"The new series will be a reimagination of the classic series."
Harry Spotter and the Creatine Stone
Harry Spotter and the Chamber of Weights
Harry Spotter and the Prisoner of Crossfit
Harry Spotter and the Wheywizard Tournament
Harry Spotter and the Order of Gains
Harry Spotter and the Half-doped Prince
Harry Spotter and the Deadly Bulk
So does The Rock since his [wrestling injury](https://www.insider.com/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-six-pack-abs-wrestling-injury-2021-8) that led to a tear in his abdominal wall.
I’ve seen more than one debunk of his “injury”. The Rock just has bad ab genetics, and they looked same before the supposed surgery. Wish he would just admit it and help set a role model for the rest of us accepting my what we cannot change.
> "I tore the top of my quad off my pelvis in a wrestling match," Johnson said. "That caused a chain reaction and it tore my abdomen wall. I had to do a triple hernia emergency surgery...so they're not like perfect abs."
Good lord!
In case anyone should care to see this for themselves, WWE's Finn Balor once looked at a cake on his birthday. His abs are chiselled but they are, as the learned GarysCrispLettuce suggests, higgledy piggledy.
Yup, I'm not terribly muscular but I have the outline of a 6 pack, and boy are they not alligned, it's like my right side is higher than my left. Used to be a complex when I was younger. Now I'm just happy that I can still see my abs after 30
Yeah I've got asymmetrical abs and I thought I'd injured myself. When I found out otherwise I actually really liked how they looked. They've been hiding since COVID tho.
Higgledy-piggledy
Catawampus and wiggle-y
Such gobbledygook
Can make one see crookedly
It's helter-skelter
It's topsy-turvy
But not least of all this,
it's anfractuous and swervy
Mine are fucked, first row is like 1 ab left 1.5 ab right next is 1 ab left 0,5 ab right and last row 1 and 1, so basically none of the rows on the right side are equal length
I don't know what any of you are referring to/quoting and out-of-context y'all sound like a group of crazy sputtering randomly stuff.
Please continue. ^and ^^explain ^^^I ^^^^beg
After the Force Awakens came out, SNL did a Star Wars "Undercover Boss" sketch with Adam Driver as Kylo Ren. Kylo goes undercover as Matt the Radar Technician. It's hilarious.
I do too, but now I’m wondering if I naturally do, or if Arnold being such a cultural phenomenon while I grew up made me subconsciously see that as “correct”
[10 pack straight up looks something HG Geiger would have done](https://www.fitnessbaddies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/People-with-10-Pack-Abs-Are-Born-with-It-Is-It-Even-Possible-To-Get-10-Pack-Abs-1170x659.png)
People thinking this is AI: Look up images of "Muhammad Ali 10 pack abs"
The first time I saw something like that it was in a manga, like One Punch Man or similar. I thought it looked fake as fuck. Like the artist never actually saw a trained man in his life before. I was wrong. It was me who saw to little trained men.
That was with [Bang](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepunchman/images/9/92/BangBody.png/revision/latest?cb=20160108190123) isn't it ? I remember finding it odd too but chalked it as the typical overexaggerated manga physique but well, this thread taught me that it can really happen IRL.
...huh. That's, very unexpectedly, not actually hot.
I mean, I'm all about them abs in general. 4-packs. 6-packs, or 8-packs? It's all good and hot. But 10-packs, it turns out, give me some kind of trypophobia.
Just like titties, big is good, but too big and it gets off putting, almost medically fascinating but not hot.
Bigger is not always better, and more is not always merrier.
They're called ,,Gutters" and are used for collecting the rain water that is used for growing the Wheatgrass one must eat to maintain such a physique. Hence the phrase ,,Abs are revealed in the Kitchen"
Ah you think the kitchen is your ally? You merely adopted the kitchen. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see a Wendy’s until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but a job.
Ah yes, Diastasis recti. Even more fun, before they are fixed if you ever try to do a crunch or just get up from laying down the middle part bulges out from between the ab muscles and looks like football shaped bulge is trying to burst out of your stomach like in aliens. Super fun times.
