of life. Theres only one way to achieve great health & that is discipline consistency & mental strength & the joy of training every body part you have to love it pushing testing your self and when you’ve accomplished the workout for that day it is a beautiful feeling brings an internal harmony happiness and joy. I’m 61 years young & still training minimum 5 days , starting with 1hr cardio then weight training & because I’m always intense with my workouts it only takes me 45minutes of weight training to achieve the pump. Fulljoy your training 🏋🏿♂️
As a person who who started working out as a very skinny guy, I can tell you that the best way to have a small waist and a v taper body is to not gym abs. Abs are also a muscle, so by training them you’re also making them big . Or maybe do them once every 5 months ..
Being born with a 6 pack has been such a lucky thing for me and my brothers and cousins. Way easier to look good building muscle when you're naturally slim.
Iv trained for 15 years, never had abs, my legs, shoulders and arms are crazy ripped, but never the midsection, iv thought for years that something is wrong with my body, i did a year of keto, weights and cardio...but nop, now im on high protein and carb diet, low fats and around 2200kcal and the same shit. Im about 6ft1 - 190lbs , no roids..
love this guy. so funny it's refreshing. and what a helpful knowledge about the abs. this actually reasures what works for me - just keep a nice weight and do general resistance training - got nice abs without much special workout for them.
a few things he mentioned that i find inaccurate... ab training IS NOT AT ALL like other forms of hypertrophy training... first of all, you can beat them up far more frequently, secondly... you'll never be doing a set of 80 for any of your other muscles, it works FANTASTICALLY for abs.... disregard what he said about that
If you want to burn fat faster, build your abs. Reason being is because your body will have more overall muscle to feed nutrients into. The more overall muscle you have, the more calories you burn. This can be a faster way to burn your fat, but it does require that additional training and recovery time. If ab training burns you out, it's not worth doing. Consistency over a longer period is more important than finding a quicker way to burn your fat.
Not sure if you're aware but the change in energy expenditure is rather small for what people wish it would do. It's a thing for sure that muscle consumes more energy relatively, but it won't save you from having to diet.
Hey guys! Guy with great abs here! Also obliques and everything.... answer is dont eat! For metabolisms like mine it's calories. They're there.... it just matters how much fat covers them. As soon as I start drinking beer for any length of time they go away... that's me. I'd also suggest incorporating windshield wipers into you're ab routine. Also I'd say train abs hard once a week after upper body. I've found that to be the best
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I lost 20 LB in 2 weeks, more like 10 days due to need to rest, something like 1.5 - 2 LB a day by sprinting for 1-2 hours 5-6 days out of the 2 week period, so in a sense it's true your abs are made in the kitchen, but also the road, not the treadmill, worked a bit too hard on week 2, which bites due to a need for extra rest, it's really not that hard to slap on a 10-20 LB backpack and run like your life depends on it until you puke, not much of a secret, that + the USSR diet.
Calorie deficit will do it but would you say someone like Mike Hearns or any big time bodybuilders are routinely in calorie deficit? I think the bottom line it comes down to Metabolism which seems to be increased by eating 5 or 6 times a day..
So if I train abs hard say twice a week and then kind of a powder puff just enough to burn twice a week back to back and then the rest of the week no ABS would that be fine or should I go to once a week really super hard
Why the AI voice ??
I got my abs in my 50’s by intermittent fasting and clean diet. I also focused on core strength exercises. It’s 80% diet 20% exercise, 100% commitment 💪🏼
Awesome. I did the same…for me, it’s 90% diet!
how much cardio do you do
@@Hedgeflexlfzit isn’t really relevant. All the things he mentioned just put him in enough of a caloric deficit to reveal the abs eventually
@@Hedgeflexlfz I ride a stationary bike and target 125-130 heart bpm (zone 2) for 45 minutes 4x per week. I watch TV while I ride… makes time pass so nicely! I also have a punching Bob and I use it for zone 5 - heart at 170-175 bpm for 3 minutes x 4 sets. I’ll split those 3 minute sessions over 2 or 3 weight training days…. Just because it feels good to hit that heart rate 3 or 4 days in a week. 💪🏼
I’m starting to see my abs again at 55 using a dietary approach. It’s highly motivating to see them return.
Lowkey funniest guy in the fitness industry
It’s that big ol brain!
facts.
