Fat around abs...

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Hello everyone, I am here to make ANOTHER thread about how life keep's screwing me over...

I APPARENTLY am really fit. EXCEPT, around the ab area. I was doing ab exercises, and cardio, and wondering why on Earth does my tummy (Tummster as I call him..) still have fat on it? I just HAPPENED to stumble upon squeezing my abs together today, and noticed I have a pretty STRONG six pack. However, I still have fat, and it's hiding it ALL! :eek:

Anyone have any idea how I can solve this little problem?
 
well as many people would agree to me here, you cannot spot reduce and cardio and cardio would be the answer to it including your diet obviously. :), right guys :)
 
I think it might be your diet or maybe just your genetics
Ive always heard that abs come from cardio and diet and only 1% for abdominal exercises (I might be wrong, but it makes sense)
 
yeh it's your diet.. you probably gotta reduce the carbs and fat on it and add protein. Check out fitday.com .. it helps you to know the nutritional info on several aliments. For example, fruit might sound healthy and it is (and its also veryyy good) but it has a lot of sugar (not the regular sugar but fructose or something, Im not sure) and that leads to fat storage which you dont want to get the perfect abs.
 
Reduce your overall body fat by eating clean, working out (cardio and weights), and resting properly.

Diet is probably 70% of the battle here.
 
yes, agree with everyone. this is the way to get the definition you want. Increase the muscle size <resistance/weights> but be careful, increase the amount of calories you burn, and decrease your calorie intake, maintain your current regime just add a few more exercises to specifically enhance your abs. Yes you will be lowering your overall bodyfat and increasing the size of your abdominals to push through the skin creating the look you want. You can do it.

David
 
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It would be a bit hard to both lose fat (calorie deficit) and gain ab muscle (calorie surplus) all at one time. Someone above mentioned reducing your overall body fat. I agree with that.

That should be your first focus. Once your overall body fat has been reduced to a better %, then you can adjust your nutrition program to begin adding muscle if you choose.

An important note here (again someone already mentioned it), could be genetics. :(
 
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