Guido
12852 posts since 20/4/05
13 Jul 2006 10:16
guffer wrote: True Fashionista wrote: yeah there are certain situps and crunches that work different areas of the stomach..
true, but most people just need to do silly ammounts of cardio to look like this:
if you are reasonably thin, you can get a bit of definition by doing a million sit ups, but you wont get to that stage above unless you get your body fat to about 8%
abs are made in the kitchen…
fair points. 15% body fat and you should be able to see your abs.
SOS
6483 posts since 12/10/04
13 Jul 2006 10:28
shorty wrote: im defs not posting anything now
dont be soft, you know the type i am talking about, and from your pics it aint you.
Guido
12852 posts since 20/4/05
13 Jul 2006 10:30
shorty wrote: Guido wrote: fair points. 15% body fat and you should be able to see your abs.
how do u find out your body fat??
body fat calipers as guffer has posted in that link. basically take a series of measurements on specific areas of your body and then check on a table which should give you a pretty accurate percentage.
Guido
12852 posts since 20/4/05
13 Jul 2006 10:32
shorty wrote: Guido wrote: shorty wrote: but my starting point was about two month ago and my whole body has changed since then but i still dont look that good apparantly
i'll post some when i get back from ibiza then at last i'll be tanned !!
Who's been telling you that you don't look that good?
Yeah 2 weeks of not eating much should sort the stomach out
i am literally starving myself for two weeks and upping the exercise in the hope
then i spoke to the bloody man im trying to look good for and he reckons he wont even be there when i get there!!! grrrr haha
I'm sure a fair few other blokes will appreciate your efforts….. may be worth reminding your chap that
Serbia
4928 posts since 22/3/06
13 Jul 2006 13:23
calipers aren't particularly accurate though. My mate regularly measured his BF and thought he was around 11%. He had it done properly with some machiene reader thing and he was like 20%.
13 Jul 2006 13:52
you don't see abs on 15% body fat, more like 8-10%, but guff is right, its got nearly fuck all to do with exercise and all to do with what you eat. If you then come back to the question - what’s the best way to lose fat? answer is lifting weights everytime. Cardio is a total waste of time!
Since we’re on it, personally I don’t want to see abs on a girl, i like it when their stomach is soft. Flat is fine, but not taught and hard like a bloke’s stomach. no way of really telling but, from your pics shorty, I’d say yours was just right.
13 Jul 2006 14:14
im 9.5%, its not really low enough.
15, is way too high.
Guido
12852 posts since 20/4/05
13 Jul 2006 14:17
Body builders when in comps are about 4% with is below what is considered healthy. pro footballers are about 8-9%. you should be able to see some definition of your abs at 15% it's the top % is what I'm saying. For clearer definition then yes less than 15% is desired.
nick
19716 posts since 2/5/03
13 Jul 2006 14:18
I was going to post a picture but my gut was hanging over my jeans in an alarming way this morning, for some reason it's not now, how weird is that ?
13 Jul 2006 14:32
the difference between about 20% and 6% fat
(not me)
13 Jul 2006 15:13
and a few hours on the sunbed…
13 Jul 2006 17:08
anyone use them Tanita bodyfat scales?
13 Jul 2006 17:10
i agree with weights.
why not?
you are helping to maintain muscle, and you are using a huge number of calories, and you are raising your metabolism for the rest of the day.
cardio is for fat girls who want to stay fat.
13 Jul 2006 17:15
exactly. many girls don't do weights cos they worry about gaining muscle. all the girls i see in the weights room have the best toned bodies you've ever seen. as noble woudl say, FACT.