Will Tennyson got some jokes too
True story but not exactly lowkey :)
@@robertthompson176 he is being lowkey about his humor…
After working out for many years, I finally got abs in my early 40s by closely monitoring my calorie intake and staying in a deficit for months. The layer of belly fat covering your abs is the most stubborn of all body parts. I lost weight in my face, arms, back and legs before getting truly visible abs. You truly have to master your diet to get abs. Building muscle and exercise in general is the easy part.
How many calories were you eating per day
@@zeph9809 1800 a day for 4 months
I'm in my 50s and feeling great after losing the 20 pounds of menopausal fat I'd gained through diet improvements (drastically lowering carbs, increasing protein, and some IF) and regaining lost muscle by lifting weights consistently, but I still have that little bit of lower belly fat and sadly, with my genetics it comes with subtle cellulite (unless I raise my arms to make it "disappear"). My waist is small and abdomen concave, but that smidge of cellulite is still there😐 I'm on the scrawny side already, so it's a tough balance because I don't want to look skeletal in my face and limbs in exchange for getting rid of that bit of belly fat. I'm just focusing on getting stronger for now by challenging myself more with weights, eating well, and hoping maybe someday it will just go away 😆
@@anneg7411In my 50’s I made a run at getting my 6-pack back. Got to 4. I leaned out everywhere except the lower gut. My face hollowed out so much that people were telling me I looked like crap and were asking if I was sick before I gave up. What works when we are in our 20’s does not necessarily work when we are 60. The struggle is real.
@@Timurlane64 let's be realitsic, who are you doing it for anyway? you dont really care. it aint for any women, cuz what women can you even meet at 60? most women dont really care either, sometimes they dont even care if youre fit from what im seeing these days at 55...
I love this guys humor. Sarcasm king
2:36 "Training abs works _exactly_ the same way as any other hypertrophy training: 2-4 times/week training, multiple sets, close to failure, full range of motion, big stretch, increasing loads and reps over time"
Weighted ab exercises have been the most beneficial. I have a very healthy diet, but adding in a full ab workout twice a week has made a huge difference.
What does the workout look like. What movements are you doing.
@@thatstheguy07 Weighted crunches, renegade rows, leg raises, planks with hip dips, cross body crunches, in addition to rdls and squats. I emphasize high reps over weight. Full superset = 3 x failure rdls with 50lb dumbbells (I prefer rdls with lower weight and higher reps, but that is not common, it just works for me), 3 x failure squats with 50lb dumbbells (I have seen consistent muscle growth with lower weight and higher reps), 3 x 25 crunches with 30lb dumbbell (don't use the dumbbell as leverage, squeeze it to your chest), 3 x 20 leg raises with ankle weights (you can wear two sets of ankle weights at a time), 3 x failure cross-body crunches (focus on form and slow movement), 3 x failure renegade rows with 30lb dumbbells (I do bent over rows with low reps and high weight on arm/back day), and 3 x failure planks with hip dips (feels easy, but once you get into those high reps you can really feel the burn). I workout at home, so equipment is limited, but I have done this routine consistently for quite a while and it has made a huge difference.
@@slimkdnvr nice. Thanks, appreciate it.
@@thatstheguy07 no problem
@@slimkdnvrwhen doing leg raises do you go to the stomach or bring toes to the sky?
Chicks love abs I don't care how many times they say they prefer dad bods.
Most of them are delusional and don’t wanna admit it anyway.
i saw someone say Jason Momoa had a dadbod. Take it with a grain of salt
I feel like they think it makes them look less shallow. That way they can shame men for not liking big girls
They don't prefer dad bods
Abs are the defining factor which makes a body attractive for women.
You can be the biggest bodybuilder in the world (which itself isn’t attractive btw but that’s not the point), but if your abs don’t show, they think you are fat.
Look under skinny guys with abs IG comments and see all the are women drooling over their bodies.
Look under bodybuilders IG comments and all you see is guys asking for workout routine.
This guy is actually hilarious I'll be watching more of him
Glad to see Doctor Israetel gaining some recognition. I have been listening to his content for years and he's been consistently truthful and transparent.
Glad to hear Mikes comment about the ab wheel. I love that thing.
Loved the last episode with this comedian
His episode with drinkin bros was hilarious
He's awesome. Him and Anatoly would be a funny combo.
