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This may sound a bit frivolous but, I've found that the quickest way to change your life for the better is to develop a nice set of abs. No better anti-depressa

This may sound a bit frivolous but, I've found that the quickest way to change your life for the better is to develop a nice set of abs. No better anti-depressant. I do get the urge to skip, of course, but I can usually convince myself not to by putting on workout clothes and running shoes and waiting until I feel like exercising.

stevenp 15y ago
That's only EVERY MAN'S DREAM... and the reason that Men's Health manages to stay in business. Any tricks you can suggest on the ab front? :)
- reneherse 15y ago
  paleo diet
- wnight 15y ago
  Lose weight, then the exercise to actually build the abs might actually be fun. Do you know how many calories you ingest (eat and drink!) in a day? If you eat out, or prepared foods, you could easily be getting five times what's recommended. Less in, less on. If you're not really food-fixated you can drop pounds rapidly just by supplying yourself with better hacker chow. If you're food fixated I hear learning to cook (spice) is really pretty easy. The bar is low, any positive change helps, and it keeps paying off. I've since gone vegetarian once I learned how possible it is. (By choice. Ick, would you lick a cow?) Now I've almost got to work at getting enough calories but for once I feel full after a healthfully portioned meal.
- ulisesroche 15y ago
  Sure. The trick is to get to 10-12% body fat, which takes a little bit of time to get to, but it's easy to maintain once you're there. First, a standing desk. I always get fat when I'm sitting down for too long. Then, as soon as you wake up in the morning, eat scrambled egg whites, a can of beans, with a splash of olive oil. Take a multivitamin, and a garlic pill. Drink a lot of water. Then workout, repeating a circuit of exercises for 25 minutes. I do 4-day splits, (out of habit, mostly) so 4 days in a row I'll exercise, and on the 5th, I rest. I just steal circuits from the 'net every two weeks or so. The key is intensity. The more intense you make the workout, the better you'll do. Here's a sample circuit: Pullups x 5 | Ab Wheel Rollout x 10 | Pushups x 15 | Squats x 20 | (no rest between circuits) The rest of the day, I eat as much as I want of meats(yum), vegetables, and legumes, and I drink a lot of water. I pig out when I'm out with friends, which is every once in a while. Opt for liquor instead of beer, though.

stevenp 15y ago

That's only EVERY MAN'S DREAM... and the reason that Men's Health manages to stay in business. Any tricks you can suggest on the ab front? :)

reneherse 15y ago
paleo diet
wnight 15y ago
Lose weight, then the exercise to actually build the abs might actually be fun. Do you know how many calories you ingest (eat and drink!) in a day? If you eat out, or prepared foods, you could easily be getting five times what's recommended. Less in, less on. If you're not really food-fixated you can drop pounds rapidly just by supplying yourself with better hacker chow. If you're food fixated I hear learning to cook (spice) is really pretty easy. The bar is low, any positive change helps, and it keeps paying off. I've since gone vegetarian once I learned how possible it is. (By choice. Ick, would you lick a cow?) Now I've almost got to work at getting enough calories but for once I feel full after a healthfully portioned meal.
ulisesroche 15y ago
Sure. The trick is to get to 10-12% body fat, which takes a little bit of time to get to, but it's easy to maintain once you're there. First, a standing desk. I always get fat when I'm sitting down for too long. Then, as soon as you wake up in the morning, eat scrambled egg whites, a can of beans, with a splash of olive oil. Take a multivitamin, and a garlic pill. Drink a lot of water. Then workout, repeating a circuit of exercises for 25 minutes. I do 4-day splits, (out of habit, mostly) so 4 days in a row I'll exercise, and on the 5th, I rest. I just steal circuits from the 'net every two weeks or so. The key is intensity. The more intense you make the workout, the better you'll do. Here's a sample circuit: Pullups x 5 | Ab Wheel Rollout x 10 | Pushups x 15 | Squats x 20 | (no rest between circuits) The rest of the day, I eat as much as I want of meats(yum), vegetables, and legumes, and I drink a lot of water. I pig out when I'm out with friends, which is every once in a while. Opt for liquor instead of beer, though.