(Hint: It’s Not Your Willpower)
Most guys will never get a six pack in their entire lives even if they try.
It sounds cruel for me to say, but it’s an absolute fact.
Before I managed to drop 20 lbs of body fat and get the shredded body I always wanted, I struggled with this same problem.
What you’re about to discover is that there’s ONE overwhelming reason why most guys will never see a single ab muscle in their lifetime.
BUT… any guy can overcome this problem easily so they can get a ripped body that gets massive attention and recognition.
Here’s Why This Is Important…
Maybe you’ve been spinning your wheels for awhile with different workouts and diets but feel like you’ve been getting nowhere.
At this point, you’re absolutely convinced that you’re cursed with the worst human genetics ever.
On the other hand, maybe you’re new to the idea of getting leaner and more muscular and you’ve heard that “getting a six pack” is just… too hard.
You think,
If it’s gonna be such a buzzkill (and it probably won’t happen anyway), why even bother?
If that’s you, here’s a lesson that will put you YEARS ahead of your friends and fellow gym rats.
Let Me Tell You A Story About Bob…
Here’s why Bob will probably never get a six pack.
In Bob’s group of friends, Bob is known as the “ambitious” guy because he’ll try as many methods and do “whatever it takes” to reach a goal.
That’s why Bob has done:
- Keto diets
- Paleo diets
- Clean eating
- Crossfit
- Bodybuilding
- Starting Strength
- Greyskull LP
- Tabata
- Bodyweight training
- HIIT cardio
- And the list goes on and on…
Bob gets really excited when he starts something new!
He throws out all his junk food and buys only the healthiest options.
He plans out his gym schedule (7 days a week should see results, right?)
And He Hits The Ground Running!
On day one, he’s going strong drinking protein shakes and doing 5 sets of bench press at 5 AM before he heads to work.
On day two, he’s less excited but still forces down his 16 oz chicken breast and heads to the gym for a 2 hour pump session.
But by day 5… Bob’s willpower is waning.
The chicken and rice he committed to eating every day this week tastes like sawdust on his tongue.
A routine feeling of dread begins to set in as he pulls his car into the gym parking lot for the 5th day in a row because he knows he’s going to come out sore, sweaty, and exhausted.
And he finds himself daydreaming about pizza, cake, and ice cream when he’s sitting on the couch at home in the evening since he vowed to cut out all high-fat carbs forever!
So when the weekend finally hits…
Bob Is Doomed.
Any temptation, no matter how small is enough for Bob to throw up his hands and say…
I worked my ass off all week, I deserve a reward!
And before Bob knows it, he’s officially off his “fitness kick” and his plans of getting a six pack go down the tubes.
This is an all-too-common scenario for most guys who want to improve their bodies.
And if you’ve ever been in this situation, here’s something you may not have heard before…
It’s Not Your Fault!
Like I said before, Bob was doomed to fail from the beginning, but it’s not because of “weak willpower” like most fitness gurus will tell you.
Actually, it’s because of one major flaw in most diet plans and workout programs that leaves the majority of guys handicapped like they’re bungy jumping without a cord.
And here it is…
Most Popular Diet Plans And Workout Programs Are Too Strict
Imagine that you hired a fitness coach.
He sits you down and lays out the details of your new diet plan and then he says…
Now, you can’t eat these 7 foods…
What’s the first thing you want to do?
You want to eat those foods!
It’s a similar point with working out.
Your fitness coach tells you,
Go to the gym and train 6 days a week for 2 hours per day.
What’s the first thing you want to do?
Anything but workout!
You imagine playing video games, hanging out with your friends, or possibly anything else…
…but the idea of spending 2 hours almost every single day in the gym sounds like overkill.
Well, guess what? It is!
Instead of depriving yourself of foods that you like and killing yourself at the gym, here’s what you can do…
If You Think Your Diet Is Failing You
In most cases, you should actually fight your gut reaction to quit.
What you may not know is that your body doesn’t fully adjust to any new diet for at least a month!
So if you’ve only been going at it for a few days, your body might be primed and ready for a big “whoosh” of retained water or fat.
But if your diet appears to be failing you even after a full month, it’s probably time to cut the cord.
3 Characteristics Of A Flexible But Effective Diet
1 – You’re Allowed To Eat Your Favorite Foods
What if you could eat ice cream every single day and get shredded?
I did exactly that when I got down to 8% body fat so it’s not just a fantasy.
That’s why I often condemn any diets that give hard rules on what you CAN and CAN NOT eat.
If there are strict rules on what kinds of foods you can put in your mouth, chances are you’re going to HATE your diet.
And if you hate your diet, you’re more likely to quit.
It doesn’t matter if your meal plan has the ability to turn you into Arnold Schwarzenegger in a week… if you can’t bear to continue after 2 days.
Similarly…
2 – There Are No Hard Rules About How Many Meals You Have To Eat
If the idea of eating 5-9 small, evenly-spaced meals throughout the day annoys you…
Don’t do it.
Consider eating small meals throughout the day as a recommendation… but not a rule to get shredded.
Now, you may have heard about certain celebrities or bodybuilders who eat small meals throughout the day and that’s the advice they give.
However, that practice originally started because old-school bodybuilders ate so much food they couldn’t possibly fit it all into just 3 meals without throwing up.
