I've lost 10lbs and still don't have a 6-pack

[JEDI]

i'm 5'9"

I've always been ~150lbs since college.

I've done several half hearted tries at a 6-pack stomach over the years.

I figured I needed to get rid of the layer of fat on my stomach to get the muscles to show.

10lbs weight loss later, and i still have a layer of fat, albeit less fat.

Suggestions?

 

[George P Burdell]

Just paint one on.

 

[sygyzy]

Just because you lost 10 lbs doesn't mean you lost it in your stomach. For many people, a visible six-pack is not possible while they do have six packs underneath.

 

[imported_LoKe]

What kind of exercises were you doing to lose these 10 pounds?

 

[Kadarin]

5'9" and 140lbs is skinny. It sounds like you need to be doing some serious ab exercises.

 

[imported_weadjust]

I have a one pack created by alot of six packs.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I'm working on a keg myself.

I need to get back to the gym.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

<--- 6'1 140 lbs and I never exercise but sometimes I could see somethin.. not really ripped but I can see somethin there..

 

[crt1530]

You're expecting to show off muscles that you've put no effort into building?

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
<--- 6'1 140 lbs and I never exercise but sometimes I could see somethin.. not really ripped but I can see somethin there..

That's because you're so thin.

 

[DrVos]

I think part of problem may be genetics. Some people just store more in fat in certain places than others. If you are genetically predisposed to collect fat there, there isn't a whole lot you can do short of become a human skeleton. What kind of ab work do you do? Working your abs more won't specifically burn off your stomach fat, but it may help your abs show through.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: DrVos
I think part of problem may be genetics. Some people just store more in fat in certain places than others. If you are genetically predisposed to collect fat there, there isn't a whole lot you can do short of become a human skeleton. What kind of ab work do you do? Working your abs more won't specifically burn off your stomach fat, but it may help them show through.

Yep. Same reason I have some crazy man tits. I'm average weight, so I look forward to turning the rest into muscle. 8)

 

[nick1985]

6'2", 155/160 pounds.

<---- 8 pack.


Do you do sit-ups or run? I run about 50 miles a week and do 200 sit-ups a day. Losing weight wont necessarily get you the results you want, you have to tone the muscle with excercise.

 

[everman]

Try putting on 20lbs (as much lean muscle as possible), then lose whatever fat there is. You can't try to lose all the fat and build muscle as the same time, they are diametrically opposed (one requiring calorie deficit, the other a surplus).

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
<--- 6'1 140 lbs and I never exercise but sometimes I could see somethin.. not really ripped but I can see somethin there..

Thats your spleen. Seriously, as a young and foolish lad, I went through a period of eating nothing but those frozen green chile burritos. Well, after a couple of months, I couldn't understand why I was tired all the time.

I stepped on the scale and saw 150 lbs and scared myself to death. See, I'm 6'1", I hadn't weighed 150 lbs since 6th grade and played football through HS at 225 lbs. Silly me, I was vitamin deficient and forced myself to eat more and a greater variety of foods.

The moral of the story is at 6'1" and 140 lbs you're as out of shape as you would be at 300 lbs.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: nick1985
6'2", 155/160 pounds.

<---- 8 pack.


Do you do sit-ups or run? I run about 50 miles a week and do 200 sit-ups a day. Losing weight wont necessarily get you the results you want, you have to tone the muscle with excercise.

I gotta start running. I need to be able to 2.4k in 11 minutes or so. I have no sense of time/distance in this regard, so I have no idea if this is a lot or not. How should I...get started?

 

[invidia]

You gotta do at least 2 sets of 400 crunches and situps a day. And put some resistance and do another set of 400 crunches and situps.

 

[ballmode]

I'm 5'7 and 162 i feel fat

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer

Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
<--- 6'1 140 lbs and I never exercise but sometimes I could see somethin.. not really ripped but I can see somethin there..

Thats your spleen. Seriously, as a young and foolish lad, I went through a period of eating nothing but those frozen green chile burritos. Well, after a couple of months, I couldn't understand why I was tired all the time.

I stepped on the scale and saw 150 lbs and scared myself to death. See, I'm 6'1", I hadn't weighed 150 lbs since 6th grade and played football through HS at 225 lbs. Silly me, I was vitamin deficient and forced myself to eat more and a greater variety of foods.

The moral of the story is at 6'1" and 140 lbs you're as out of shape as you would be at 300 lbs.

... It's not like I'm starving myself, I eat breakfast lunch dinner and it's like I haven't gained any weight in 2-3 years.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: invidia
You gotta do at least 2 sets of 400 crunches and situps a day. And put some resistance and do another set of 400 crunches and situps.

:laugh:

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: LoKe
What kind of exercises were you doing to lose these 10 pounds?

treadmill/bike/elipical, and cutting down on food.

edit:
i do about 25 situps/crunches a day. sometimes on an excercise ball

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: LoKe
What kind of exercises were you doing to lose these 10 pounds?

treadmill/bike/elipical, and cutting down on food.

No situps?

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: nick1985
6'2", 155/160 pounds.

<---- 8 pack.


Do you do sit-ups or run? I run about 50 miles a week and do 200 sit-ups a day. Losing weight wont necessarily get you the results you want, you have to tone the muscle with excercise.

bullshit

There's no such thing as 'toning' muscles. You lose fat and gain muscular mass.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: LoKe
What kind of exercises were you doing to lose these 10 pounds?

treadmill/bike/elipical, and cutting down on food.

No situps?

i do about 25 situps/crunches a day. sometimes on an excercise ball

 

[sheemone00]

Go get the Ab-Abber 2000. It works wonders.