bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
I posted this a few weeks ago in another thread. Have this diet below and two hours of working out at Equinox gym plus one hour on the tennis court. Do this everyday and you will be 6 packs abs in less than six months:
Is it possible to get 6 pack abs just from playing tennis
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onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Trying a new breakfast for a week.
- 2 poached eggs
- 1 chicken sausage
- leafy greens with olive oil
- small cup of yogurt
- bowl filled with sunflower seed, pumpkin seeds, pecans, pistacios, dried figs, dried cranberries.
- Salmon lox
- a few pieces of pineapple, watermelon, papaya
- 1 croissant with kumquat jam
- 2 pieces of roti prata with fish sauce
- 1 chocolate muffin
- small bowl of steamed lettuce, cauliflower, carrots
- 1 cup guava juice
Breakfast seems to be mostly healthy stuff?
My lunch is usually smaller, but dinner slightly bigger.
Will measure my weight and bodyfat at the end of the week.
- 2 poached eggs
- 1 chicken sausage
- leafy greens with olive oil
- small cup of yogurt
- bowl filled with sunflower seed, pumpkin seeds, pecans, pistacios, dried figs, dried cranberries.
- Salmon lox
- a few pieces of pineapple, watermelon, papaya
- 1 croissant with kumquat jam
- 2 pieces of roti prata with fish sauce
- 1 chocolate muffin
- small bowl of steamed lettuce, cauliflower, carrots
- 1 cup guava juice
Breakfast seems to be mostly healthy stuff?
My lunch is usually smaller, but dinner slightly bigger.
Will measure my weight and bodyfat at the end of the week.
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Permitlady
Professional
beside the point. drink 10 diet cokes or 10 cokes per day. one of those gives you the six pack. healthy unhealthy isn't the issue
Did you read the article? Drinking a lot of either will not give you the six pack.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
If you're concentrating on how big each meal should be, follow the old saw "Eat breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince, and dinner like a Pauper."
The idea being that the earlier meals can be bigger because you still have plenty of time to burn off calories. By the time you hit dinner, many are sedentary after that.
Or you could go the TRF [time restricted feeding] method of eating only 2 meals per day [or even 1].
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Yes. I am thinking that if I make my earlier meals bigger then it will make it easier for me to have a small, earlier dinner.
bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
Why would you want to do that? Just stick to a healthy plant-based/seafood 3 meals a day with plenty of exercises and you will get six packs in no time. Don't try to over complicate things.
Yeah i'm not really on board with a small dinner. like do you really want to do that? have to balance a bit with enjoyment. Some of this is maybe personal preference but if i was gonna scale back on quantity, I would make lunch a lighter meal and then look forward to dinner.
What also helps is taking a walk after dinner when you're able, helps with digestion and work off the meal a bit.
What also helps is taking a walk after dinner when you're able, helps with digestion and work off the meal a bit.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
Everybody can decide for himself whether modifying portion size depending on which meal is overly complicated. The logic seems sound to me and it's simple.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
Everyone's different. I sometimes skip dinner because I get home from tennis so late that I wouldn't have time to digest. Yeah, I'm hungry but it's no problem for me.
Walking's definitely good, no matter how big/small the meal.
bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
I thought the original question was to get a six pack, no?
If that's the case, just eat and train like Djokovic and one will get a six pack in no time.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
Six pack just by playing tennis. The Joker does more than just play tennis; he trains like...well, a pro athlete.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Didn't quite work every day. One day I felt very hungry and ate 3 additional meals, including a burger late at night around 10pm.
Seems to be easier for me to make my last meal bigger and then skip breakfast.
GummiiBear
Semi-Pro
This year I reached the age where I've begun to fear I may be headed down this path...
But I started eating more because when I was thinner I felt like I was lacking in endurance.
Helped tremendously. Not sure if at this point it's a trade-off or I'm simply self-indulgent.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Are gummy bears part of your diet?
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
Everyone has different responses. At the very least, eating 2 meals per day allows your body a longer rest when it's not digesting and trying to control blood sugar levels.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
I lost 10lbs, not by eating less but by changing my diet [no more soda, cut way back on simple carbs, more complex carbs, more veg, etc]. One of the most obvious changes was that my love handles got a lot smaller, something that's very difficult to do with exercise alone.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
2 meals per day might be difficult for me but having a smaller window of eating seems sustainable.
Despite eating a lot of food last week at the hotel breakfast buffet each morning around 815am, by 12pm I am hungry again.
bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
can get a 6pack walking
LOL... You're not going to get six packs from just walking alone. Diet and exercise (at Equinox
) is the key to six packs absduh.LOL... You're not going to get six packs from just walking alone. Diet and exercise (at Equinox
point of the vid is that you can do any exercise, but you still need to fix the diet.
this vid was more about, "for all you folks that are too busy to formally do cardio at the gym, here's how you can get your steps in to burn extra cals during your normal working day"...
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
For about a year or so I followed @Hitman 's advice of not eating right away after a gym workout. Following the workout he gave me and following this advice, I lost a bit of bodyfat (according to the scale that measures impedence). My diet is generally okay, veggies & fruit and meat or fish every day.
I've never been "overweight" but my conditioning and composition has varied a little bit over the years.
I've never been "overweight" but my conditioning and composition has varied a little bit over the years.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
If people can get ripped with a masturbator machine then every tennis player should have a 4 pack at least.
puppybutts
Hall of Fame
6 pack is mostly genetics and getting your % fat down low enough (which, is also influenced by genetics). that's why even skinny 9 year olds in elementary school have a six pack, or adults who barely workout but barely eat also have six packs.
so yes it's possible just from tennis, 6 packs aren't about bulking your ab muscles, just making them visible. but for most, it's a not a worthwhile fitness goal.
you can see even an elite athlete like nadal doesn't always have magazine cover abs. he's obviously in great shape, but genetically they kind of blend together:
(1019) Pinterest
whereas dmitrov hit the jackpot with how his abs are naturally deep set and separated:
Venus William Goaded Grigor Dimitrov Into Showing Off His Abs (menshealth.com)
all of nadal's good genes went to his biceps lol, which he doesn't even work out
so yes it's possible just from tennis, 6 packs aren't about bulking your ab muscles, just making them visible. but for most, it's a not a worthwhile fitness goal.
you can see even an elite athlete like nadal doesn't always have magazine cover abs. he's obviously in great shape, but genetically they kind of blend together:
(1019) Pinterest
whereas dmitrov hit the jackpot with how his abs are naturally deep set and separated:
Venus William Goaded Grigor Dimitrov Into Showing Off His Abs (menshealth.com)
all of nadal's good genes went to his biceps lol, which he doesn't even work out
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GummiiBear
Semi-Pro
Ha, that would make me a cannibal!
Yeah... my diet consists of trash way more often than I care to admit. I'm a sucker for junk food. I consider myself lucky to have been able to eat whatever I want and stay borderline underweight/healthy as long as I did/was. I've added in intermittent fasting an an experiment but I do think a change of diet is what I need - not just a change in volume but something wholly different. Cutting out soda sounds like a good place to start... which would encourage me to decrease fried/greasy foods since I pair them.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
Another overlooked area: snacking. I got into the habit of preparing dinner and munching on potato chips, which adds up over time.
