Were visible abs worth it for you?

[Anonymous]

As swimsuit season is here I have the flat toned stomach with visible obliques.

But to get the actual abs visible in a resting state probably will take another 2-3% drop in body fat.

I kind have a weird look with sides being defined and lower back but not the middle stomach unless I am flexing or do not eat for 2 days.

I think a couple of weeks of really cutting back on calories may do it - but for those that have the visible abs is it something you sustain or just go hardcore on diet before a vacation or event then they go away?

For those genetic lottery people I get it just happens for some people- but most of us aren’t you!

[Anonymous]

I'm fat, and I have visible abs. I do work out but I'm a prlrofessional eater (chef). It's just genetics.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never had visible abs. Even when I was underweight and worked out every day.

[Anonymous]

Are you polling here to determine whether you should try and get visible abs?

[Anonymous]

For me, pilates is what gave me abs. I was a thin young person without abs. Now I am 20lbs heavier but with defined abs. So I highly recommend for core (also posture and gait)

[Anonymous]

I don't need to cut calories for visible abs, but I have to eat super-clean.

[Anonymous]

Who would you be doing it for? Do you enjoy seeing them yourself? If it’s to attract attention, your age probably factors in since they will be more common if you are younger.

[Anonymous]

Visibility/flex of muscles at rest is about neurological tone. You can't change that.

[Anonymous]

Male or female?

Visible abs are not worth it for females ever, they look kind of gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Visibility/flex of muscles at rest is about neurological tone. You can't change that.

What does that mean? Most people with visible abs have their muscles at some state of flex even when they are not consciously doing it?

Wouldn’t that like mess up your body over time if they cannot get to a resting mode?

I assume it would be all their muscles, not just their abs.

[Anonymous]

Always.

[Anonymous]

Even at a BMI of 17, eating ultra clean, doing cardio and weightlifting, I could not lose enough lower belly fat to reveal the two lower abs.

And now my BMI is at my regular 19 or 20, I don't watch what I eat or exercise like crazy, and my 4 upper abs are still visible, albeit much less defined.

It's just how my body is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Male or female?

Visible abs are not worth it for females ever, they look kind of gross.

There are some very strong women at my gym who do not have visible abs. They do Olympic lifting. The women with visible abs are the bodybuilders who generally can't lift as much, not least because they had to starve themselves to have visible muscles.

Both types are hot in their own way!

[Anonymous]

nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me, pilates is what gave me abs. I was a thin young person without abs. Now I am 20lbs heavier but with defined abs. So I highly recommend for core (also posture and gait)

Reformer or do you practice other forms of Pilates? I love reformer and definitely noticed a difference when I was able to go multiple times a week but I just can't afford it now.