Thursday February 14, 2013
I made a tactical error when I let myself get fat and basically threw away my six-pack abs to make this demonstration. Last year in July I did build six-pack abs in four weeks, but I didn’t start out fat like I did this time around. I started out at 160 pounds, a little light for my frame. I had just finished losing 65 pounds in a little over a year.
Not too bad on the face of things, down from a porky 225 pounds to what I thought of as a sickly 160 pounds. In retrospect I looked sickly to myself after losing those 65 pounds because I was focused on weight loss and had stopped working out except for my morning stretching and calisthenics routine.
I had sacrificed muscle mass, and some muscle tone, to concentrate on weight loss. No wonder I thought I looked, well, skinny. Way too skinny!
This time around to prove my system I let, no, I made myself gain fifteen pounds.
You may be wondering why on Earth I would gain fifteen pounds of fat on purpose after struggling for years to lose weight.
The reason is simple, last year in May I lost thirteen pounds without trying, or even really noticing, down to 172 pounds from 185 pounds, where I had been stuck for just about a year. 185 pounds was still better that the 225 pounds I weighed the year before, but it wasn’t where I wanted to be.
How can you lose weight without trying or noticing?
Strange as it may seem all I was doing was trying to touch my toes without bending my knees, which was the main reason I developed my core stretching and calisthenics routine. The weight loss and six-pack abs were an unexpected and very welcome bonus.
I now have three days left of my test and I’m back in the 170 – 180 pound range, which according to my BMI, which I’ve said previously I don’t really pay attention to, means I’m still overweight. But I’m getting real close to getting my six-pack back.
This morning I did my core stretching and calisthenics routine. A bit later I did two sets of my shoulder arm and leg workout, followed by three deltoid super sets with five-pound dumbbells instead of my usual ten-pound weight. I was going for calorie burn, not muscle-building.
In my last post I mentioned my overindulgence in potatoes in their various permutations and my need to limit my intake.
Thinking about a thing is a powerful place to be, it’s right next to doing it. No taters today, tomorrow? Probably not.
- 5:30 am I ate three hard-boiled eggs with two ounces of grapefruit juice.
- 11:00 am I ate a bowl of home-made red beans and rice, about two cups worth.
- 3:15 pm I ate six Blazin’ Chunks and a cup and a half of mixed vegetables.
I’m very close to my goal of six-pack abs in four weeks, without diet aids, without going on a special diet, and without doing long cardio sessions.
Do I have a six-pack now? No.
Will I have one in three days? ….
Michael Cole
Tomorrow Build Six Pack Abs In Four Weeks – Take Two – Day Twenty-Five