At what % bodyfat does the waist stop getting smaller? Does gear affect this?

[fixerman]

At what percent bodyfat does the waist circumference reach its minimum size? Also does gear affect this (make waist bigger or smaller at same percent body fat). Any ideas on this are appreciated.

 

[MaxxReps]

Interesting question but I think your waist size is determined by your bone structure and affected by bodyfat. Fat cell location will play a part as well - some people tend to spread the fat around their body while others (such as myself) have it more concentrated in the abdominal area.

For myself, I am a 32 and as my bodyfat gets past about 12% my pants start getting snug

 

[fixerman]

Any of you guys who do competitions know anything about this topic?

 

[Zinergy]

Depends on overall body fat and visceral fat to a degree.

Keep getting shredded and see what happens, there isn't going to be an answer set in stone regarding this question.

 

[fixerman]

Does anybody know at what percent body fat all the visceral fat is gone?

I am trying to figure out how gear affects this, if it makes the visceral abdominal fat more resistant or less resistant to being broken down or no effect at all. I keep thinking of the bloated guts some pros get.

 

[Nelson Montana]

There are many factors to a smaller waist beside bf. One of the best things you can do to compress the waist is to practice sucking the stomach in. The old timers did this hours a day. Apparently, the current pros have never tried it.

 

[Idobehigh]

Does anybody know at what percent body fat all the visceral fat is gone?

I am trying to figure out how gear affects this, if it makes the visceral abdominal fat more resistant or less resistant to being broken down or no effect at all. I keep thinking of the bloated guts some pros get.

I always heard/thought the bloated stomach u see the pros have we're from insulin and hgh abuse

 

[fixerman]

There are many factors to a smaller waist beside bf. One of the best things you can do to compress the waist is to practice sucking the stomach in. The old timers did this hours a day. Apparently, the current pros have never tried it.

Nelson what is your waist when you step on stage and at what bodyfat percentage does it reach its smallest size? What other things besides practicing sucking in the stomach do you do if any?

 

[RADAR]

I always heard/thought the bloated stomach u see the pros have we're from insulin and hgh abuse

Correct, heavy use will cause your internal organs to grow.

 

[RADAR]

At what percent bodyfat does the waist circumference reach its minimum size? Also does gear affect this (make waist bigger or smaller at same percent body fat). Any ideas on this are appreciated.

alot of this has to do on your body type.

Ectomorph, Mesomorph, Endomorph.
If you do ab work using weights then adding gear and training them will add some size to your ab muscles, so thats something to consider.