I need to tell you something. You may never have a six-pack. Or maybe more accurately, a visible six-pack. And I mean you could work your ass off, eat a real healthy diet, and still never get one. I mean, you might, but again, you.might.not.
Are you MAD now? Is that awful to say?
However, I really do believe it. It’s like trainer blasphemy. But I run my business(es) on two principles: integrity and results. If I can’t provide them, I let the client know. Everyone is different, and responds in different ways to different things. And sometimes we spend our lives chasing the impossible, and make our happiness contingent on something that isn’t going to be real for us. And in doing so, we sometimes miss what is right in front of us. See Dorothy? You could have gone home at any time, you just had to click your heels. Now, aren’t you pissed that Glinda didn’t tell you that in the first place and instead you had to dick around for a whole movie with wild animals and people made out of tin and flying monkeys?
So I picked the six-pack to deliver this inspiring message for two reasons: One, it is something many, many people express a desire to get, and two, I remembered something I read a while back. It was a feature on personal trainers, and one of them was a body builder. The interviewer asked what he tells people who want a six-pack. His answer? “I tell them it is exercise and genetics.”
Some people could probably have a six-pack but don’t do the exercise / nutrition work to find out. Others could have one but are doing the exercises and eating things that won’t yield them results. Others hold fat around their middle primarily, and it’s the first to come back and the last to go with any lifestyle changes. And still others might be able to see the pack, but the steps required for them to get that low body fat might be shitty for their overall health now. Some had it when they were younger and now it’s harder to see. Others have a super low body fat percentage but just don’t get very visible tone. Think of some of the skinny people you know who don’t have one. Now, you still think it is all just crunches and weight loss?
We are all snowflakes, no, not white, we are all different.