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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Visibility/flex of muscles at rest is about neurological tone. You can't change that.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

Yes, all muscles. Tone is "the level of tension in muscles that are relaxed." On the extremes you have hypertonic (spastic muscles that are in a constant state of extreme spasm and contraction, like in cerebral palsy) and on the other end you have hypotonic (floppy baby syndrome). There is a full range in between. People who look "cut" are on the hypertonic end, people who look soft no matter how thin and fit and strong, or how much they lift or work out, are on the hypotonic end. If you intentionally flex your bicep and can hold it as long as you want, you are on the hypertonic end; if it just disappears on its own rather quickly, you are on the hypontic end. Tone is set by the speed at which messages run through your nervous system from the brain to the muscle and back.

https://surestep.net/blog/hypotonia-with-a-rubber-band/

This is an article about kids, but tone lasts your lifetime.

https://surestep.net/blog/hypertonia-vs-hypotonia/[/quote]

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