Q&A for How to Eat to Get a Six‐Pack

Look for places you can cut calories in your daily diet. Burning more calories than you eat each day can help you shed weight and fat that may be hiding your abs.

Yes, anyone can get a six pack with proper exercise and nutrition/diet.

The same way an adult does, by working out and eating healthy. Check out the how to get a 6 pack article for more information!

Strengthen your knees with exercise and do stretches regularly. If you think the pain is the result of a medical condition, consult a doctor.

For a lean diet I like eggs since they are low in calories.

Consume lots of nuts, whole milk, Greek yogurt, oats, and carbs. If you want to put on mass you'll probably want to avoid being full all the time, so aim for calorie-dense foods!

Yes. Bananas are a good source of energy, potassium and some protein. Bananas will give you energy, potassium helps your nervous system and protein helps repair and build muscle.

Yes, they are. Your body needs a lot of good calories while you work on getting six pack abs.

These are two separate goals. Work towards getting a six-pack by eating well and losing fat. This will make your abdominal muscles look more defined. To become strong, do ab exercises every day.

You have to do a lot of ab exercises to get a 6 pack, in addition to the dietary requirements. Be patient and stick with it, it takes time to build muscle.

You will have to buy it and take it with you.

This depends on what level of exercising you are doing, and whether you're doing it for competition or just for fun. If it's competition, you would eat before your workout (not too much), which is also called 'Carbohydrate packing'. If it's for fun you would eat after.

No, but it certainly doesn't help. Most tobacco products are basically poison to your body and will only hold you back in your fitness goals, if by no other means than restricting your breathing, making it more difficult to reach your full potential during a workout.

Anything fried is the wrong way to go when trying to gain muscle, especially since you have to use oil. I think the best way to go is hard boiling your eggs, which means the white and the yolk should both be hard.

Eggs, protein shakes, and oatmeal. These are all foods that are nutritious and help you get closer to your goal.

Eat a wide variety of veggies of every color.

It depends on your local gym. Most of them also have different age requirements depending on whether you'll be going to the gym alone or with a parent/guardian. If you'll be doing the latter, you can usually start at a younger age.