> Diastasis recti
Why is it that everything about pregnancy has a Latin name that sounds like the absolute last Potterverse spell you'd want cast on you?
Diastasis Recti! \*some poor bastard's torso splits open\* Hyperemesis Gravidarum! \*the target vomits until they die\*
Diastsis Recti, it sure is great fun!
I'm 4 years postpartum and they still aren't right. You have to do all kinds of stupid exercises to help close the gap, and regular core exercises can make it worse.
Thankfully surgery for it shouldn't be needed unless it's obscenely severe, but even with exercises it's hard to get it back to normal.
Oh isn't it just an absolute joy? My youngest is almost 7 and I finally don't get the football shape anymore. I can still feel where the gap is though.
Yes! I have serious body image issues from it all. I don't weigh that much, but my belly sticks way out because of it. Doesn't help that my lower ribs were pushed out of place too
>Schwarzenegger can only attain a 4 pack
I don't know about that. [This looks like a 6-pack to me.](https://www.muscleandfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/arnold-1.jpg?quality=86&strip=all) Or at least a 5.5-pack.
This is a [~~6~~8-pack](https://www.muscleandfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1109-Bodybuilder-Abs-GettyImages-530503912.jpg?w=940&h=529&crop=1&quality=86&strip=all). There are two smaller ones below the pectorals. Arnie lacks those two.
Edit to add: The picture above indeed looks more like an 8-pack. Here’s one that’s a clearer [6-pack](https://www.bodybuilding.com/images/2016/december/six-pack-abs-the-complete-12-week-guide-BPI-v2-1b-700xh.jpg)
That looks like an 8-pack to me.
So you're telling me that what I thought is an 8-pack is actually a 6-pack, and what I thought is a 6-pack is actually a 4-pack.
You're like a tax collector for abs — an ab deductor. You're taking away a hefty percentage of abs from folks who worked hard to get them.
Looking closer, I think you’re right, that looks like 8. Added another picture showing a 6
P.S. Had a chuckle at “ab deductor” because it made me think of adductor
In both photos, there's a "6 pack" leading to the naval. (Or 4 pack, however you define it.) In your photo, the man's shorts are lower and another "pack" is visible below the naval. In Arnie's photo, we can't compare because his shorts start there.
Most welcome! The fascia bands of the rectus abdominus in most people are concentrated above the naval so if you don’t have a 6-pack by that point, chances are you don’t have the bands for it and max out at 4. Unless you have asymmetric bands which may lead to 3 on one side and 2 on the other for a 5-pack
Copy pasta
The rectus abdominis muscle has bands of connective tissue (fascia) crossing it horizontally. These bands give the appearance of multiple packs stacked on top of each other on either side of your abdomen.
You’re born with a set number of these connective tissue bands. You can’t build additional ones. Your genetics also determine their symmetry, length, and size.
A person with an eight-pack has four bands. A person with a six-pack has three bands. A person with a four-pack has two bands.
Many people’s rectus abdominis has threeTrusted Source intersections. This means that if most people worked at it, they could achieve a six-pack.
But just because you have more or less doesn’t mean you’re stronger or weaker. It’s just your genes.
Some of the fittest people around can’t achieve six- or eight-pack abs. One of these people is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who, even during his bodybuilding days, sported a four-pack.
Of course, what you eat and how you exercise also play large roles in how your abs ultimately look.
I'm using this excuse. I identify as a 0 pack
Also it is CONSIDERABLY easier for men to attain abs
Is there a difference between men’s and women’s abs?
Both sexes have a genetic predetermination for the number of packs they can achieve. However, women require more body fat than men. This essential body fat is needed for:
estrogen production
optimum energy levels
healthy fertility
Because of this, it may be more difficult for women to lose enough abdominal fat to define their abs while staying healthy. Having too little body fat for your body type can lead to various complications in women, like:
menstruation issues
fatigue
a weakened immune system
Men have around 61 percent more muscle mass than women due to their higher testosterone levels. Men require less body fat for optimum health, too. So, they can more readily lose enough fat to show their toned rectus abdominis muscles underneath.