Dr Mike is the epitome of “intellectual honesty “ - nothing but respect for this guy in that point alone.
this man makes so much sense. bLogical, realistic, and no BS.
i went to a rave shredded and tbh most attention i got was from guys respecting the fact that i was in shape and worked out...
A comment like this from someone who's actually been out there in the real world is important.
All of these comments about women loving abs aren't wrong, but just having visible abs isn't gonna get you laid. Physical attraction is an advantage but far from the whole game.
It happens bro. They just miring
Can’t believe you got Kurt angle on the podcast, that’s awesome!
Non CTE Kurt angel
😂😂😂😂now i cant unsee it!
It's the Mini-Me version of Kurt Angle
Oh it's true!!!!
I thought so too 😂
80/20 has become 95/5 in most areas lately.
Face > height> abs anyway
@@stevecooper7883height > face > abs
@@stevecooper7883 bruh height comes first unless something is extremely wrong with your face cause your face looks better with a healthy diet, exercise that reduces fat and good skincare
But height - you gotta live with what you got and nothing's gonna change that
@saitama2508 exactly why height is least important. Trust me if you're 5'8" you're fine if you take care
Another podcast with Dr. Mike!! Let’s go!!
Love this guy he takes working out to a new level . Plus he’s so funny
It's been since middle school that I had abs. I just started doing strictly pull-ups, nothing else with the goal of doing a muscle up. 3 months later, I hit my first muscle up. I've lost 4 inches on my waist and got a four pack coming in. I feel it in my core when I do pull-ups as well as chin ups just more in the top with chin ups.
Keep hearing sit-ups don’t work but they work for me. Keep strengthening the core with squats and deadlifts but finish up with sit-ups they work.
Of course they work, just much better options
@@livinglife1089 they work but I believe it’s much more effective if you add weight
It's mostly diet. You can train your abs all day long and never see them if you're fat.
Also, your abs will grow from holding your back straight and tensing your core while you work out.
You don't even need to work them if you diet and lift properly.
Idk, you can have a flat belly and pretty low body fat % and have no abs. Having a weak core sucks. I've been mixing up high rep high intensity core training (I'm talking like 2 sets of 125 with only a 60 second break in between sets) as well as more deep stretch resistance training like hanging leg crunch or decline crunches with weights.
The difference in my core strength is night and day compared to a year ago. I have a 4 pack but it doesn't pop out very much yet. Basically what I'm saying is you can have low body fat, flat stomach, but such weak core that it means nothing.
They're muscles after all, hypertrophy is only going to improve them. But I understand why power lifters don't need to bother and I agree if you diet and lift properly it's more of an afterthought, but that may not be the situation for everyone. I think even power lifters could benefit from some core isolation, obliques especially.
Why do you repeat exactly what he says in the Video?
@@Variia What can I say, Im a giver.
Forget the subject matter, Dr Mike knows damn well how to talk. His knowledge compounded with obvious experience comes through as clean as the data itself. Hot damn, they do exist...
He’s not lying I’m overweight as of right now. 6”5 245 when I’m 205 210 8 pack looks like steel. I was in an accident at work so I haven’t stayed consistent and I eat too much.
Same situation here bro. Finding myself eating flat out
In my opinion Mike and Will are the best of the best in the fitness industry. It’s not even close
I'm 50, female, been lifting heavy for 15+ years, went on HRT a year ago, dialed in my diet to a keto/carnivore diet, added in handstand training/gymnastic/compression exercises everyday ontop of my weight training in December, and I have abs that get compliments every day from men and women. I am 15% body fat, living my best life and feel and look amazing. It is possible but it is work in and out of the gym and that's why people don't have them. It requires effort and diligence which most people. lack.
The bottom 2 or 4 are a nightmare to try to get visible no matter how many leg raises or reverse crunches you do. I’ve always been able to see top 4 pretty easily. Finally after adding 20mins more daily of cardio (fast walking on incline) on treadmill I can see my lower abs. Keep grindin
It should be noted that the visibility of abs can vary from body to body, depending on how fat is apportioned on your frame. You could have two people, both who have 12 percent body fat, and one guy can see his abs while another one won't. This is because fat, even at the same percentage, distributes differently between people. For some people a disproportionate amount of fat will be deposited in the buttocks, allowing for less fat accumulation in the abs and, therefore, greater ab definition. Conversely, someone with the same 12 percent body fat will have most of it distributed along his torso, meaning he would have to go far below 12 percent to see visible definition on his abs.
