The "V"

Abrasue
Abrasue Posts: 218 Member
edited November 12 in Fitness and Exercise
What exercises do you do to get this? :)

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  • HoLLyZ82
    HoLLyZ82 Posts: 467 Member
    you get lean...then it shows up like most other muscles :) i love mine and will never let it disappear again!
  • Abrasue
    Abrasue Posts: 218 Member
    you get lean...then it shows up like most other muscles :) i love mine and will never let it disappear again!



    I must have to be lean everywhere cause I don't have any fat there at all and still nothing but flat lol
  • duharvalgt
    duharvalgt Posts: 319 Member
    All I can suggest is that you try to reduce your body fat and eventually it will appear.
  • Abrasue
    Abrasue Posts: 218 Member
    All I can suggest is that you try to reduce your body fat and eventually it will appear.




    Hm, okay :) I'll keep pluggin away! No tummy fat so I'm kinda at a loss here lol
  • jilltaylor86
    jilltaylor86 Posts: 87 Member
    http://looksharpfitness.com/six-pack-abs/how-to-get-v-shaped-abs This link has good nutrition advice and a few exercises and videos on how to do ab exercises for the V
  • Abrasue
    Abrasue Posts: 218 Member
    http://looksharpfitness.com/six-pack-abs/how-to-get-v-shaped-abs This link has good nutrition advice and a few exercises and videos on how to do ab exercises for the V

    Thank ya dear :)
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    As everyone else said, just get lean. You can't really target "the v" because it's actually a tendon, not a muscle.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    As everyone else said, just get lean. You can't really target "the v" because it's actually a tendon, not a muscle.

    I was wondering about this! I keep looking at those pictures of muscular skeletons and couldn't figure out how there was a V (mine shows up on occasion).
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    As everyone else said, just get lean. You can't really target "the v" because it's actually a tendon, not a muscle.

    I was wondering about this! I keep looking at those pictures of muscular skeletons and couldn't figure out how there was a V (mine shows up on occasion).

    Its the "Inguinal Ligament" in this photo:

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  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    Maybe try getting lean by lifting heavy weights and backing off the chronic cardio. Excessive cardio will do more for eating away at muscle mass while retaining fat mass. It could be why you can't see the "V". You can be skinny and not be lean. You can be skinny and have plenty of fat mass and very little muscle mass. Doesn't matter how flat your stomach is. If you have little lean muscle mass you're not going to see much definition.

    And it could be genetics.

    LIFT HEAVY THINGS!!!! SPRINT ONCE IN A WHILE!!! MOVE A LOT AT A SLOW PACE (in other words, just move through out the day).

    I love the picture of the pelvis.
  • Abrasue
    Abrasue Posts: 218 Member
    Wow! Thanks guys for the great info!! I'm doing tons if strength training and about 2 miles of running a day. Eating my body weight in protein a day and cutting major carbs. Guess I just gotta wait and train :)
  • tinlee
    tinlee Posts: 60 Member
    bump for reference when I'm closer to goal weight
  • MariaMariaM
    MariaMariaM Posts: 1,322 Member
    Your profile shows a bit of a V. As everyone said, just keep working on getting lean mass.

    I don't have a lifting routine but I did P90X, which uses your body weight in addition to dumbells and it seemed to work for me. I don't have a very defined V but I am happy where it is at right now. I have a pic of it my profile.

    My next goal is to have more definition in this area
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