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Andresz7

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So I'm a 17 year old male, and I'm on a quest to getting a 6-pack. I am pretty lean, and everyone tells me that I shouldn't keep cutting because I look too skinny now. However, I still can't see my abs. What should I do?
 
Not to sound like a smart ass but have you thought about crunches sit-ups and leg raises? If your skinny but don't have abs then that tells me that the muscles aren't big enough to show. So work them.
 
Andresz7 said:
So I'm a 17 year old male, and I'm on a quest to getting a 6-pack. I am pretty lean, and everyone tells me that I shouldn't keep cutting because I look too skinny now. However, I still can't see my abs. What should I do?
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You may be the unfortunate type this is "skinny and soft" meaning you appear very thin in clothes, but shirtless you are NOT define. This would be genetics working against you.

You can get to your goal it will just be harder for you body type. You will need to stress diet and wt training and cardio to the utmost---hen results stall, maybe add in some thermogenic supplements.

-Matt
 
MattPorter said:
You may be the unfortunate type this is "skinny and soft" meaning you appear very thin in clothes, but shirtless you are NOT define. This would be genetics working against you.

You can get to your goal it will just be harder for you body type. You will need to stress diet and wt training and cardio to the utmost---hen results stall, maybe add in some thermogenic supplements.

-Matt
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Well for the cardio, I already practice soccer everyday for season, and depending if I take a day off I'll weight lift. For example, if I take Wednesday off I'll weightlift then, then weightlift again on Friday.
 
flightposite said:
Not to sound like a smart ass but have you thought about crunches sit-ups and leg raises? If your skinny but don't have abs then that tells me that the muscles aren't big enough to show. So work them.
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Yea I've tried sit ups, leg raises, and all other an exercises. I still have some lower ab body fat
 
Abs are no different than any other muscle, to get them to grow add some weight to your ab exercises.
 
If you play soccer and still don't have abs, I'd look more into your diet.
 
tnubs said:
If you play soccer and still don't have abs, I'd look more into your diet.
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Well my diet is pretty clean, I don't eat any fast foods whatsoever and all my carbs sources come from complex carbs. I also eat lean proteins.
 
Andresz7 said:
Well my diet is pretty clean, I don't eat any fast foods whatsoever and all my carbs sources come from complex carbs. I also eat lean proteins.
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Something isnt adding up --- you eat clean and play soccer and weight train???? post up an honest to god sample diet of what you ate yesterday or today

-Matt
 
you are a soccer athlete who is fairly lean/skinny and you cant see any part of your 6 pack at all? if not, then your ab muscles are small....you need to go train them...

I dont know how much you eat but "soccer/lift/soccer/lift/soccer/lift" sounds like a recipe for overtraining

hope the above suggestions from our posters helped
 
MattPorter said:
Something isnt adding up --- you eat clean and play soccer and weight train???? post up an honest to god sample diet of what you ate yesterday or today

-Matt
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Breakfast: oatmeal with banana and cinnamon, 2 egg whites + 1 whole egg
Snack: apple slices
Lunch: I had a steak sandwich with avocado, lettuce, on 100% whole wheat bread
Pre-game meal (I had a soccer match today): tuna with salad and peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Post game meal: brown rice, chicken, and steamed vegetables (zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower)

And that's all I've eaten up till today
 
Loudy Rowdy said:
you are a soccer athlete who is fairly lean/skinny and you cant see any part of your 6 pack at all? if not, then your ab muscles are small....you need to go train them...

I dont know how much you eat but "soccer/lift/soccer/lift/soccer/lift" sounds like a recipe for overtraining

hope the above suggestions from our posters helped
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Well, I don't lift on the days I practice soccer... So, I usually weight lift on the weekends. I'll do Friday and rest Saturday, and lift on Sunday again
 
Andresz7 said:
Breakfast: oatmeal with banana and cinnamon, 2 egg whites + 1 whole egg
Snack: apple slices
Lunch: I had a steak sandwich with avocado, lettuce, on 100% whole wheat bread
Pre-game meal (I had a soccer match today): tuna with salad and peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Post game meal: brown rice, chicken, and steamed vegetables (zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower)

And that's all I've eaten up till today
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for the amount of training you are doing, along with a high metabolism at your age, this is not enough food.
Also, cut out the pb & j, and toss in a handful of almonds instead.
i'd add in 2 more egg whites and a whole egg at breakfast
i'd toss down 1 cup of cottage cheese about an hr before going to bed.
 
Andresz7 said:
Breakfast: oatmeal with banana and cinnamon, 2 egg whites + 1 whole egg
Snack: apple slices
Lunch: I had a steak sandwich with avocado, lettuce, on 100% whole wheat bread
Pre-game meal (I had a soccer match today): tuna with salad and peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Post game meal: brown rice, chicken, and steamed vegetables (zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower)

And that's all I've eaten up till today
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Train w/weights MORE than just weekends.
Train 4-5x week (if possible)
Do cardio for 30 minutes on NON soccer days

Pick 4 protein sources, 4 carb sources and 4 fat sources.

Create a meal plan that works for you using thoe varieties of macro sources ^

DO 6 meals a day --- 5 of the 6 meals can look like this :

30g pro, 40g carbs 15g fat ---->then meal 6 can just be protein.

-Matt
 
Thanks! Once high school season has ended, I will be able to train with weights much more. Can yoga be an alternative for cardio on non-training days? Also, will that get rid of the "flappy fat" I have? Or will I need to train differently to get rid of that??
 
Surprised no one asked your height and weight yet...
 
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