Can I get six pack abs at 40?

Try eating dinner for breakfast, and breakfast in the evening. I'm completely serious. Going to sleep after consuming large amounts of calories is not helpful. Better to flip the pattern.

Start the ab work immediately. The only way you're going to get rid of that fat is to work it off by exercise or reducing calories. You can't eliminate fat in certain areas by doing exercising the muscles in those areas. It's a whole body thing.

Good luck. You can do it.

To the OP: you just posted that a couple of 45 year olds have 6 packs. Didnt you just answer your own question?

To common: That is too much of a general statement. I understand what you are saying but if a guy is working out in the evening, he needs those calories. Of course the OP will obviously need to ratchet up training a notch from just 5 miles. Ab work alone will not burn those calories.

2 routes: workout really hard OR workout less and diet hard.

Obviously, if you start running 100 mile weeks the weight will fall off after a few months. I'm going to assume that is not possible.

First off, don't let your body get too used to anything. Keep changing up, often. For example, don't do any ab routine, etc. for more than 4-6 weeks. Don't go only on easy runs - do intervals, sprints, etc. even if you aren't training for anything.

Start burning calories all day.

Eat 5-6 small meals. You should be hungry every 2-3 hours all day because you never stuff yourself.

Example:

6 am - wake up and run 4-5 miles

7:30 am - eat 2 eggs with toast, drink some coffee

10 am - eat a fresh fruit bowl or some yogurt with granola

12:30 pm - eat a tuna sandwich and some wheat thins

3 pm - drink a fruit smoothie or snack on some mixed vegetables

5:30 pm - hit the gym for 40 minutes or go for another 4-5 mile run ... do at least 20 minutes of core (4 x a week)

7 pm - eat some chicken and rice

9 pm - eat a snack, avoid carbs after dinner

Good luck and get lean.

Herschel Walker who is still in incredible shape swears he just eats one meal a day. I heard him on a local radio show last week and he claims to still do 1000 push ups and over 2500 sit ups a day.

lol, the rules have not changed. PS I have better abs than any person on that website.

BTDT wrote:

To the OP: you just posted that a couple of 45 year olds have 6 packs. Didnt you just answer your own question?

Correct, but they may have looked like that at 25 or 35 and just maintained. They didn't get that look in 1 year after being 15 lbs heavy in the gut (I'm guessing).

I obviously plan to ratchet up my mileage (and start core workouts).

But regarding mileage, is there any fat-burning benefit to doing all the miles in singles or running twice a day (same distance).

I'm expecting the mileage and weight loss will also improve my running. The abs goal is to think about when making food choices or diet changes.

Buy a BowFlex

Running in the morning will help you. After you wake up you are still in fat burning mode, and running will only accelerate that.

Step 1. Work out to create a 6 pack

Step 2. Get lypo so you can actually see the 6 pack

Step 3: Go to bars and drink 6 packs and enjoy your rewards....

That meal plan doesn't have enough vegetables. Eat at least 3 cups/day.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news...but if you really are only "15" lbs heavy in the gut, and doing at least already doing some training in the form of running 5 miles per day (meaning a baseline of physical activity and conditioning and not starting from scratch)...it should not take you 1 year to get a 6 pack.

Charlespoliquin.com

Blubber Bob wrote:I'm 39 yrs old and I'm giving myself 1 year to do it. I'm about 10-15 lbs over my college age weight and it all seems to have accumulated around my gut.

Pics? Please spare us the gut. Face, arms and tush, only. Thanks.

Don't worry about core work for 6 pack abs. It's all about being lean.

Alan

Hey 'too lean', being a too-skinny male runner with a 12 year old girl's body doesn't qualify as having great abs. Technically you're right, the rules haven't changed. A fat burning nutrition plan has always been the same, just not what you think it is. Do a little research before you regurgitate the same old shit you heard from a phyed teacher in junior high. I particularly like your Wheat Thins recommendation. What specific role do they play in your nutrition plan?

"Eating 6 times a day has always been what trainers told people to do but it has the opposite effect. If you want to burn fat this guy tells you how to do it right".

I have seen this work far too well for far too many people. I guess you have stumbled upon something that has worked infintely better than the techniques practiced by numerous coaches, trainers, athletes, bodybuilders, etc., etc. The evidence is there.

I would like to see you refute that practices of coaches such as Charles Poliquin, Paul Chek, Jose Antonio, Mauro DiPasquale...the list will go on and on.... time to quit limiting yourself to single sources....

That crap site you referred to and their "Popular Plan" is not indicative of how actual ELITE and knowledeable coaches typically approach nutritional recommendations/plans. And the guy's recommendations on thenonathletessalloon will not work for an athlete...

BobberBlub wrote:

How about next time you are at your local race, be proud of being a real man with a gut, check out some ladies, and smoke the "abdominal twins".

What really matters is whether you were in front of or behind the "male models".

The 700-odd chapters of the Hash House Harriers are conclusive proof that guys with midsized beer guts can move very fast.

Being inspired to get a 6 pack at nearly 40 is pretty shallow and smacks of mid-life crisis. Do you have a pony-tail and harbor intentions of buying a red sports car, too?

I kissed a girl last night!