abs under 200 pounds...

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  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member

    Actually a natty lifter near genetic potential would look big as fck to and be accused of juicing by average people who don't know better.

    nowadays anyone with muscle mass is immediately accused of juicing. Even juicing isn't a magic pill to instantly become huge. Juicers still have to work their *kitten* off to threaten being "huge".
  • FabMrFox
    FabMrFox Posts: 259 Member
    if you have abs but you're under 200 lbs, you're just skinny?

    While we're making general broad-sweeping statements based on one man's opinion let's go ahead and say that if you're over 200 lbs and don't have abs, then you must be a bucket of lard.

    Can we get an exact definition of what "abs" are? Is there a specific body fat % we're talking about? I just need to know because I'm currently 208 and I don't want to lose any more weight if it suddenly makes me look like a stick.

    everyone is slightly different at what % abs pop out 6-10% bf for most guys for me its 7%
  • auticus
    auticus Posts: 1,051 Member
    I used to have a buddy that was very slender and because he had such low body fat, you could see his abs. He was under the delusion that this meant that he was "in shape and ripped".

    Appearance does count for much though, and a lot of people feel this way.

    Does it count if you are under 200 lbs and can see your abs? Counts for what exactly? What are we trying to stroke our egos over exactly?

    To some people... seeing your abs is all that matters. If you are under 200 lbs so what? In that case its about appearances.

    If you are a strength trainer then seeing abs is less important compared to being able to lift more, so if you can lift more than the guy that can see his abs, it doesn't matter that you can see his abs.

    If you are a fighter and you can break the guy with the abs neck in five seconds and bust his spine over your knee then his abs aren't really doing much good for him.

    If one is under the delusion that because they are blessed with low body fat that because they can see their abs that means that they are ultra healthy and "in shape" well... I will let them live in their delusional world.

    It takes more than being able to see your abs to mean anything other than past the superficial quality of being able to see them.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member

    Actually a natty lifter near genetic potential would look big as fck to and be accused of juicing by average people who don't know better.

    nowadays anyone with muscle mass is immediately accused of juicing. Even juicing isn't a magic pill to instantly become huge. Juicers still have to work their *kitten* off to threaten being "huge".

    I have a Juiceman that I use to make fresh apple juice and my own "V8" juice for bloody marys. It hasn't given me abs or rippededness.
  • Lisah8969
    Lisah8969 Posts: 1,247 Member
    I'm only 185 in my "after" profile picture, but i wouldn't call me skinny....................

    I would call you amazing! DAMN! :tongue:
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    that level is their audience, please understand that mindset before posting.

    That's fair enough.

    As long as you understand the mindset and the level of the audience you are addressing on this website in turn.

    "Skinny" can be used pejoratively and in a negative sense. That's why you are getting a lot of flack.

    ^^^^ Same goes for the fat chick with big boobs comment. The majority of your audience on here is not going to fall into that "Elite" category you keep talking about.
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    Can't you go do something useful like count paperclips? 16 freakin' posts by you on one of the single most inane subjects I've seen on MFP. Congratulations.

    You must not look at many posts
  • Plates559
    Plates559 Posts: 869 Member
    While we're making general broad-sweeping statements based on one man's opinion let's go ahead and say that if you're over 200 lbs and don't have abs, then you must be a bucket of lard.

    Oh man that is how I feel sometimes!
  • Plates559
    Plates559 Posts: 869 Member
    Can't you go do something useful like count paperclips? 16 freakin' posts by you on one of the single most inane subjects I've seen on MFP. Congratulations.

    Dang it now I have to go back and count!
  • Plates559
    Plates559 Posts: 869 Member
    Yeah its like 23, so come at me bro!

    I keep the paperclips behind me for later in the day when I have to bundle paperwork, they aren't for counting sorry.
  • _lizzie_
    _lizzie_ Posts: 130
    Can't you go do something useful like count paperclips? 16 freakin' posts by you on one of the single most inane subjects I've seen on MFP. Congratulations.

    lol, and this after the millionth 'thigh gap" thread has been posted...
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    that level is their audience, please understand that mindset before posting.

    That's fair enough.

    As long as you understand the mindset and the level of the audience you are addressing on this website in turn.

    "Skinny" can be used pejoratively and in a negative sense. That's why you are getting a lot of flack.

    ^^^^ Same goes for the fat chick with big boobs comment. The majority of your audience on here is not going to fall into that "Elite" category you keep talking about.

    You mean there's a website somewhere devoted to women with "elite" level bewbs?

    Where does one find such a website out of curiosity? Purely for scientific purposes you will understand...
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member

    I have a 70's or so photo of Ripp dead lifting like 5 or 6 plate raw, but other than that, I've never seen a picture of him moving anything respectable besides that.

