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Wanting to get the abs more shredded. Been doing everything I can for six pack but they’re staying at that awkward phase
10 upvotes, 7 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Gym. "Wanting to get the abs more shredded. Been doing everything I can for six pack but they’re staying at that awkward phase"
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Anonymous 10w

Rather than an awkward stage, this looks more like a lack of nutrition to actually develop any muscle. Abs are 3 layers of muscle so if you're dieting too hard, you're already digesting muscle and storing fat in starvation mode.

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Anonymous 10w

Calorie surplus/maintenance, 0.8-1g of protein per lb of bw. 2-3 sets of 6-15 reps for 2-3x a week with any of the exercises below, choose one though, as unless you have goals other than aesthetics more isn’t needed. Cable/weighted decline/ghd/machine crunches. Think about ribs to pelvis rather than trying to do a sit up.

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Anonymous replying to -> chudmunkey 10w

My gym doesn’t have GHD

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

The goal is to be lean enough for them to show

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

That’s fine any of the other exercises I mentioned will work fine

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

You need enough muscle for that though. You are not going to get fat from eating at maintenance or in a slight surplus.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

You can be lean and not malnourished tho

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