example of low bf physique that didnt train abs?

[Striver]

Me at 11%, didn't train abs directly...

[HughMyronYe]

[WIDGE_uk]

I don't care what anyone thinks, there is a big difference (for most of us) in direct abdominal work compared to someone depending on compound exercises.

I like my abs thick and predominate, so I warm-up with abs before every workout session.

i agree with this, not a huge difference but it helps.

here is a relaxed pic around 10% bodyfat and after 2 days of cheating. i train abs 3x a week with the ab wheel mainly.

[ironpump22]

I haven't started to hit the abs a whole lot until this year because I want to get them a bit thicker and bring out the lower abdominals

this is from last year prior to starting a lot of ab/core work, at this point I wasn't hitting them directly. I maintain at fairly low bf% year round though and you could see them decently I think

[miked101]

I don't care what anyone thinks, there is a big difference (for most of us) in direct abdominal work compared to someone depending on compound exercises.

I like my abs thick and predominate, so I warm-up with abs before every workout session.

Every session? Whata you do for em?

[fFozzie]

To be honest I was under the impression that most bodybuilders (as in people that actually compete) barely ever do direct ab work; if ever.

[Scott.]

This is me yesterday



Not one ab was trained

[Ioveme]

yeah..because thats why I look like I do, typical miscer response.

I know my gear well. And i can tell that at the time of that avi pic. U had just finished or were riding. Its ok i just became a lance armstrong too. No hate

[boosteddatsun]

Don't train abs ever. 12-13% BF in this pic. Do squat, dead, etc though.

[handcannon77]

I know my gear well. And i can tell that at the time of that avi pic. U had just finished or were riding. Its ok i just became a lance armstrong too. No hate

Nah...you THINK you know gear well, tell me everything I was on then.

[ArabAesthetic]

All I know is that training your whole core "bodyweight only" with isometrics and isolations will give you a solid strong aesthatic look "assuming you have decent genetics

[Ioveme]

Nah...you THINK you know gear well, tell me everything I was on then.

Will get perm banned. on my last warning

[WIDGE_uk]

and honestly the only reason people dont train them is because they are to lazy or as one guy posted to 'tired'

[handcannon77]

but you couldn't do it without juice, and that's the bottom line.

I was ahead of most miscers after training for like 6 months (not even for bodybuilding) when I was 17, just turning 18. Dont try and tell me what I can and cant do just because you lack the dedication to do the same.

[aStRoRdInArY]

Haven't been training abs, relying only on compounds. We'll see how that worked this summer i guess

[athrun340]

i dont train abs. Bulky abs is not aesthetic.

[Scopare]

I have never trained abs directly in my 4 years of lifting . I'm going to start soon .. Don't like my ab genetics though . My lower abs are invisible . Need to develop them

[Xorsos]

Train abs and the abs will stick out more, it's just a muscle like anything else. If you only do bench press, you will train triceps too but you will have a stronger triceps when you do triceps exercises too.

Same with abs. However yeah genetics do determine the shape of them.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[EuphoriaPL]

this is me in june 2011 a day or two before my first bb show. not a single ab was trained.



this is june 2012. still no ab training until starting ~8 weeks before show day. those last 8 weeks i put in some serious ab work. def saw a HUGE difference in tightness and definition.
lighting sucked dick though at my second show :/ made my legs look like pure chit, and i dont have much to brag about in the first place

[EuphoriaPL]

here's another pic also june 2012. 6 weeks after intense ab training (so 2 weeks before my second show)

[Mrlatking]

I have terrible ab genetics, only in the greatest of lights can I see a 4 pack. I am at like 13% bodyfat though.

[PerfectCelltech]

I was ahead of most miscers after training for like 6 months (not even for bodybuilding) when I was 17, just turning 18. Dont try and tell me what I can and cant do just because you lack the dedication to do the same.

lol shutup with this dedication crap, you're not natty, end of story.

[ironpump22]

here's another pic also june 2012. 6 weeks after intense ab training (so 2 weeks before my second show)

I am also finding that hitting my abs hard prior to competition is working wonders for their appearance and development. I've incorporated abs a lot into my normal workout routines over this last year for this exact reason...keep it up bro glad to see someone else who competes hah

[EuphoriaPL]

I am also finding that hitting my abs hard prior to competition is working wonders for their appearance and development. I've incorporated abs a lot into my normal workout routines over this last year for this exact reason...keep it up bro glad to see someone else who competes hah

this is old, since my 2nd show i barely even lift anymore lol

[Hoangster]

mine feels a bit bulky from all the ab training

[Jaccogo]

seems like it all depends on ab-genetics on whether or not they're aesthetic. I have good trap/calf genetics among other things so hopefully I'm lucky again.

Some people have chity abs who dont w/o them and some have chitty abs that do w/o them, same for those who have good abs

[yelojackt]

never isolate abs

only heavy compounds

[Jaccogo]

I am also finding that hitting my abs hard prior to competition is working wonders for their appearance and development. I've incorporated abs a lot into my normal workout routines over this last year for this exact reason...keep it up bro glad to see someone else who competes hah

srs? how long prior? considering doing this for when I first go to the beach in the summer.

[boosteddatsun]

I posted my current abs up above, but here is ~two weeks out from my show. At this point I had been training abs for 4 weeks. Just did 2x per week, pick 2 exercises and superset them for 3 sets. (one upper, one lower)



I really think abs is mostly genetic. Frank Zane did 1000s of reps a day I believe and his waist wasn't big by any means.

[Dayday99]

99% of the posts in this thread are just kids skinnier than myself saying "I dont train abs and look at me!!!!"

I dont want to look like you.