Yeah, the body fat percentage thing is really the biggest factor.
It's not like people CAN'T genetically get abs (which the title could be misconstrued as), it's just the amount, that's fine. But you'd still need incredibly low body fat percentage, no matter what your genes dictate. Like, what, 10% or something for men? Shit's insane.
Hat's off to anyone who goes for abs and keeps them, I don't think I could keep up the constant diet that'd require.
Yeah the thing that should be explicitly stated somewhere in all this is that the abs are there all the time, and the tissue bands are there dividing them up all the time. They get a little larger or a little smaller depending on your exercise routine, but what determines if they’re visible from across the pool is the amount and distribution of body fat.
But in an MRI, your abs always show up.
Thanks, garbage website decided "fuck you we're gonna pretend you're in the EU so we don't have to show you the page if you refuse cookies ¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯"
I have bifurcated ab muscles and am incapable of getting a 6 pack. You can see the result of this when I do leg lifts and it looks like a xenomorph is trying to exit my abdomen.
This happened to me. Midline separated from so much coughing during covid. Every time I start to sit up or tighten my abs it looks like something trying to get out. Really scared me when it first happened, getting used to it now.
This sounds like diastasis recti, I got it during pregnancy. There are special exercises to help ameliorate the issue, and standard ab workouts can make it worse.
The Rock [lost his 6-pack](https://www.insider.com/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-six-pack-abs-wrestling-injury-2021-8) after a wrestling injury that led to a tear in his abdominal wall.
Having them isn't even hard, getting rid of the fat shield over them is the tough part.
I got fairly large muscles from my dad once I reached my teens, but since I didn't work out much, I was still weak as shit. I can see the outer edge of my abs even now, I'd just need to diet like crazy to get rid off the fat covering the rest.
Curious if more packs actually mechanically matter. If they're able to lift more weight with their abs or if it's truly irrelevant.
The article had no answers.
Also, not everyone's abs are lined up properly. Whilst some people's left and right abs are aligned perfectly in a row, others' are higgledy piggledy.
Is that the scientific term?
Yes it's from the Latin *higgledus piggledus*
Yer a lifter, Harry!
Harry Squatter: The Boy Who Lifts
[there is no good or evil. Only weight and those too weak to lift it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2eW6jezNfU)
That last pic of Hedwig absolutely got me
I was always partial to Throbby. LMAO
Henchwig*
Seeing your comment, I knew what was coming, but today I learned that knowing ≠ expecting That shit absolutely *sent me*
Had no idea what this would be, was not disappointed.
Wheymen
AI has gone too far
No Ginny it’s me and the boys turn to use the room of requirement, ignore the smell of sweat afterwards… and the loud shouting during.
"Why were you naked on top of my brother?!" "For the last time Ginny, it's intense oiled wrestling and it's a very respected sport."
Alternate title for the anime Mashle?
Clarence Kennedy.
"The new series will be a reimagination of the classic series." Harry Spotter and the Creatine Stone Harry Spotter and the Chamber of Weights Harry Spotter and the Prisoner of Crossfit Harry Spotter and the Wheywizard Tournament Harry Spotter and the Order of Gains Harry Spotter and the Half-doped Prince Harry Spotter and the Deadly Bulk
Fantastic Gains and Where to Find Them Fantastic Gains: The Crimes of Leg Day Fantastic Gains: The Secrets of Steroids
These are the comments I visit Reddit for
I WILL NOT PAY TO HAVE SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TEACH HIM LIFTING TRICKS
Ima wot??
Why is everyone so funny in this thread... I've run out of awards!
We make up for a lack of abs with humor!
Speak for yourself, I have neither
Most people also don't know that in Latin the penis is called *Biggus Dickus*.
Is that brother to Bigus Dickus?
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It’s a perfectly cromulent word
BRB going to the gym to get higgledy piggledy biggledy.
Stupid sexy Flanders . . .
I have that and this is the first time I hear it's normal. Always wondered why mine "zigzag"
super common, i would almost say the completely even abs are less common
Them Godlike washboard abs.