You see this fat distribution difference among people, and even, on average, between racial groups. South Asian guys and gals, for example, on average, have to get much leaner than their Caucasian or Black counterparts because South Asian people generally carry a higher portion of their fat in their mid section.
Im like that my stomach fat is the last to go. Never had abs no matter how skinny I got.
I feel it so hard. My lowest bodyfat was 10% and i could see barely first set of abs. No sense to diet down more so I just embraced that i wont have perfect 6 pack.
So true. I love a womanly figure that isn't super skinny but where the fat is in the right places and without cellulite. Unfortunately, that isn't how I was made. If I want to have no cellulite and 6-pack abs, it will come at the cost of looking emaciated in the face with scrawny limbs. So I'm just trying to be as strong and healthy as I can and not obsess too much.
It doesn't change what he said though. If your abs don't show, you have too much fat for it. No matter if you're 12 or 24%. You need to diet down to get them properly visible in that state, no way around it.
Great content delivered by an elite fitness comedian!! RESPECT
I got a 14 pack abs by training with Goku and Krilin on the weekends. Stayed in a -20,000 caloric deficit every Saturday and Sunday. My abs became so defined that you could see the micro fractures and striations in my rib bones. Ya now that's some training right there! Don't believe me? Ask Goku or Krillin yourselves! They will tell you!
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I believe you
Hyperbolic Time Chamber doesnt count bruv
@@reggiecarterr Krillins never been in there ..
@@sdott9751can’t say the same about Android 18 though lol
There can never be too much Dr Mike
He’s great I’ve been binge watching him.
Everyone needs to see this because he explains it perfectly
Before I do an exercise I have this habit now of getting Mike's advice before I push a weight. Even basic ones. Super gym bro thanks Mike.
I thought I just had to buy one of those machines that zap my abs while I keep eating.
this is the way
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I used to used them in my 20s whilst eating pizza and smoking cigarettes. True story. 😂😂😂
I laughed so hard when I read this
Thank you, Always Chris♥️.
And, Thank You for your Astounding Inspiration, Mike😇🙏👌.
This podcast was great. Chris is a phenomenal interviewer and Dr. Mike is hilarious and full of info.
Whoa whoa whoa, new Dr. Mike episode? LETS FUCKING GO! Unironically my favorite fitness personality and Jewish internet dad.
IKR ❤ love him!
Dr Mike is my absolute favourite guest on this show.
The dude has me in stitches laughing.. God only knows what goes on in his head haha
He makes it quite clear what goes on in his head. Like too much haha
In my case. I’m intermittent fasting. Eating only 2 times a day (clean for most of the time.) Workout 3-4 times a week, and I have abs showing. I don’t even workout my abs. I guess I’m on a calorie deficit due to my diet as well.
It's your calorie deficit that's the biggest factor
The mention about core training for grappling was close to my heart. I hated ab training always and saw much greater results from squats and deadlifts when I started bracing and lifting heavier. But when I started doing judo again, I "had to" start training abs again. Why? Because the sides are very underdeveloped for grappling if all you do is lift in vertical axis. And you're just exposed to more torsion and other kinds of core demands.
And to be fair I think big abs look better if the sides raise the platform closer to their peak so you don't look like a small skinny guy with a big ball of ab slices in the middle. And despite the small waist maybe being some sort of aesthetics thing, I much prefer the "functional" body type that judokas have. That thick but fit midsection. And despite Dr. Mike saying it's universal to like small waists, there are plenty of women who enjoy that dad look or a bit grizzly look. Body hair and strong midsection that is. I guess it's also some sort of farmer look. Having to be very strong in the midsection.
Ab wheel really is brutal. And works great in my experience as well. And dragon flags. Even if you can't do them fully, just the eccentric is pretty killer. You can almost feel your abs ripped apart. Unlike any other exercise when it comes to how it feels like.
One negative (to me) in grappling was the neck training though. Not more than warmup exercises to avoid injuries, but now especially when sick, even though I don't have much extra on the bones, my face looks fatter especially when I tilt it even slightly down or am pictured from lower perspective. The neck muscles sort of frame the jawline in that case and I was puzzled why I looked like having a fat face despite feeling it out to not be that fat.
