Can you see your ribs?

[SSAlexSS]

Can you see your ribs?

Coz I am bulking up and still can see them (when I expend my rib cage or do a vacuum pose). What does it mean, I have low bodyfat or big bones?

 

[natasan]

big bones - i've got that too

i've focused on building up mass in my obliques to help with that. depending on your frame though, it's hard to get rid of.

 

[fishstick]

with me, it's definitely a body fat issue ---> i've recently been cutting and they're showing more and more. it bugged me at first but the definition showing on the rest of me (especially back and shoulders) makes up for it.

ummm, anyway, they aren't ribs, ummm, they're this new muscle that i've built that no one else knows about!

 

[Phemomena]

ummm, anyway, they aren't ribs, ummm, they're this new muscle that i've built that no one else knows about!

hehe i'll keep telling myself that one...

it's a small price to pay to see the abs though...

 

[WarriorPL]

i love being big boned, you don't have to build as much muscle mass as those toothpicks out there. Right now im just gaining strength then getting cut, in the future i might bulk up depending on how much taller i grow.


~WizKid

 

[blood_drinker]

no ! if you have obliques your ribs shouldnt be there.
go work em out

 

[Phemomena]

no ! if you have obliques your ribs shouldnt be there.
go work em out

due to a pull where the oblique meets the transverse, i'm not now (and will probably not for a long time) workig my obliques ... i don't believe obiques are really the answer anyways.. isn't more the intercostals?... (those are the muscles that are between the ribs... pullovers and squats (allover body work that uses all stabalizers) will hit them best...

mine really aren't that bad... can't see 'em unless i raise my arms...

 

[Imnotdutch]

Your intercostal muscles are found on the outside and inside of ribs I believe. If you do pullovers properly they will work these as well as other muscles.

with me, it's definitely a body fat issue ---> i've recently been cutting and they're showing more and more. it bugged me at first but the definition showing on the rest of me (especially back and shoulders) makes up for it.

ummm, anyway, they aren't ribs, ummm, they're this new muscle that i've built that no one else knows about!

 

[BigDogg]

Try working ur serratus muscles. those are the tendon-like muscles beside your abs. developing these muscles will add a nice touch to ur upper body, and make ur ribs not as visible. sorry if that made no sense, im tired

 

[absolute hardgainer]

I can, and I can see my abs, too.

hardgainer (so, what's the problem?)

 

[ORGANON CANON]

i love being big boned, you don't have to build as much muscle mass as those toothpicks out there. Right now im just gaining strength then getting cut, in the future i might bulk up depending on how much taller i grow.


~WizKid

Couldn't be further from the truth. Small bones are better for BB.

 

[8-]]

Not yet, but that's why I'm trying to lose fat.

 

[SSAlexSS]

Couldn't be further from the truth. Small bones are better for BB.

Small bones ARE BAD FOR BODYBUILDING! If you have small bones than you cannot build big muscles, unless you are a genetic miracle (flex wheeler).

And if you have small bones than you need to each considerably much more to get bigger muscles, and eating sucks ************* ** * * * ** *******!!!!!!!!!

 

[benchmaniac2]

larger bones/frame = more potential for muscle growth.

 

[fiatconspiracy]

may i use a X-ray machine?

 

[fishstick]

for what it's worth, i was looking at some old pictures of steve reeves the other day, and in some arms overhead poses, you could see ribs.

of course, he was exceptionally small around the mid-section (a friggin' 29" waist!).

 

[Powerlifting57]

my rib cage is HUGE from the top of my middle finger to he bottom of my palm is 9 in, ok i can stick my tumb on my back and place my fingetr on my rib cage and still cant reach the end!! my rib cage looks like arnolds it sux cuz my rib cage is huge so it makes me loko fat w/ a shirt on! take that shirt off and HUGE ABS!!!!

 

[NorgePrecision]

It only shows when I suck in like Frank Zane. Other than that, the serratus is coming in very nicely.

 

[MrMuscle]

My serratus has been visible the last couple of years. but havent seen my ribs since 1999.

 

[anthrax]

That's an old thread, dude !

 

[*MissFit*]

Yes