Hi, I just picked up the bodybuilding template and am excited to give it a shot, but I have a nagging question that I am hoping to get help with. How does one get a 6 pack?? I feel totally stumped. Here’s my story:
I’ve been lifting weights for 4 years now, on and off. 30 years old, 5’10’', lost weight down from 190 lb to 160, and from a 37 inch waist to a 31 inch waist, measured as directed by your video. The reason I decided to lost body fat was to 1) be healthy and 2) look more jacked.
However, at a 31 inch waist, my abs are nowhere to be seen. I still have a pot belly, albeit a tinier one than when I started this whole thing. I’m stumped because my assumption was that if I lost enough body fat (using body weight and waist circumference as proxies for this), I would be able to see my abs. And I figured that getting my waist down to 31 inches would be enough. The one thing I have NOT been doing is any sort of routine, targeted ab work, because I assumed this would not play a large role in whether or not I develop visible abs. Could you please explain where my logic is faulty? Is it my assumption that at 31 inches I should be seeing my abs, or that I should have been doing more targeted ab work for the purpose of hypertrophy?
For context - I’m not obsessed with my abs to the detriment of anything more important. I’m overall happy with how I look. My fitness goals are to be healthy and live a long life where I am able to get around without assistance for as long as possible, and I am achieving these goals. I enjoy getting stronger and pushing myself physically. It’s just that for all these other goals - longevity, strength, cardio - I have proven strategies for achieving them and don’t need help, whereas I haven’t been able to develop a successful strategy for getting abs.
What do??