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As hard a getting a six-pack the "classic" way is, I still can't imagine deciding that surgery was the better path.
by BobaFloutist 2y ago
As hard a getting a six-pack the "classic" way is, I still can't imagine deciding that surgery was the better path.
- FooBarBizBazz 2y agoThe six pack is just the side effect of the fitness. If you could somehow get the six pack without the fitness it'd be pointless.
- atmavatar 2y agoThe level of definition you see in many movies also requires significant dehydration to thin-out your skin. I expect anyone going through with the plastic surgery wants to look that way.
- red-iron-pine 2y agoyeah there is the bodybuilding meme that when you see them at shows looking extra ripped, with bulging biceps and prominent veins, they're actually super dehydrated and starved -- at their physically weakest. but it looks impressive
- johnisgood 2y agoIs it actually true that people who look "shredded" are dehydrated and starved?
- 0xcde4c3db 2y agoA lot of the aesthetic of "abs" is determined by factors independent of diet and exercise. Not everyone has the configuration of connective tissue needed for the "six pack" look. Some have extremely stubborn love handles or a "shelf" of lower abdominal fat that remain to some extent even at extremely low body fat levels, for reasons that don't seem to really be understood (everyone I've seen who claims to have an explanation is selling something).
- BobaFloutist 2y agoYeah, that's fair, I've had very low bodyfat and been pretty fit in the past without having a sixpack, so I know it's not something everyone can reasonably achieve. I guess I would assume that the overlap of people that would be this motivated to get a six pack, people for whom a surgical sixpack would look reasonably convincing, and people who cannot otherwise achieve a sixpack would be relatively small, and it seems I would be wrong to assume that.