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Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks

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Re: Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks

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Post by nezaj »

UncleMeat wrote: post #24
torstenvl wrote: post #16

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A majority of your current users wouldn't be disappointed if you ceased to exist? $200/month?! "Non-compliant"?!?! "Manually intervene"?!?!?! That's a hard no for me, dawg.

Yeah jeez. 200/m for an app and a slack bot? Unless these curricula are awfully extraordinary, this is a ridiculous price.

We use the 200/m for two reasons

1) It's a strong commitment device. At this price point we hope people really will take this seriously and be committed. 2) Stopa and I are also providing personal coaching, we'll be giving you individual attention. In the future we may remove the personal coaching aspect, and in that case we will bring down the price.

Re: Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks

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Post by throwawake »

soheil wrote: post #29
throwawake wrote: post #25

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To look things up, I often land on https://exrx.net/Lists/Directory . As someone, who went from skinny to muscular with just bodyweight workouts, I think consistency is the key.

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Re: Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks

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Post by gokhan »

soheil wrote: post #7

Has anyone been able to find a free site that works in achieving the same goal?

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/ for a well defined at-home fitness program which requires minimal equipment.

And six packs means just no fat over your abs, and actually made in the kitchen as the saying goes.

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Post by typon »

UncleMeat wrote: post #24
torstenvl wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A majority of your current users wouldn't be disappointed if you ceased to exist? $200/month?! "Non-compliant"?!?! "Manually intervene"?!?!?! That's a hard no for me, dawg.

Yeah jeez. 200/m for an app and a slack bot? Unless these curricula are awfully extraordinary, this is a ridiculous price.

I see this as a feature though. If I pay $2 for an app that helps me track fitness, I'm much more likely to lose interest. This is the same reasoning that Orange Theory uses...and seems like they're pretty successful.

Re: Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks

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Post by gnu8 »

soheil wrote: post #7

Has anyone been able to find a free site that works in achieving the same goal?

All of the resources are out there if you are willing/able to develop your own plan and self-direct. This is more of a personal trainer as a service. The value add is that humans will be monitoring your progress and they’ll be on your ass about it. The price should be competitive with hiring an actual personal trainer.

Re: Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks

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Post by awb »

soheil wrote: post #21
awb wrote: post #12

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Here's the formula: 1. Eat at caloric maintenance or a slight caloric surplus to build muscle 2. Do a consistent ab workout routine 3-5x per week (free on YouTube), progressively overloading your body with more resistance through longer workouts, heavier weights or more demanding positions 3. When you want 6-pack abs, cut your caloric intake to be at a slight deficit for a few weeks and try to shred as much excess bo…

How do you measure calories in food? It takes a herculean effort to know exactly what ingredients are in food and weigh exactly how much of each you're consuming with every meal. Seems like a lot of work to manually keep track of all that every single day and not make a mistake.

Yeah, that's why a lot of people don't do it, or just ballpark it.

If you want to be more exact, some ways to make it easier are:

1) eat prepared food that has caloric info on it, like a pre-made salad

2) cook recipes that provide caloric info

3) make very simple meals (ex. 1 cup yogurt + 1 tbsp peanut butter + 1 banana) where you can do the math yourself

But yeah, for most people they'd rather ballpark it and have less stress. Maybe that means a 4-pack instead of a 6-pack, but you're still going to look good.

Re: Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks

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Post by nezaj »

soheil wrote: post #21
awb wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's the formula: 1. Eat at caloric maintenance or a slight caloric surplus to build muscle 2. Do a consistent ab workout routine 3-5x per week (free on YouTube), progressively overloading your body with more resistance through longer workouts, heavier weights or more demanding positions 3. When you want 6-pack abs, cut your caloric intake to be at a slight deficit for a few weeks and try to shred as much excess bo…

How do you measure calories in food? It takes a herculean effort to know exactly what ingredients are in food and weigh exactly how much of each you're consuming with every meal. Seems like a lot of work to manually keep track of all that every single day and not make a mistake.

I've personally been tracking my diet publicly for over a year now. You can see my public record here -- www.joelogs.com

Over the years I've been on/off with tracking. But I've been able to stick with it over a year now, the longest I ever have. The big difference between now and then is that I'm okay with being 80% accurate if it means easy consistency.

Previously it was very important for me to be 100% accurate. This is especially difficult to do when you eat out. By allowing myself to be imperfect in my logging, it eases the burden to track.

Here's what I do now.

1) Take a photo of everything I eat 2) Log right after eating if I feel like it, but usually I log at the end of the day

Sometimes I underestimate. Sometimes I overestimate. I think it washes out in the net. If my logging is really off it will show in my scale and progress pics.

Doing the above has given me lots of visibility into my diet and unlocked optimizations.

Consistency > Accuracy

Re: Consistent Fitness – Get Six Pack Abs in 16 Weeks

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Post by nimos »

soheil wrote: post #21
awb wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's the formula: 1. Eat at caloric maintenance or a slight caloric surplus to build muscle 2. Do a consistent ab workout routine 3-5x per week (free on YouTube), progressively overloading your body with more resistance through longer workouts, heavier weights or more demanding positions 3. When you want 6-pack abs, cut your caloric intake to be at a slight deficit for a few weeks and try to shred as much excess bo…

How do you measure calories in food? It takes a herculean effort to know exactly what ingredients are in food and weigh exactly how much of each you're consuming with every meal. Seems like a lot of work to manually keep track of all that every single day and not make a mistake.

I can't recommend fasting enough. I do rolling 72-100 hour fasts to lose weight and its by far the easiest thing to do. Are you familiar with water? Yeah. Good to go. (You probably want to add in a bit of sodium/magnesium/potassium)

Yes the first day and last bit suck, especially the first time. But its also ~3-5x more time efficient than most calorie reduction diets and you save time and money.

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