Do You Have A Six-Pack?

Hi! So today I'd like to talk to you about a question that I get quite a lot. This is usually how the conversation goes give or take a few declarations.

Them: Oh, so you workout right?
Me: Yes
Them: Like, what do you do when you go to the gym?
Me: Well, I don't really go to the gym much anymore. I go to Crossfit instead.
Them: OH CROSSFIT? Thats crazy, I could never do that.
Me: Yeah, it's pretty tough but I have full confidence that you would survive one of their workouts. Give it a try you'll fall in love.
Them: Oh maybe
Me: No really, Crossfit has changed my life.
Them: Yeah? That's really cool... DO YOU HAVE A SIX-PACK?! (with a huge smile on their face)
Me:That's not really the point. My reasons for doing Crossfit and anything else is to be my best.
Them: but DO YOU HAVE A SIX-PACK?
Me: No...



Much of the people in developed countries view health and exercise in the wrong fashion. They are seeing it as a way to get cut and not as a way to be healthy. Having a six-pack is not the epidimy of health, or even fitness for that matter.

I used to exercise to look fit. Now I exercise to BE fit. Fitness is not measured by your body fat percentage, your BMI, or the definition on your tummy. Fitness is measured by progress. If you used to run a 10 minute mile and now you run a 8 minute mile you are probably fitter. If in the past you couldn't do a muscle up and now you can then you have probably gotten fitter, or at least improved on your technique. I'd rather be able to go 50 GHD sit-ups unbroken than have a rippling tummy. You could have a six-pack strictly through genetics. That's great! But for that to be impressive in the athletic word that hard body of yours better be able to move some weight. Definition without strength and efficiency means nothing to me.

So when you hear that I workout and the first thing you ask is whether or not I have a 6-pack you should expect to hear about how fitness is not measured by aesthetics but rather by progression and abilities.