No matter how hard you work. If you don't have a diet right you never really see them. When you are at recommending bodyweight or less your will see your abs easy.
Glad to see him back in the podcast!
Jockos brother is fuckin crazy 😂.
I'm paraylzed at t6 level so my abs don't function like normal but I still have them due to keeping diet in check.
That's some inspirational shit right there, congrats
My father was one of those "tragic accidents." He got blind drunk at a bar when he was in his 20s and got into a fight that resulted in him getting shot in the gut. He was so drunk, he apparently didn't realize it until he got home. At the hospital, he had to have a wire mesh put in place of a number of his abdominal muscles to give him support. He would remind my brother and I anytime we landed on his stomach. "Don't do it! You're gonna go right through me!"
It comes down to lowering your body fat to a low enough percentage that you can see them. It's really that simple. Until you get that fat around your abs to melt off it doesn't matter how much you work on your midsection you won't be able to see the definition in your ab muscles.
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it wasn't until i started looking into body building that I found out people have different ab muscle configurations
Actually good information. Glad to hear
Great video!! Good information!
Ah nice, full podcast gonna be fire like last time 💪🏼😤
So interesting! “In the kitchen” is the best takeaway for me
He is extremely funny and smart at the same time .
Excellent information. Thanks.
Well-defined abs are actually a great and cheap (time-wise) way to "look" more muscular quickly.
why do you think that? seems to be its way easier to just build muscle, and lean out other, more visible body parts.
@@nathanly2878 I should have clarified: For skinny people. Muscular people are usually fat around the waist, and spend hours trying to build a six-pack. That's the lone area skinny people have an advantage when trying to get more muscular.
I follow low carb but I am now gaining weight. I eat eggs, vegetables, almond bread made at home, chicken and steak. Some keto treats sometimes but somehow I seem to be picking up weight. Not sure what to do. I would love to lose enough fat to have noticeable abs. At the moment I'm 20% fat. Willing to try anything with my diet to get it back down.
Carbs are just one macro, calories are what make you gain weight. Carbs are 4 cal per g proteins are the same, and fat is 9 cal per g. If you want lean muscle, you need to eat a higher ratio of protein, and if you want to lose weight, the ONLY way is to have a calorie deficit.
Speaking to what Mike was saying. I’ve been natty and training for well over 10 years. I’m now at a stage where even during my bulk phase of 13-15% BF I still have a halfway decent 6 pack.
Solid gold as usual. I'm motivated
RP literally changed my life
I’m new here what’s RP?
@@FiLipiNoJezusHis YT channel name : Renaissance Periodization
How's the app?
@@bellerophon- neither are the prettiest or most intuitive; it takes some work to get into a flow. But I’m in the best shape of my life, so there’s that.
This is personally one of my favorite lesser known fitness tips. Using progressive overload on your abs versus the bs 8 minute abs workouts. Planks and things like that are mostly beneficial to core stability, so athletes may benefit from it, but once you get to the points where you can do situps all days with little fatigue it's a lot better to switch to resistance abs training imo if you just want aesthetics.
As someone with crappy genetics for abs, I only had visible abs when I was 27 or 28 years old.
What it took for me? 500 stomach crunches x 3 times a week. Kept my calorie intake under 2000 calories per day. Played roller hockey games twice a week, plus practiced twice a week. Ran a total of 20 miles a week on average.
After about a year of finally having nice abs, I stopped giving a shit and didn't feel like putting in the effort to have them anymore.
That ab rollout wheel is brutal, back hurt for a few days after using the first time.
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I'm a soccer player and you can see my abs under the right lighting and me flexing but damn i want them to be visable without me flexing. Been doing it all wrong. Going to get a roll wheel right now on Amazon!
Who else here would pull Dr. Mike and Chris into a club😉.....the weight room club.
Chris - shirt game as of late is on point. 🤘
so strong and intelligent and articulate. men should aspire to that
That was a good convo.
It’s simple eat healthy and engage your core in everything you do
Working on getting my abs bigger and thicker now
Chris doing the jujitsu pose is hilarious.