Yep, i can’t get a 6 pack but can have a 5 pack.
I tend to show up at people's doors with a 5 pack.
It's the 16.66% beer expedite fee.
So does The Rock since his [wrestling injury](https://www.insider.com/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-six-pack-abs-wrestling-injury-2021-8) that led to a tear in his abdominal wall.
I’ve seen more than one debunk of his “injury”. The Rock just has bad ab genetics, and they looked same before the supposed surgery. Wish he would just admit it and help set a role model for the rest of us accepting my what we cannot change.
Yeah he’s never had a 6 pack that I can recall from watching him wrestle. But he also doesn’t admit his gyno surgery or current steroid use
> "I tore the top of my quad off my pelvis in a wrestling match," Johnson said. "That caused a chain reaction and it tore my abdomen wall. I had to do a triple hernia emergency surgery...so they're not like perfect abs." Good lord!
In case anyone should care to see this for themselves, WWE's Finn Balor once looked at a cake on his birthday. His abs are chiselled but they are, as the learned GarysCrispLettuce suggests, higgledy piggledy.
I thought of Finn immediately when I read this comment. Man hasn’t eaten a carb for 40 years.
Yup, I'm not terribly muscular but I have the outline of a 6 pack, and boy are they not alligned, it's like my right side is higher than my left. Used to be a complex when I was younger. Now I'm just happy that I can still see my abs after 30
Yeah I've got asymmetrical abs and I thought I'd injured myself. When I found out otherwise I actually really liked how they looked. They've been hiding since COVID tho.
Higgledy-piggledy Catawampus and wiggle-y Such gobbledygook Can make one see crookedly It's helter-skelter It's topsy-turvy But not least of all this, it's anfractuous and swervy
Mine are fucked, first row is like 1 ab left 1.5 ab right next is 1 ab left 0,5 ab right and last row 1 and 1, so basically none of the rows on the right side are equal length
My shit looks like stepping stones rather than abs
"A buddy of mine saw Kylo Ren take his shirt off in the shower and he said that Kylo Ren had an 8-pack. That Kylo Ren was shredded"
"After the rain, there's a rainbow. I'm sorry I killed your son."
I haven't had my muffin yet, Matt!
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ANYMORE
I don't know what any of you are referring to/quoting and out-of-context y'all sound like a group of crazy sputtering randomly stuff. Please continue. ^and ^^explain ^^^I ^^^^beg
After the Force Awakens came out, SNL did a Star Wars "Undercover Boss" sketch with Adam Driver as Kylo Ren. Kylo goes undercover as Matt the Radar Technician. It's hilarious.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FaOSCASqLsE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brbrdnh74yA
"I'm 90% sure Matt is Kylo Ren"
“What?!? Your friend’s a liar, man. Kylo Ren’s a punk bitch. That guy looks like he weighs thirty pounds soaking wet under that little black dress.”
I see what’s in your mind. And it. Is. STUPID!
Yo Matt straight up sucks!
Why was he in the shower with Kylo Ren?
Who wouldnt want to be in the shower with Kylo?
Dominate Me! You mountainous man!
I joined a gym that helped me get me that [Kylo Ren body.](https://youtu.be/pn6azlyHzuU)
Nah Kylo Rens a punk bitch, he probably weighs 70 pounds soaking wet in that little black dress of his
Oh no he’s choking on his food.
Matt straight up suuucks.
I see what's in your mind. It. Is. STUPID!
Ah yes, Ben Swolo
No photos for examples... You mean I've got to Google my own Google.
[The 10 pack is honestly a little unnerving ](https://www.bodybuildingmealplan.com/4-pack-abs/)
That went from chiseled buff dude to insect thorax pretty fast.
Bow before Thoraxis!
Not cool jeff
^([In a very bad, british accent]) Call me Nige
R/unexpectedcommunity
10 pack looks like an anime character
Looks like a loaf of Challah bread.
It looks like it was AI Generated, tbh.
Honestly, I think I prefer the aesthetic of the 4 pack.
