8% Body fat and no abs!

[fl8meplz]

Okay, I had a trusted and knowledgeable person figure out my bf %. I watched her measurements and double checked her math. Her numbers actually showed that for an under 20 year old my bf is 7%, but I am 36 so I disagreed with this and took the higher number - 8%.

So, my question is since I am so old (compared to most folks on here) do I have to get to a much lower bf% to see my abs correctly? I can see my obliques, but i have some stubborn fat or it might be fluid retention right in the front of my abs. Everywhere else I am only some dieuretics and carb loading away from lokin ripped.

 

[Burning_Inside]

LOL sounds like a hokey test to me. You either are a certain % or you aren't, age has nothing to do with it, I've never heard of anything like that before. But yeah hey some people need to get down to ridiculously low %'s to se abs, it's all in where you like to hold the fat. How much fat you got over them? Do you even HAVE any? maybe you never worked them hard enough and just don't have good abs to show. If you don't have too much fat over them, I'd try some Yohimburn.

 

[Cuts]

Try 3-minute abs for a month

 

[CB38AC]

I'm in the same boat, Veins on my arms and lower abs and legs and lats and very low bf with abs showing but they wont get defined...

I'm hoping its water and lack of working them hard enough (I dont do them when I am not ripped)

 

[leancuisine]

at anything under 10% your abs should be popping out. that is...
if you HAVE any abs.

dude..

either those measurements are much lower than your actual bodyfat percentage or you need to seriously start to develop them.

ciao

 

[ZKaudio]

maybe you're pregnant

 

[fl8meplz]

Thanks CB38AC, knew someone had the same problem too.

I do have some yohimburn and started using it two days ago right in that area. I am doing it just as recommended, so I am definetly going to post the results good or bad.

I talked to a couple of pretty knowledgeable folks that I know and they said that it was normal for folks <26 years old (otherwise known as young boys) to show great abs, but have a higher bodyfat percentage than say a 35 year old man. It's all where you carry your fat. So, I am ripped everywhere but right smack in the front of my abs. Whereas someone like leancuisine or cuts needs to only be at just under 10% to see their work.

 

[MeatHead57]

hey im 6% and i cant seem to get my abs to come out my dad had this same problem when he was in highschool he could never get them to pop out he had every thing from a 50 inch chest to 19 inch bis but he couldnt get them to come out but when i flex my stomach you can see them i have a 12 pack under my skin and i want so bad for it to show i train them hard!


is there any other way or am i just screwed by genetics?

 

[fl8meplz]

Yep, that's my situation. If I don't figure it out soon I swear I get liposuction.

 

[microear]

Genetics, genetics, genetics. Haven't we all seen the chubby chick at the gum with the 6-pack. Why do some abs look better than others? It's what your are born with. I've always had abs . . .at 17% bf and now even more at 8% You can knock yourself out trying to get what your parents didn't give you or focus on what you have.
Either way I have mine!