Cannot get a six pack - Ausbb

John555 · 11-09-2010, 07:16 PM

Hi,
I've been dieting and training hard for the past 2 months and had my bf tested at 7.2% at the gym today. My friend tested at around 8% and you can see all six lines. However I am dissapointed at the fact that I just cannot see a six pack! I can see the 2 top lines very clearly and I have literally no fat on me. Is this a possible cause?

I Can't Seem To Get a Six-Pack Even At Low Bodyfat! - Staley Training Systems

Am I doomed with a 2 pack forever? Not that I'm obssessed about it, but it is dissapointing to be at such a low bf with nothing to show for it.

gareer · 11-09-2010, 07:23 PM

It's impossible to say without a photo but it is possible your just not genetically gifted in that area...

Focus on your other genetic gifts though!

TrentZor · 11-09-2010, 07:37 PM

[QUOTE=John555;123100]Hi,
I've been dieting and training hard for the past 2 months and had my bf tested at 7.2% at the gym today. My friend tested at around 8% and you can see all six lines. /QUOTE]

- Was your BF test using a 6 point caliper test? IF its those scales they are terribly inaccurate
- U can be at sub 10% BF and still not see all your abs its the VERY last place that loses fat on your body sad but true.

Ben · 11-09-2010, 07:42 PM

Post a photo.

John555 · 11-09-2010, 07:46 PM

it was a six point caliber test by an experienced trainer (15+ yrs experience)
I don't have a camera, except a shitty 2 mega pixel mobile phone, and even then i wouldn't know how to upload pics with it

Gareer, im not going to lose sleep over this or anything =P

John555 · 11-09-2010, 07:48 PM

Have you guys ever seen a photo of arnolds abs? (what am i kidding? of course we all have =P), but yeh you can see his lower 2 cuts arent visible, even though his in contest shape (like 4% or so bf)

I was thinking maybe I have that..

IRON TANKS · 11-09-2010, 07:51 PM

Hard to say without pics. Could be unfortunate (genetics - body fat distribution). 7.2% is pretty low, and I would say most men should see abs quite easily and be quite cut at this percentage. I've helped one kid a while ago with a similar issue - on top of all his compounds, I added abdominal exercises with resistance to actually make the abs "bigger". He was unnecessarily doing the whole 1000 crunches every night.

IRON TANKS · 11-09-2010, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John555

Have you guys ever seen a photo of arnolds abs? (what am i kidding? of course we all have =P), but yeh you can see his lower 2 cuts arent visible, even though his in contest shape (like 4% or so bf)

I was thinking maybe I have that..

Could be so.

John555 · 11-09-2010, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minchia

Hard to say without pics. Could be unfortunate (genetics - body fat distribution). 7.2% is pretty low, and I would say most men should see abs quite easily and be quite cut at this percentage. I've helped one kid a while ago with a similar issue - on top of all his compounds, I added abdominal exercises with resistance to actually make the abs "bigger". He was unnecessarily doing the whole 1000 crunches every night.

My top 2 lines are very cut, the rest have just a thin layer of skin on them but no cuts. My friend said it could be due to the lack of insertions or something like that

John555 · 11-09-2010, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minchia

Could be so.

Yeh something like that. No fat but no cuts either!

11-09-2010, 07:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
John555 Banned Join Date: Jun 2010 Gender: Posts: 343 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Cannot get a six pack Hi, I've been dieting and training hard for the past 2 months and had my bf tested at 7.2% at the gym today. My friend tested at around 8% and you can see all six lines. However I am dissapointed at the fact that I just cannot see a six pack! I can see the 2 top lines very clearly and I have literally no fat on me. Is this a possible cause? I Can't Seem To Get a Six-Pack Even At Low Bodyfat! - Staley Training Systems Am I doomed with a 2 pack forever? Not that I'm obssessed about it, but it is dissapointing to be at such a low bf with nothing to show for it.

11-09-2010, 07:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
TrentZor Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: PTC Sydney Gender: Posts: 5,191 Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	[QUOTE=John555;123100]Hi, I've been dieting and training hard for the past 2 months and had my bf tested at 7.2% at the gym today. My friend tested at around 8% and you can see all six lines. /QUOTE] - Was your BF test using a 6 point caliper test? IF its those scales they are terribly inaccurate - U can be at sub 10% BF and still not see all your abs its the VERY last place that loses fat on your body sad but true. __________________ WWW.PTCSydney.com.au Strength and Conditioning Gym Trent ASCA level 1 Coach - 0421 790 933

11-09-2010, 07:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ben Active Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Gender: Posts: 1,986 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Post a photo. __________________ 137.5/97.5/150 @ 71

11-09-2010, 07:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
John555 Banned Join Date: Jun 2010 Gender: Posts: 343 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	it was a six point caliber test by an experienced trainer (15+ yrs experience) I don't have a camera, except a shitty 2 mega pixel mobile phone, and even then i wouldn't know how to upload pics with it Gareer, im not going to lose sleep over this or anything =P

11-09-2010, 07:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
John555 Banned Join Date: Jun 2010 Gender: Posts: 343 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Have you guys ever seen a photo of arnolds abs? (what am i kidding? of course we all have =P), but yeh you can see his lower 2 cuts arent visible, even though his in contest shape (like 4% or so bf) I was thinking maybe I have that..

11-09-2010, 07:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
IRON TANKS Active Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Gender: Posts: 1,134 Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hard to say without pics. Could be unfortunate (genetics - body fat distribution). 7.2% is pretty low, and I would say most men should see abs quite easily and be quite cut at this percentage. I've helped one kid a while ago with a similar issue - on top of all his compounds, I added abdominal exercises with resistance to actually make the abs "bigger". He was unnecessarily doing the whole 1000 crunches every night.