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How to get abs
Hello everyone,
Being someone who has been overweight most of my life, I've never seen my ab muscles. I'm just curious if eating right and doing some exercise is enough to be able to see the outline of one's abs. I mostly do cardio workouts with my stairstepper (1hr/day) and walk (1.5 hr/day). I'm eating better than I ever have in my life and weight is coming off fairly quick and steady. Does one have to do sit-ups in order to see the ab muscles or is this just to make them more prominent or thicker. I don't care to get my muscles cut real deep, just want them to be able to be seen. Do I need to achieve a certain body fat percentage to achieve see my abs, and if so what is the percentage that most people get to in order to see their abs? I do have some limitations to some exercises due to my disability after being in an accident, but this mainly is targeted to my legs. Thanks for any input, Paul 300/230/175 |
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"Paul" wrote in message ... Hello everyone, Being someone who has been overweight most of my life, I've never seen my ab muscles. I'm just curious if eating right and doing some exercise is enough to be able to see the outline of one's abs. I mostly do cardio workouts with my stairstepper (1hr/day) and walk (1.5 hr/day). I'm eating better than I ever have in my life and weight is coming off fairly quick and steady. Does one have to do sit-ups in order to see the ab muscles or is this just to make them more prominent or thicker. I don't care to get my muscles cut real deep, just want them to be able to be seen. Do I need to achieve a certain body fat percentage to achieve see my abs, and if so what is the percentage that most people get to in order to see their abs? I do have some limitations to some exercises due to my disability after being in an accident, but this mainly is targeted to my legs. Thanks for any input, Sit ups do nothing to help show off abs. Everyone has a perfect 6 pack, it's just hidden by a nice thick layer of fat. If you want visible abs, you need to drop bodyfat until you can see them. det |
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How to get abs
Thanks det
Paul "determined" wrote in message ... "Paul" wrote in message ... Hello everyone, Being someone who has been overweight most of my life, I've never seen my ab muscles. I'm just curious if eating right and doing some exercise is enough to be able to see the outline of one's abs. I mostly do cardio workouts with my stairstepper (1hr/day) and walk (1.5 hr/day). I'm eating better than I ever have in my life and weight is coming off fairly quick and steady. Does one have to do sit-ups in order to see the ab muscles or is this just to make them more prominent or thicker. I don't care to get my muscles cut real deep, just want them to be able to be seen. Do I need to achieve a certain body fat percentage to achieve see my abs, and if so what is the percentage that most people get to in order to see their abs? I do have some limitations to some exercises due to my disability after being in an accident, but this mainly is targeted to my legs. Thanks for any input, Sit ups do nothing to help show off abs. Everyone has a perfect 6 pack, it's just hidden by a nice thick layer of fat. If you want visible abs, you need to drop bodyfat until you can see them. det |
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How to get abs
Thanks Iggy,
Pablo "Ignoramus18897" wrote in message ... In article , Paul wrote: Hello everyone, Being someone who has been overweight most of my life, I've never seen my ab muscles. I'm just curious if eating right and doing some exercise is enough to be able to see the outline of one's abs. I mostly do cardio workouts with my stairstepper (1hr/day) and walk (1.5 hr/day). I'm eating better than I ever have in my life and weight is coming off fairly quick and steady. having abs show through is almost solely a function of your bodyfat percentage. Like someone else said, everyone has great abs, they just are not visible. i Does one have to do sit-ups in order to see the ab muscles or is this just to make them more prominent or thicker. I don't care to get my muscles cut real deep, just want them to be able to be seen. Do I need to achieve a certain body fat percentage to achieve see my abs, and if so what is the percentage that most people get to in order to see their abs? I do have some limitations to some exercises due to my disability after being in an accident, but this mainly is targeted to my legs. Thanks for any input, Paul 300/230/175 |
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"Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks det And as far as what specific % you will see your abs... it depends on how you carry your fat. I'm a female and carry most of my fat around my middle - I'll probably never see my abs, even if I drop my overall bodyfat pretty low. Most men will see ab definition at 15% I believe. det |
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"determined" wrote in message ... "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks det And as far as what specific % you will see your abs... it depends on how you carry your fat. I'm a female and carry most of my fat around my middle - I'll probably never see my abs, even if I drop my overall bodyfat pretty low. Most men will see ab definition at 15% I believe. det I won't see mine without plastic surgery to take off the excess skin - blah. Jenn |
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determined wrote:
And as far as what specific % you will see your abs... it depends on how you carry your fat. I'm a female and carry most of my fat around my middle - I'll probably never see my abs, even if I drop my overall bodyfat pretty low. Most men will see ab definition at 15% I believe. But they don't see a six-pack until around 8%. And people who have lost 100 pounds have thick excess skin hiding it all, anyway. How about we choose another goal? Dally |
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"Paul" wrote in message ...
having abs show through is almost solely a function of your bodyfat percentage. Like someone else said, everyone has great abs, they just are not visible. Hair makes them invisible too. It obscures my abs to some extent. And I'm not about to shave, just so people can see my abs. |
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Fabulous job with exercise and weight loss. As you've heard, spot
reduction doesn't work. Still, I do 9 different types of situps daily to improve my posture and make my belly appear smaller. At 15% body fat I'm still too fat to see abs - like most men my fat is around my belly. The pc body fat needed to see abs probably depends where you tend to deposit fat. "Paul" wrote in message ... Hello everyone, Being someone who has been overweight most of my life, I've never seen my ab muscles. I'm just curious if eating right and doing some exercise is enough to be able to see the outline of one's abs. I mostly do cardio workouts with my stairstepper (1hr/day) and walk (1.5 hr/day). I'm eating better than I ever have in my life and weight is coming off fairly quick and steady. Does one have to do sit-ups in order to see the ab muscles or is this just to make them more prominent or thicker. I don't care to get my muscles cut real deep, just want them to be able to be seen. Do I need to achieve a certain body fat percentage to achieve see my abs, and if so what is the percentage that most people get to in order to see their abs? I do have some limitations to some exercises due to my disability after being in an accident, but this mainly is targeted to my legs. Thanks for any input, Paul 300/230/175 |
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"JMA" wrote in
: "determined" wrote in message ... "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks det And as far as what specific % you will see your abs... it depends on how you carry your fat. I'm a female and carry most of my fat around my middle - I'll probably never see my abs, even if I drop my overall bodyfat pretty low. Most men will see ab definition at 15% I believe. det I won't see mine without plastic surgery to take off the excess skin - blah. Jenn The only way I'll see them on me is buy one of those t-shirts with them painted on. |
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