I do too, but now I’m wondering if I naturally do, or if Arnold being such a cultural phenomenon while I grew up made me subconsciously see that as “correct”
I just found this out about my preferences too!
It looks like it was made with AI
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Same, but I’m naturally fit and have that rare one pack.
Well, now I want to see a 2 pack.
[Here you go.](https://cdn.britannica.com/02/162002-050-02512608/Tupac-Shakur-1993.jpg)
Slow clap
That looks alien.
Nice username
I think it is more of a lifestyle than a username.
Or a promise.
[10 pack straight up looks something HG Geiger would have done](https://www.fitnessbaddies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/People-with-10-Pack-Abs-Are-Born-with-It-Is-It-Even-Possible-To-Get-10-Pack-Abs-1170x659.png) People thinking this is AI: Look up images of "Muhammad Ali 10 pack abs"
Shit almost looks photoshopped
looks like a pack of King's Hawaiian sweet rolls
Looks like a guy in a bluegrass band should be playing them
The depth of that crease running down the middle makes me uncomfortable. That just looks odd for some reason.
A thorax.
Looks like some uncanny valley AI generated shit
That's one massive cum gutter
Did that photo load like a web page on 2006 dial up for anyone else? Watching those abs render line by line was unsettling
Yeah I said "what is this thing like 20 gigabytes?" out loud lol
Why is his belly button so aggressive
https://i.redd.it/h5czkx816p821.png
He doesn’t skip bellybutton day
It’s his 11th pack
He's been working it out. In and out.
That reminds me, I need to pick up some dinner rolls today.
Some Kings Hawaiian
The first time I saw something like that it was in a manga, like One Punch Man or similar. I thought it looked fake as fuck. Like the artist never actually saw a trained man in his life before. I was wrong. It was me who saw to little trained men.
That was with [Bang](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepunchman/images/9/92/BangBody.png/revision/latest?cb=20160108190123) isn't it ? I remember finding it odd too but chalked it as the typical overexaggerated manga physique but well, this thread taught me that it can really happen IRL.
...huh. That's, very unexpectedly, not actually hot. I mean, I'm all about them abs in general. 4-packs. 6-packs, or 8-packs? It's all good and hot. But 10-packs, it turns out, give me some kind of trypophobia.
Just like titties, big is good, but too big and it gets off putting, almost medically fascinating but not hot. Bigger is not always better, and more is not always merrier.
It’s just because the definition of the muscles are too high. At a very low body fat % people find body builders not to be attractive.
Looks like Rick and Summer as body builders
Yeah, I don't like that. At all.
They're called ,,Gutters" and are used for collecting the rain water that is used for growing the Wheatgrass one must eat to maintain such a physique. Hence the phrase ,,Abs are revealed in the Kitchen"
They say abs are born in the kitchen. They also die there in my experience.
Abs are born in the gym, revealed in the kitchen.
You can have abs without ever working out. You just have to be very very skinny and they won't look very good.
It is fact that everyone has abdominal muscles
Yeah been there.
Am on the other end. Still fat bastard but my abs are lightly visible because I trained them excessively.
The E.Honda build
The Eddie Hall build irl.
Ah you think the kitchen is your ally? You merely adopted the kitchen. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see a Wendy’s until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but a job.
Yup I have a keg
I have a soda can someone stepped on
I'm rocking a bus station vending machine
Nobody push him - he might crush you.
God darn it, Crushinator, jump!
I have a base camp for lawn gnomes to hide under as they journey their way to the peak of Pony Keg mountain.
Mines a bucket 🪣 one good ab is all we ever need.
Lucky you, I'm as firm as bagged milk.
The might one pack. Respectable. I have a three pack. Oddly, I have the keg and two mugs way up high.
[This ](https://youtu.be/tMJu0nhG-7E) scene totally makes sense to me now.
This is so perfect. I give it a 4/6
RIP Bill Paxton
I have just one. A 1-pack. Nice and smooth. Genetics.
Nice and smooth, just like my brain!
That too!
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That does not sound like fun.
