Easiest way to get abs?

[Shoeless]

Three words. Seven. Minute. Abs.

[beowulff]

FWIW (and, I’ve related this story before), I never had visible abs until I was 50, and had my heart surgery. After that, I started to follow the AHA diet guidelines pretty strictly, and ended up losing 30 lbs. (that was not my goal - it just happened). At the same time, I started to work out again, including doing ab workouts. Note that I was never hungry even when i was losing this weight - I just cut out lots of calorie-dense food, like ice cream, cheese, burgers, fries, etc.

[DSeid]

@Sir_T-Cups

I think you’re jumping to a bit of a conclusion saying that someone who strives for abs is suffering from BDD. … it’s how they go about doing it that really would qualify them for BDD …

So it’s a good thing that I did not say that anyone who wants washboard abs automatically has BDD isn’t it?

That I instead said that an obsession with the goal may be a marker for some body dysmorphia, and is a risk marker for other disorders, and that if someone is willing to stay hungry all the time and exercise to unhealthy degrees and often in unhealthy manners in pursuit of that goal (which for most is what it would take) then they may have some bigger issues to deal with.

As far as what’s so wrong with someone trying to look better for girls? Believe it or not there is actual data out there that men perceive that women’s ideal male build is more muscular than what more commonly is the case.

males exaggerated the level of muscularity that females actually found most attractive. … Our findings also suggest the importance of identifying men who desire a more muscular figure and think women are more attracted to this muscular ideal, as they may be risk for engaging in unhealthy muscle-enhancing strategies. Greater understanding of social, cognitive, and behavioral factors that contribute to the development of these perceptions informs prevention efforts targeting adolescents and young adults hoping to have an ideal figure that is potentially unrealistic and unhealthy.

Even if it was so much more attractive, personally I’d put it in the same grouping as a young woman with average breasts getting breast implants to have much larger than average breasts thinking that such is the key to making herself attractive to men. To me both evince some degree of distorted thinking.

[ZipperJJ]

Note that the easiest way(s) to get sixpack abs is still very hard.

[Sir_T-Cups]

@DSeid

So it’s a good thing that I did not say that anyone who wants washboard abs automatically has BDD isn’t it?

That I instead said that an obsession with the goal may be a marker for some body dysmorphia, and is a risk marker for other disorders, and that if someone is willing to stay hungry all the time and exercise to unhealthy degrees and often in unhealthy manners in pursuit of that goal (which for most is what it would take) then they may have some bigger issues to deal with.

As far as what’s so wrong with someone trying to look better for girls? Believe it or not there is actual data out there that men perceive that women’s ideal male build is more muscular than what more commonly is the case.

Even if it was so much more attractive, personally I’d put it in the same grouping as a young woman with average breasts getting breast implants to have much larger than average breasts thinking that such is the key to making herself attractive to men. To me both evince some degree of distorted thinking.

Ok so what if they want to just look better for themselves?

I’m sorry, I guess, that I missed your qualifiers, but I was just using the “look good to girls” as a common reason for someone to want to get back into shape.

I definitely haven’t paid attention to his previous posts, so maybe he is a bit obsessed with the way his body looks moreso than is healthy

[Asimovian]

JohnClay, you have previously started a number of threads regarding weight loss/physical fitness. You have repeatedly ignored advice you’ve been given in those threads, you’ve had a number of these threads subsequently closed, and you’ve frequently just started another, similarly themed thread rather than absorbing any lesson from the closure of the prior topic. The immediate thread does not give the appearance or hope of anything different.

As such, after discussion among the moderators, it has been decided to institute yet another topic ban for you. You are banned from starting or participating in any other threads related to weight loss and/or physical fitness. Violations of this topic ban will lead to warnings and further discussion of your posting privileges—please note that you have already been suspended before for violating such a ban. And please note that there will not be tolerance for any further obsessing on ANY topic going forward. Please carefully consider how you pursue and participate in discussions on the board from here on out.

This thread is closed. For those of you who have provided useful information and discussion herein, thank you, and feel free to start a separate thread to continue a conversation if you wish.