Does anybody on TSR have 8 pack abs?

If you serious please list:

Stats

Daily routine

Diet and supplements

If an 8 pack is unrealistic then how can one move to a more defined 6 pack without
'tensing' the abs?

Thanks :biggrin:

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Reply 1

Micccol

What do you mean by tensing? I would say I have somewhere inbetween a 6 and an 8 pack.

In the summers I do triathlons, so my main training is a lot of cardio+ ocassional weights and intervals.

I personally am not big on weights... More pushup and plank kind of excersizes.

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Reply 2

Joyful_soul

Original post by Micccol

Restricting air by pushing the stomach 'backwards'.

Reply 3

nopenopenope

Original post by Joyful_soul

Restricting air by pushing the stomach 'backwards'.

wat

Reply 4

Padwas

scoobiedobydo ? possibly

Reply 5

IFoundWonderland

Original post by Joyful_soul

If you serious please list:

Stats

Daily routine

Diet and supplements

If an 8 pack is unrealistic then how can one move to a more defined 6 pack without
'tensing' the abs?

Thanks :biggrin:

[QUOTE="Joyful_soul;46078961"]If you serious please list:

And a picture. That'd be nice..

Reply 6

Joyful_soul

[QUOTE="ILovePancakes;46079871"]

Original post by Joyful_soul

If you serious please list:

And a picture. That'd be nice..

Just google ''8 pack". I've got some work to do still... :colondollar:

Reply 7

2ndClass

I do, but I've been working on my abs since I was 17, I'm 24 now. Btw it's more so down to genetics than routine/supplements.

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Eat clen, tren hard.

I do but they're principally a hangover from years of sport, in terms of lifting just do a normal routine with some core stuff and make sure you're eating the right stuff.

Reply 10

Mr_Sinister

I think I have just a 4 pack even if I got really lean...so 4 pack and then flatness. An actual 8 pack is very rare, most just don't have them regardless of how lean you are.

Reply 11

Mr_Sinister

An example below...he is lean but only has a 4 pack

Reply 12

SoftPunch

To those who claim so, pics or it never happened. :pierre:

Reply 13

Metropolis

seeing 8 packs rather than the more common 6 is just genetics pure and simple

Reply 14

Scoobiedoobiedo

INB4 Auschwitz-packs.

Reply 15

bertstare

Genetics - torso length etc. You see shredded fitness models/bbers with 6 or even 4 packs at the most

Reply 16

euphrosyne

Original post by Mr_Sinister

An example below...he is lean but only has a 4 pack

He is beautiful.. :daydreaming:

Reply 17

ZolaCFC25

8 pack is genetic, I can get to 6 visibly when relatively lean (12%), if I was sub 8%, it would be an 8 pack but i've never been there or trained specifically for it but you can see one layer covered up. Maybe that's a goal for the end of the year. The 'genetic' part is whether you have that top 2 peaking below your rib cage or not. Just had knee surgery 5 months ago so I've got a layer of fat but if I tense, you can still see the 6 bulges as there is muscle mass there, minus the top two. I'll post a pic when I was 84kg (5"10) in a sec. Skinny abs if you are 65-70 kg, like big boobs on a fat girl, don't count.

Just train normally 3-4 days a week and in each workout, pick a rotary core movement, lateral core movement and 2 anterior core movements over the course of the week you could add one or two extra but I wouldn't go more than 3 anterior core exercises. These could be ab roll outs for 3 sets of 6-12 or dragon flags, maybe get-up sit ups but avoid too much flexion, landmines for rotary core and DB/KB mixed carries for lateral core. There are lots of other options.

You need the muscle, but you also need to be very lean. At least 12% for a six pack to to be visible without having to tense. Supplements are irrelevant.

8 pack does tend to be unrealistic, most people can get a good six pack if they work hard enough. Some can get an 8 pack - maybe 10%, but only if they are extremely lean and have the top two below their rib cage. Outside of the bodybuilding population, it's unrealistic tbh and probably not healthy to be that lean. You will be hungry at 8% body fat and that's why bodybuilders only stay leaner than that for a short period.

Full body routines, upper lower routines work the best... athletes use these and they are always the most ripped without being puffy. Squats, deads, lunges, single leg squats, split squats, push variations (push ups/weighted push ups are best for core), pull variations (chin ups work more core musculature), along with the core work... factor in sprinting, jumping and throwing the med balls and it all adds up. Build the muscle then strip the fat. You don't need to do silly core routines dedicated for 30 mins 4 days a week - that doesn't work - you need the whole body response from training properly and you're abs will follow. Work your core like you do any other exercise, but note that the role of your abs is for anti-extension, so don't flex them like crunches. Same with the obliques in rotary/lateral core exercises. This is a mistake most people make.

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Reply 18

ZolaCFC25

Original post by SoftPunch

To those who claim so, pics or it never happened. :pierre:

Original post by ILovePancakes

And a picture. That'd be nice..

Since you asked... this is a couple of years ago after training properly for a year and a half after finishing school/being at uni, probably 85kg/14% ish - been a bit leaner and six is visible and the lower bit just off. You can see the top 2 and bottom 2 vaguely here, but the outline is there.