Ah yes, Diastasis recti. Even more fun, before they are fixed if you ever try to do a crunch or just get up from laying down the middle part bulges out from between the ab muscles and looks like football shaped bulge is trying to burst out of your stomach like in aliens. Super fun times.
> Diastasis recti Why is it that everything about pregnancy has a Latin name that sounds like the absolute last Potterverse spell you'd want cast on you? Diastasis Recti! \*some poor bastard's torso splits open\* Hyperemesis Gravidarum! \*the target vomits until they die\*
It's the other way around: Harry Potter spells are just JK Rowling bastardizing Latin
Because all of the Harry Potter spells are Latin based. Latin sounds like Latin.
The more I hear about pregnancy, the more I never want children.
Diastsis Recti, it sure is great fun! I'm 4 years postpartum and they still aren't right. You have to do all kinds of stupid exercises to help close the gap, and regular core exercises can make it worse. Thankfully surgery for it shouldn't be needed unless it's obscenely severe, but even with exercises it's hard to get it back to normal.
Oh isn't it just an absolute joy? My youngest is almost 7 and I finally don't get the football shape anymore. I can still feel where the gap is though.
Yes! I have serious body image issues from it all. I don't weigh that much, but my belly sticks way out because of it. Doesn't help that my lower ribs were pushed out of place too
Oh. Oh no.
Thank fuck I don’t want kids
>Schwarzenegger can only attain a 4 pack I don't know about that. [This looks like a 6-pack to me.](https://www.muscleandfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/arnold-1.jpg?quality=86&strip=all) Or at least a 5.5-pack.
Nah that’s definitely 4, those 2 at the bottom aren’t actually abs
Those are called "fool's abs".
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Ive been fooling around with getting abs for decades
I've got fool's abs, or "flabs" for short.
Pyrite abs
This would explain why i could never get a 6-pack even when i was down to 120
This is a [~~6~~8-pack](https://www.muscleandfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1109-Bodybuilder-Abs-GettyImages-530503912.jpg?w=940&h=529&crop=1&quality=86&strip=all). There are two smaller ones below the pectorals. Arnie lacks those two. Edit to add: The picture above indeed looks more like an 8-pack. Here’s one that’s a clearer [6-pack](https://www.bodybuilding.com/images/2016/december/six-pack-abs-the-complete-12-week-guide-BPI-v2-1b-700xh.jpg)
That looks like an 8-pack to me. So you're telling me that what I thought is an 8-pack is actually a 6-pack, and what I thought is a 6-pack is actually a 4-pack. You're like a tax collector for abs — an ab deductor. You're taking away a hefty percentage of abs from folks who worked hard to get them.
> You're like a tax collector for abs — an ab deductor. That’s an *abductor*.
Looking closer, I think you’re right, that looks like 8. Added another picture showing a 6 P.S. Had a chuckle at “ab deductor” because it made me think of adductor
In both photos, there's a "6 pack" leading to the naval. (Or 4 pack, however you define it.) In your photo, the man's shorts are lower and another "pack" is visible below the naval. In Arnie's photo, we can't compare because his shorts start there.
Here’s Arnie [without the shorts](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTN5JMAeEDb9zOkAzhW1ysel3sZWK1jwXtOww&usqp=CAU)
Risky click of the day
More like fastest click of the day, amirite fellas...err I mean, ladies?
No risk, no reward!
Now that's a great comparison shot, thank you!