Doctor Mike is the best, knowledgeable and funny
As someone who's achieved visible abs twice in his life, the body fat percentage they appear at changes based on how you've been building them. My first cut was brutal - i saw them at 6% body fat. Next one was 9 or 10. I'm a little bigger now. The cutting is easier if your muscle mass is higher in proportion to body fat. Less to diet away.
Also, little to no ab workout. You work them out as you train normally anyway.
He is so right.
Nothing has changed since 80s 20-30 % is training 70-80 % is what you eat and drink. It becomes a natural normal habit & way of life. Theres only one way to achieve great health & that is discipline consistency & mental strength & the joy of training every body part you have to love it pushing testing your self and when you’ve accomplished the workout for that day it is a beautiful feeling brings an internal harmony happiness and joy. I’m 61 years young & still training minimum 5 days , starting with 1hr cardio then weight training & because I’m always intense with my workouts it only takes me 45minutes of weight training to achieve the pump. Fulljoy your training 🏋🏿♂️
It’s also worth mentioning that cutting out alcohol is a one of the only ways you can specifically reduce fat buildup above your abs.
You get abs from battle ropes, eating high fat keto, doing needlessly complex 3-exercises-in-one, and Mike Mentzer level recovery times.
No. Induce Caloric Deficit until Body Fat % is low enough.
If that is how you choose to induce Caloric Deficit, amen, go for it!
Great advice I didn’t know thank you
Mike is hilarious and informative
As a person who who started working out as a very skinny guy, I can tell you that the best way to have a small waist and a v taper body is to not gym abs. Abs are also a muscle, so by training them you’re also making them big .
Or maybe do them once every 5 months ..
Dr. MIKE'S informative and funny AF at the same time
Play a *competitive* sport and focus on winning. It hurts for an hour or two 5-6 days a week, but you can eat pretty much whatever you want.
What about people with “glands,” who “literally don’t eat anything,” but still weigh over 300 pounds at 60% body fat?
Is there any advice for them?
I love this guy
Being born with a 6 pack has been such a lucky thing for me and my brothers and cousins. Way easier to look good building muscle when you're naturally slim.
Actually that makes sense
He is 💯 correct. It is all diet. Fasting.
I want a podcast with Mike and JOCKO
Iv trained for 15 years, never had abs, my legs, shoulders and arms are crazy ripped, but never the midsection, iv thought for years that something is wrong with my body, i did a year of keto, weights and cardio...but nop, now im on high protein and carb diet, low fats and around 2200kcal and the same shit. Im about 6ft1 - 190lbs , no roids..
We need another Doctor Mike ep, but this time more on his philosophical takes - like in his 2nd channel 🙌
love this guy. so funny it's refreshing. and what a helpful knowledge about the abs. this actually reasures what works for me - just keep a nice weight and do general resistance training - got nice abs without much special workout for them.
a few things he mentioned that i find inaccurate... ab training IS NOT AT ALL like other forms of hypertrophy training... first of all, you can beat them up far more frequently, secondly... you'll never be doing a set of 80 for any of your other muscles, it works FANTASTICALLY for abs....
disregard what he said about that
The problem is I'm working on putting on muscle mass so going into a calorie deficit to get visible abs would be kind of counterproductive .
If you want to burn fat faster, build your abs. Reason being is because your body will have more overall muscle to feed nutrients into. The more overall muscle you have, the more calories you burn. This can be a faster way to burn your fat, but it does require that additional training and recovery time. If ab training burns you out, it's not worth doing. Consistency over a longer period is more important than finding a quicker way to burn your fat.
Not sure if you're aware but the change in energy expenditure is rather small for what people wish it would do. It's a thing for sure that muscle consumes more energy relatively, but it won't save you from having to diet.
Keep it simple. Cut sugar. Abs wheel until you can do 5x standing.
Why not cut fat? Sugar at least provides energy to do effective workouts.
I also thought in the back of my mind it was unnecessary to train abs... this confirms it
Very motivating!
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Hey guys! Guy with great abs here! Also obliques and everything.... answer is dont eat! For metabolisms like mine it's calories. They're there.... it just matters how much fat covers them.
As soon as I start drinking beer for any length of time they go away... that's me. I'd also suggest incorporating windshield wipers into you're ab routine.
Also I'd say train abs hard once a week after upper body. I've found that to be the best
Awesome! Last night i heard their podcast for the 3. Time and was hoping they would do it again soon. Brilliant! 🙌