    At his weight, I don't see 6 plates raw as respectable.
    I'm gonna pull 5 plates raw at 181 this year, and I dont consider myself to be an exceptional deadlifter, and I'm not close to an elite total.

    But I agree, he didn't do much in the sport.
  • scorpio516
    scorpio516 Posts: 955 Member
    if you have abs but you're under 200 lbs, you're just skinny?

    While we're making general broad-sweeping statements based on one man's opinion let's go ahead and say that if you're over 200 lbs and don't have abs, then you must be a bucket of lard.

    Can we get an exact definition of what "abs" are? Is there a specific body fat % we're talking about? I just need to know because I'm currently 208 and I don't want to lose any more weight if it suddenly makes me look like a stick.

    They are the rectus abdominis muscle. They control flex in the spine. If you don't have them, you can't move.

    So Every single person in the world under 200lbs is "skinny"
    Every single person in the world over 200lbs is "jacked"
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    ITT no one understands blanket statements made for the point of humor, or any powerlifting humor for that matter.
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    ITT no one understands blanket statements made for the point of humor, or any powerlifting humor for that matter.

    my favorite powerlifting quote is "anything more than 3 reps is cardio"...
  • Plates559
    Plates559 Posts: 869 Member
    ITT no one understands blanket statements made for the point of humor, or any powerlifting humor for that matter.

    my favorite powerlifting quote is "anything more than 3 reps is cardio"...

    Haha, and "Cardio kills your gains"
  • Plates559
    Plates559 Posts: 869 Member
    "If you can't fix it with squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die"
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    my favorite powerlifting quote is "anything more than 3 reps is cardio"...

    agreed.
  • anggxo
    anggxo Posts: 102
    "If you have abs, and you weigh under 200 pounds, you aren't jacked, you're just skinny"

    Skinny like Asafa Powell you mean?

    Asafa%2BPowell2.jpg

    23053498.jpg

    i love this thread. :] and that quote about skinny guys with abs and fat chicks with boobs is mint.
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    "If you have abs, and you weigh under 200 pounds, you aren't jacked, you're just skinny" - Just heard this on the EliteFTS podcast. Looks like its time for you guys to start bulking!

    it also reminds me of the saying:

    "abs on a skinny guy is like big boobs on a fat chick, it doesn't count."

    thank goodness i never had big boobs when i was fatter.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    that level is their audience, please understand that mindset before posting.

    That's fair enough.

    As long as you understand the mindset and the level of the audience you are addressing on this website in turn.

    "Skinny" can be used pejoratively and in a negative sense. That's why you are getting a lot of flack.

    ^^^^ Same goes for the fat chick with big boobs comment. The majority of your audience on here is not going to fall into that "Elite" category you keep talking about.

    You mean there's a website somewhere devoted to women with "elite" level bewbs?

    Where does one find such a website out of curiosity? Purely for scientific purposes you will understand...

    Bwah hahaha..... Yea, I suppose that didn't make as much sense written out as it did in my head. Hmmm, I actually would love a website devoted to that as well.
  • peuglow
    peuglow Posts: 684 Member
    If he is a triathlete, i assure you he isn't ripped, he is skinny.
    lol QFT

    Everyone is getting their panties in a bunch here. BFD if you don't agree with the OP. Move on.
  • perfectingpatti
    perfectingpatti Posts: 1,037 Member
    If he is a triathlete, i assure you he isn't ripped, he is skinny.
    lol QFT
    Oh, you know my son?
  • sapphireswi
    sapphireswi Posts: 583 Member
    Perfectingpat - It wud be nice if u cud post a pic of ur son . . .then it wud be resolved and we gals can have something nice to look at :flowerforyou:
  • perfectingpatti
    perfectingpatti Posts: 1,037 Member
    Perfectingpat - It wud be nice if u cud post a pic of ur son . . .then it wud be resolved and we gals can have something nice to look at :flowerforyou:

    Ha! He'd be so mad at me!
  • Plates559
    Plates559 Posts: 869 Member
    ^^ still waiting on that 600 pound squat your other son did though.
  • perfectingpatti
    perfectingpatti Posts: 1,037 Member
    ^^ still waiting on that 600 pound squat your other son did though.

    Me, too. Text him, but he's in class. I'll get it.
  • monty619
    monty619 Posts: 1,308 Member
    <<<<<<<<<<<<< 200lbs

    6'1" or so?

    5'11
  • JasonDetwiler
    JasonDetwiler Posts: 364 Member
    <<<<<<<<<<<<< 200lbs

    6'1" or so?

    5'11

    THICK AND SWOLE! If you were 6'1, you'd be skinny. True story.