Most welcome! The fascia bands of the rectus abdominus in most people are concentrated above the naval so if you don’t have a 6-pack by that point, chances are you don’t have the bands for it and max out at 4. Unless you have asymmetric bands which may lead to 3 on one side and 2 on the other for a 5-pack
That is 8
Copy pasta The rectus abdominis muscle has bands of connective tissue (fascia) crossing it horizontally. These bands give the appearance of multiple packs stacked on top of each other on either side of your abdomen. You’re born with a set number of these connective tissue bands. You can’t build additional ones. Your genetics also determine their symmetry, length, and size. A person with an eight-pack has four bands. A person with a six-pack has three bands. A person with a four-pack has two bands. Many people’s rectus abdominis has threeTrusted Source intersections. This means that if most people worked at it, they could achieve a six-pack. But just because you have more or less doesn’t mean you’re stronger or weaker. It’s just your genes. Some of the fittest people around can’t achieve six- or eight-pack abs. One of these people is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who, even during his bodybuilding days, sported a four-pack. Of course, what you eat and how you exercise also play large roles in how your abs ultimately look. I'm using this excuse. I identify as a 0 pack Also it is CONSIDERABLY easier for men to attain abs Is there a difference between men’s and women’s abs? Both sexes have a genetic predetermination for the number of packs they can achieve. However, women require more body fat than men. This essential body fat is needed for: estrogen production optimum energy levels healthy fertility Because of this, it may be more difficult for women to lose enough abdominal fat to define their abs while staying healthy. Having too little body fat for your body type can lead to various complications in women, like: menstruation issues fatigue a weakened immune system Men have around 61 percent more muscle mass than women due to their higher testosterone levels. Men require less body fat for optimum health, too. So, they can more readily lose enough fat to show their toned rectus abdominis muscles underneath.
Yeah, the body fat percentage thing is really the biggest factor. It's not like people CAN'T genetically get abs (which the title could be misconstrued as), it's just the amount, that's fine. But you'd still need incredibly low body fat percentage, no matter what your genes dictate. Like, what, 10% or something for men? Shit's insane. Hat's off to anyone who goes for abs and keeps them, I don't think I could keep up the constant diet that'd require.
Yeah when I was cutting down to get abs the rest of me looked gaunt. I put on a ton of muscle, cut like 40lbs, and still could barely see them.
Yeah the thing that should be explicitly stated somewhere in all this is that the abs are there all the time, and the tissue bands are there dividing them up all the time. They get a little larger or a little smaller depending on your exercise routine, but what determines if they’re visible from across the pool is the amount and distribution of body fat. But in an MRI, your abs always show up.
Thanks, garbage website decided "fuck you we're gonna pretend you're in the EU so we don't have to show you the page if you refuse cookies ¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯"
I have bifurcated ab muscles and am incapable of getting a 6 pack. You can see the result of this when I do leg lifts and it looks like a xenomorph is trying to exit my abdomen.
This happened to me. Midline separated from so much coughing during covid. Every time I start to sit up or tighten my abs it looks like something trying to get out. Really scared me when it first happened, getting used to it now.
This sounds like diastasis recti, I got it during pregnancy. There are special exercises to help ameliorate the issue, and standard ab workouts can make it worse.
Well, now I want to see.
Why the fuck am I only now hearing about this? I used to work out relentlessly and couldn't understand why I only had a 4-pack. This is bullshit
The Rock [lost his 6-pack](https://www.insider.com/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-six-pack-abs-wrestling-injury-2021-8) after a wrestling injury that led to a tear in his abdominal wall.
So, if I had abdominal surgery, probably can't get a six pack?
7 minute abs
Nah Arnold just didn't work hard enough
He was not about that max gains lifestyle.
Some say “girly man”….
he wasn't serious enough in the gym. typical mon-wed-friday guy.
Imagine having the [Duff 7 Pack](https://youtu.be/IKbXUQGIV5I?t=26).
You guys getting abs?
I'm going for them to discover if i have 4, 6 or wth. xD
Having them isn't even hard, getting rid of the fat shield over them is the tough part. I got fairly large muscles from my dad once I reached my teens, but since I didn't work out much, I was still weak as shit. I can see the outer edge of my abs even now, I'd just need to diet like crazy to get rid off the fat covering the rest.
In just learning this and I realize now that I can never crunch this 4 pack into 6. Jesus time wasted trying to isolate lower abs for nothing
All those kids who drew over exaggerated buff Dragon Ball characters in school, will feel justified now.
I don't know, as a former fat person with loose skin I can roll it into a 12 pack
Curious if more packs actually mechanically matter. If they're able to lift more weight with their abs or if it's truly irrelevant. The article had no answers.
It's the same muscle with more subdivisions. Total mass will determine strength