The Pyramid Prioritization of Visible Abs and Getting Lean

A pyramid will tend to focus your eyes up towards the top. But if you're putting all your focus up towards the top of this pyramid, that's exactly what's causing a problem for you to get your six-pack and get lean, because cardio is not the basis and foundation of getting six-pack abs and getting lean. And neither is ab training, even though a lot of people think it is.

Nutrition has to be the foundation of everything you do. If this isn't in place, the saying goes: you can't out-train a bad diet. No matter what you do in terms of working out, it's never going to undo what you're doing wrong with your nutrition.

I train successful people who have everything except the physique. You've got the latest Apple Watch, the latest car, iPhone. You're used to novelty, and we naturally seek novelty in life. But to become lean is a calorie deficit and high protein diet. It's not keto, it's not fasting windows, it's not seed oils, it's not supplements or hormone levels. And every person will tell me once in a while, I've tried everything. But I GUARANTEE you they have never once tried being slightly hungry for 12 weeks straight. Because if you had, you'd know that prioritizing nutrition and strength training in a calorie deficit works. The key is getting used to that deficit, but your comfort is what's stopping you. And you've worked hard to earn that comfort in your professional careers.

A mild hunger when you're used to having everything instant is an unpleasant feeling. But we're all addicted to instantaneous gratification. We want dinner in 20 minutes. We get it. Everything's instant. So we assume fitness is the same way, we think, alright, I can get next day abs. I can finance a car, I can display money. But what you can't display without the hard work is the physique. Because as people we desire two resources that are hard to achieve: money and muscle. But money can be borrowed, muscles can't.

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