What They'll Never Tell You About Chasing A Six Pack 

its complete bullshit

@@zbigniewiksinskiwhy?

Don't underestimate stupidity of the masses, there will most likely always be enough ijits that will dismiss his advice and pursue vanity and influencers.

Neah, they won't go broke, because you know what they say: a sucker is born every 5 minutes.

I’m in the exact same situation I get it bro. This video helped me confirm my decision to stop dieting and just relax and maintain for a bit.

Same position, i was trying months to get at really low body fat, went under 65kgs and i was feeling a bit horrible tbh, strength went down too. So i switched perspective too, i eat a bit a more carbs to have more energy. At least my obliques are visible even now at 70kgs. Il do a bit Intermediate fasting before summer to lose a bit fat tbh but for a few months now im trying to eat at maintenance or a bit surplus

Abs will come dude. Train hard, eat well and enough and your body will change. Dieting down isn't the way. I eat virtually whatever I want but I control my protons well. I have abs now and don't even try. I just workout hard, eat well and often. It's that easy.

@@UltraMagnis dudes doing nuclear training

Just cut carbs and u will feel great, keto diet is great since u wont be hungry

@stephen3511 Do you have a visible 6pack thou , even if it's not the ultra shredded body builder type ?

Guess I stay with the four pack😂 been trying to cut and its so hard which is ironic cause I used to be severely underweight

Nope he isnt, like usual there is more nuance then he explained in the video. For one plenty of people can have a 6 pack at a body fat % that doesnt hurt performance, hormones and so on. This doesnt have to be a either or situation like he presents here .

@@Waywardbiscuit Ye, but if you want a sickpack at a higher bodyfat like Eddie Hall for example, then you need to use PED's, so you can either starve yourself and natrually get a sixpack or hop on gear and get it at a higher fatpercentage.

I’ve had a sixpack through most of my life, combination of putting body fat on in the "right places" and just not being a big eater(probably due to genetics), I have to force myself to eat just to make sure I maintain the muscle I’ve built.

@@Wonderkid44 Sure.

Brutal honesty? It’s more brutal to lie

Hahaha ❤️❤️❤️

Love this!! Not need abs as my PT said so 😂 love your work James, keep it coming

Go the next step, hit share and copy to clipboard. The algorithm doesn’t know if share it or not but good for the channel 🤓

This is so simple but so impactful- james on it once again

Hang on hormones effect your body composition, I thought it was calories ok calories out 😂 dude is a doughnut!

Sorry for the stupid question. How do you mesure your body fat? cheers JD

​@@JDFIGHTER87Calipers can be very cheap. A DEXA scan is the most accurate way but also costly. There are also calculators online for a free alternative if you measure a few parts of your body but they're also probably the least accurate. Typically off by up to 5%.

Um, posting athleanx in your video is trash talking. Athleanx has never espoused the importance of a six pack. He shows you what to do if you want one, but that's up to you. He is one of the best exercise experts in the world. Coming for him is a stupid mistake.

Like you can't have both right 😅

@@coachmellorock if you’re juiced to the gills sure you can have both

@@StrongBodyandMind33 15% bf looks good on most men, you can have both unjuiced

Why can't you have a strong core and a six pack?

ya for you maybe for others that may be 12% or 10% or 18%. Stop this bs that a body fat% is best for everyone

Can you read champion i legit said anything around 15% 🤦‍♂️

Got to say I agree that to use Jeff in the thumbnail was unfair. Been following him for years. He is actually what he seems unless you know different James. I have never heard him advocate very low body fat, in fact he is quite self effacing about his own look.

but he does say, multiple times, that for some people, if they're in the optimal zone, they are shredded and have a six pack, most people don't.

This. I've got a lil gut right now but i still have striations on my delts and chest. The my belly and face are basically the only places i store fat

You didn’t get the message of the video. The six pack is just a representative of pushing yourself to a needless limit. Not just needless but net negative benefits. It’s a a very fair and relevant criticism of the fitness industry. Staying around 13-15% body fat allows a good balance of being healthy and not being stupidly restrictive.

@@user-he2ou2ex2f No, sir, it is you who are missing the message.

Having abs year round at 130lbs isn't hard, you have no muscle

​@@Pepestock Truth, this guy is undoubtedly quite short, and could even get up to 140-145 with abs year round.

@kuriosites Wouldn't the lack of ability to gain significant muscle depend on the size of the weights you're lifting and the protein intake

@@cryptocsguy9282 At my current weight, I can't handle weights nearly as heavy as if I'm up closer to 155 lbs. and I really need to be focusing on the weights and backing off of the cardio if I'm going to get that heavy. I have a very light frame, so that's near the top end for me. We also have a finite amount of ability to recover from physically strenuous activity and, if I'm running 30-40 miles/week, I just can't hold as much muscle, nor would I want to due to the strain on my joints and connective tissues.

Haha I noticed that from recent video's too lol 😂

Thank you Yep. So true. Nothing like the feeling of that hard work getting to what every man wants to achieve. A lot of people using the video as an excuse to not reach their goal because “it’s too hard” Nothing feels better then flashing your six pack in the gym 😂

​@@ssing7113Bullshit. I don't want it. The amount of effort, pushing yourself that hard, for what? Being able to show off your abs for a few weeks on the beach? All superficial bullshit vanity.

​@@MrCageCatyeah why bother working for anything, that's for losers

lol true man been there😂

Agreed, because not only are you working out harder, but you're going to be cutting too much fat from your diet and lose all the joint lube.

No shit if you’re walking around with your shirt on.

I feel that. I am currently bulking and started out super skinny but no muscles. There was a small window where I had visible abbs and now I have gained just enough weight they are hardly visible. I want my abbs back, but it will be better for me to keep building muscle and strength and cut later. As long as I don’t dirty bulk it should be great

I feel ya. Relatively skinny, but in decent enough shape. But back in 2019 I was really tight shape. Like abs visible through the shirt level of lean when I had a pump. However I lost the flow of keeping myself in that shape when I moved from my parents place, got nearly killed by some mystery infection and I had pretty bad air quality in my first apartment (which messed with my sleep). Didn't help that the issues caused by the brain fog I had from an infection lowering by blood cell count and nights slept with a stuffy nose got chalked up to laziness. And then COVID hit and that didn't help either. Thankfully I didn't get fat from the following depression and I have now been finally getting my mojo back and ironically I have a much better body image now. But I think that my ADD really benefited from the habits I had when I was around 10% body fat and it might have also kept in check a very mild form of apnea I've suspected myself of having (which greatly worsens ADD symptoms). That and I'm curious of how how this version of myself who sees his 15-17% functional cardio shaped body in the mirror and goes "nice" would react to seeing an ottermode physique in the mirror again. Well that, plus that the attention I got back when I was slim but shredded was friggin wild.

😂

100% mate