How To Get A 6 Pack
Every bodybuilding and muscle training expert agrees that how to get a 6 pack is to have a disciplined diet approach. Diet is without question the number one way to get rid of subcutaneous fat and show off your muscles, particularly your 6 pack abs. However, not every expert agrees on how to get a 6 pack.
Almost all the experts have built the abdominals we all desire. How to get a 6 pack is a matter of choosing which method works best for your body configuration and metabolism.
‘Crunches and diet’ secrets to 6 pack abs
The late, great Vince Gironda, aka The Iron Guru advocated avoiding sit-ups completely! Vince had a 6 pack of abs like no one else of his era (more like an 8-pack actually!). He trained dozens of bodybuilding champions and a host of other body-beautiful celebrities, including movie stars and action movie heroes.
Vince said how to get a 6 pack was by doing a series of crunching exercises; on the mat, hanging from a pull-up bar, on a bench and using the Roman chair. He maintained that diet was the key in how to get 6 pack abs – not your workout routine. Vince was controversial, but he was also a very successful trainer.
‘Work everything’ secrets to 6 pack abs
Four-time Mr. Universe winner, Bill Pearl has written what is arguably the very best book on muscle training and bodybuilding ever composed. In his Keys to the Inner Universe, Bill devoted 62 pages on abdominal work covering more than 240 different exercises and variations of exercises.
Bill Pearl certainly knew how to get a 6 pack, his looked like the Rocky Mountains divided! by the Grand Canyon At the age of 47 he was voted by his peers as the ‘best built man in the World’. Not bad considering 47 back in his day would have been considered much older than 47 today.
Who then is right and who has the secrets to 6 pack abs?
In actual fact they both are. Gironda worked the abdominals sufficiently and correctly to develop them and then dieted properly to bring them out. Pearl built every muscle to its maximum potential and then dieted to get rid of the body fat so his abs would reveal themselves.
Vince Gironda was small of stature, very muscular, fit and trim. Bill Pearl was exactly the opposite: moderately tall, massively muscled, extremely defined and very fit. (Think of Lee Labrada compared to say Lee Haney to get a better picture). Both Girondas and Pearls students aspired to emulate Pearl’s build as much as they could.
Fortunately we can learn from both of these champions and trainers of champions, and combine their techniques and approaches to get the ultimate guide and their secrets in how get a 6 pack.
Perform three sets of each of these exercises
• Roman Chair Sit-Ups – This is a backless chair device that allows you to hook your legs under a rung and then perform sit-ups for abs and back-bends for lower back muscles.
• Incline Board Crunches – A partial sit-up where you raise your head and shoulders while contracting your abs forcefully.
• Supine Crunches –On a bench or mat, elevate your legs with them bent at a 90 degree angle and place your hands behind your head. Crunch your abs while touching your left elbow to right knee and the reverse.
• Dumbbell Side-Bends – Seated or standing and using a single dumbbell, lower the weight at arm’s length and then return to upright. Alternate sides with 20 reps each side. This is also performed with the weight hanging behind your buttocks so you pull the rear obliques.
• Pull-Up Bar Leg Raises – With your hands widely placed on the chinning bar, slowly elevate your legs, bring your knees to your chest. Lower and repeat.
• Parallel Bar Dip Machine Knee-Ups – With your forearms resting on each side of the dip bar, elevate your knees to waist level.
This completes your workout on how to get a 6 pack. Stick with it and you will see results.