In reality, it’s WAY more impactful on your fitness goals if you just make sure everything you’re supposed to eat… GETS EATEN… before you go to sleep at night.
Don’t worry about the numbers. Just get it done.
And speaking of “what you’re supposed to eat”…
3 – Your Diet Follows An Eating Framework
Like I said before, a good diet should be flexible.
And I often recommend flexibility in the form of an eating framework.
You may be asking…
What’s an eating framework?
A diet that follows an eating framework has rules based on metrics like:
- Calories
- Protein
- Carbs
- Fats
- Fiber
When you set up your diet according to a framework, it’s like working from a template.
You plug-in some information about your current situation like your age, gender, and body weight and you calculate out your personal nutritional requirements for each day.
Then, it’s up to you to reach those target numbers however you want.
You could decide to eat all stereotypically healthy foods or throw in a few Pop Tarts (it’s up to you!)
But now let’s talk about your workout program…
If Your Workout Program Is Draining You
Then you’re following a common trap set by very smart fitness marketers.
Have you seen those popular fitness infomercials where people are jumping, lunging, sweating, and screaming?
See, the creators of those programs WANT you to feel exhausted, stressed, and sore when you do their workouts.
Why?
Because in most guys’ minds, if your body actually feels a stressful reaction to the routine, then you think
Man, I must be getting a really good workout!
But I don’t buy it and neither should you.
I mean, I could feel really sore from my friend punching me in the thighs for 20 minutes… but that doesn’t mean I got a good workout.
Here’s the truth – An effective workout that’s actually causing metabolic stress and building strength and size might not even make you sweat at all!
So you’re not confused here are…
3 Characteristics Of An Effective Training Program
1 – Strength Train With Progressive Overload
The only way your muscles are going to get more defined and larger is by doing 2 things:
- Applying stress with resistance
- Increasing the resistance over time
There are guys in your gym right now who look the same as they did last year.
And they’ll probably look the same next year too.
Why? It’s most likely because they don’t follow the rules of progressive overload and don’t challenge their muscles with heavier and more frequent loads.
Instead of keeping track of how much weight they lifted each time, they’re picking up the same dumbbells and just swinging them around until something feels sore.
That’s not an effective way to make your muscles grow!
Instead, you should be tracking how much weight, how many sets, and how many reps you lifted on each exercise.
Then, make it your goal to beat those amounts for your next workout.
Because when you apply added stress over time, your muscles are forced to adapt by… growing.
But additionally…
2 – Perform Big Compound Lifts
There are virtually 2 kinds of exercises when it comes to strength training:
There are isolation lifts like bicep curls and tricep extensions that work one specific muscle group at a time.
Most guys make the mistake of centering their entire workouts around these types of lifts, but this creates two problems.
First, when you only work one muscle group at a time, your workouts take forever.
(And you should have a life outside the gym.)
Second, it’s easy for guys to completely neglect key muscle groups and build a physique that looks like a circus freak when they only pay attention to the “fun” muscles.
That’s why you need compound lifts – big, all-inclusive exercises that work multiple muscle groups at the same time.
This includes exercises like:
- Squats
- Deadlifts
- Bench press
- Shoulder press
When you’re starting out, you could actually do just those 4 exercises and look better than 99% of the other guys in your gym!
And also in an effective workout program you need to make sure you…
3 – Give Your Muscles Enough Time To Grow
Does the idea of dragging yourself to the gym for a 2-hour workout for 5, 6, or even 7 days in a week make you groan?
Then don’t do it!
Honestly, stressing your muscles for 2 hours at a time for 5 or more days is only necessary for someone lifting at a very advanced experience level.
And even then, it might not be necessary.
Some of the most effective training programs ever created only require you to train 3 days a week at the most!
Why? Because when you apply muscular stress during your workouts… you need to give your muscles time to grow.
That’s why if you’re using efficient compound lifts and performing full body movements, you need to give your muscles about 48 hours to recover so you can come back fresh, stronger, and build larger muscles for the next workout.
Here’s Something Really Cool!
You now know why most guys will never get a six pack because most diet and training programs are so intensive and complicated that it’s amazing anyone has the willpower to follow through!
Well, would you like to know a simpler method to get a ripped body that doesn’t take a lot of time?
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- My secret weapon foods that kill hunger and make me feel full (and I don’t even count them against my diet)!
- A foolproof strategy for dining out at restaurants and not screwing up your progress!
- How to make sure you’re building muscle at all hours of the day (even when you’re not in the gym)!
- How to stress your muscles to look bigger and more defined without living in the gym!
- Why it’s vital to your progress to build a proportional body (and not look like a circus freak)!
- How to make muscle gains every single week so you don’t look the same year after year!
- The method to strategically keep your body losing fat for weeks where other diets stop working!
- How to avoid a huge dieting mistake that brings progress to a screeching halt!
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- The most important step in the whole book (disregarding could cost you your six pack!)
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Thanks for reading!
-Kyle
Founder of Campus Gains
P.S.
Most guys are cursed to NEVER get a six pack in their life (and it’s not because they have weak willpower like the media wants you to believe)!
It’s all about following a plan that blends well with your day-to-day life.
That’s why I gave you a list of important points on how to diet and train so you can get a six pack and still have flexibility.
And don’t forget…
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