There are fuckloads of articles out there on how to get a six pack, but here is what makes this one different:

I’ve been living with a six pack for 10+ years.

Love at first sight.

In fact, I spend my life in single digits body fat levels without worrying about ‘cutting’.

From the outside it looks like the ideal relationship.

Which at times it is, but just as with any other relationship the reality isn’t all puppies and sunshine.

Thanks to online marketing, a six pack has created almost mythical expectations for those who are looking to obtain it. 

And high expectations usually lead to disappointing realisations.

If you have to believe all the marketeers, a six pack will magically transform your life into a James Bond movie. One in which you are the confident guy who has the money, kills the bad guy and ends up getting the hot girl at the end.

That sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

I’m not saying you can’t become a six-pack-rocking Bond, but before you decide to start your life with a six pack, here are 36 eye-opening realisations I want to share with you:

36 Eye-Opening Six Pack Realisations

1. A six pack is NOT achieved the way ‘marketeers want you to believe it was’.
2. A six pack supplement does NOT exist.
3. A six pack shortcut does NOT exist.
4. A six pack will NOT be obtained by one magic exercise.
5. A six pack from Google, Instagram or Facebook is NOT the six pack most people have.
6. A six pack is NOT something your body wants you to have from a survival point of view.
7. A six pack can NOT be obtained by just electrocuting your abdominal muscles with machines such as an Abtronic.
8. A six pack will NOT get you any more girls than you have without it.
9. A six pack as seen in body builders with 5% body fat is NOT sustainable for a longer period of time.
10. A six pack is NOT healthy for a large group of women and will actually destroy their menstrual cycle.
11. A six pack is NOT a reliable indicator of strength, you can have a rock hard six pack and still be weak.
12. A six pack will NOT make you happy if you are miserable.
13. A six pack will NOT make you more social, often the opposite is true.
14. A six pack is NOT something you need to actively pursue if your calisthenics workouts are well structured, you’ll get it as a by product of what you do.
15. A six pack is something you already have anatomically, it’s just covered in a layer of fat or hair ;).
16. A six pack can be made more visible the next morning by drinking strong alcoholic beverages the night before, because those draw the fluids out of your body, making you look more ripped the next day.
17. A six pack is a culturally programmed symbol to demonstrate high reproductive value.
18. A six pack with the word ‘six pack shortcuts’ can make you millions of bucks.
19. A six pack can obtained more easily by narrowing your eating window from 12 to 8 hours.
20. A six pack looks different from above than it does in the mirror.
21. A six pack can be obtained on an ice cream diet, but it has health consequences.
22. A six pack can be made more visible in photos by applying light from the right angles.
23. A six pack is more a result of caloric management than it is of exercise.
24. A six pack if not obtained with due patience will make you feel miserable, hungry and angry.
25. A six pack comes in many shapes and forms, no six pack is the same.
26. A six pack can make you feel less confident, if it’s the major thing that determines how confident you are.
27. A six pack is something that can teach you how complex processes in the human body are.
28. A six pack can destroy your lower back if you don’t look at your body as a whole system instead of just a six pack.
29. A six pack can be achieved through caloric restriction, but only sustained through proper nutrition.
30. A six pack is a good marketing tool for likes, subscribers and video clicks.
31. A six pack with high visibility requires a below 10% body fat percentage.
32. A six pack is dependent on the quality of your sleep.
33. A six pack can be maintained until an old age.
34. A six pack can be a sign of disease instead of health.
35. A six pack is admired by many, but achieved by few.
36. A six pack is NOT about a six pack. It’s about….

Use It As A Challenge To Become James Bond A Better You

Is having a life with a six pack possible?

Absolutely, but only if you really want it.

Yes, you can get into single digits. Yes, you can change your lifestyle. Yes, you can have your Whiskey shaken, not stirred. 

But like anything worthwhile, it’s hard work getting there. You need to be engaged fully.

And it probably will not be what you think it is, but the glass is half full. 

If you set it as a goal and feel like it’s something you need to prove to yourself, go get it. But don’t do it to show the world what you are capable of.

Do it to show yourself. 

There is never a day you should regret dedicating yourself to becoming a better version of you. Never.

But in the end, ‘life with a six pack’ is NOT about the six pack. It’s about who you have to become in the process.

What could be better than that?

Beast mode ON!

Now I’d like to hear from you:

Did you like this post? Do you have any other eye-opening realisations?

Or maybe you have a question.

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