Achieving The Body

Lol, that all depends. What do you want to achieve, and is that realistic (different body types, i.e. you might be endomorph, and your ideal body is ectomorph, you might never achieve that). How much effort do you want to put into it. You already have abs, they might just be "hidden". There is a whole range of abdominal exercises which help develop and strengthen the abs, but "really showing them" normally requires to have a low body fat ratio as well

geminigarcia199017 wrote: »

iofred wrote: »

Lol, that all depends. What do you want to achieve, and is that realistic (different body types, i.e. you might be endomorph, and your ideal body is ectomorph, you might never achieve that). How much effort do you want to put into it. You already have abs, they might just be "hidden". There is a whole range of abdominal exercises which help develop and strengthen the abs, but "really showing them" normally requires to have a low body fat ratio as well

I did a What Is Your Body Type Quiz & the results show that I am a Mesomorph.

This is pretty much nonsense.
To get abs you need basically to cut your body fat to a very low percentage. Work on your diet if you have weight to lose.

geminigarcia199017 wrote: »

aggelikik wrote: »

geminigarcia199017 wrote: »

iofred wrote: »

Lol, that all depends. What do you want to achieve, and is that realistic (different body types, i.e. you might be endomorph, and your ideal body is ectomorph, you might never achieve that). How much effort do you want to put into it. You already have abs, they might just be "hidden". There is a whole range of abdominal exercises which help develop and strengthen the abs, but "really showing them" normally requires to have a low body fat ratio as well

I did a What Is Your Body Type Quiz & the results show that I am a Mesomorph.

This is pretty much nonsense.
To get abs you need basically to cut your body fat to a very low percentage. Work on your diet if you have weight to lose.

It's about CICO!!

And what does this have to do with "body types"? You are not making sense.

Without a crystal ball, how can anyone answer that question of how long it will take for your to get "the body you want", without giving even the most basic information of where you're at at the moment (weight, activity level), what progress you've made so far and how, and what your goals are?

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geminigarcia199017 wrote: »

CollieFit wrote: »

So you're a 25 yr old male (from your profile), coming in at just under 190lb and you're 1,57m tall... is that correct?

Fitness Blender has heaps of videos. What do those that you do involve? And how many do you do a day / week? Do you actually actually currently lift any weights for the muscle that you want?

#itslikepullingteeth

Yes,correct first part.

Second Part
FitnessBlender
HIIT,Kickboxing,Cardio
1 workout 40 minutes/4-5 days a week
2.25kg dumbbells

You won't be building a great deal of muscle with those.

Do you have access to a local gym with proper free weights?

You haven't mentioned anything about your diet yet? Do you weigh and log your food?

geminigarcia199017 wrote: »

CollieFit wrote: »

So you're a 25 yr old male (from your profile), coming in at just under 190lb and you're 1,57m tall... is that correct?

Fitness Blender has heaps of videos. What do those that you do involve? And how many do you do a day / week? Do you actually actually currently lift any weights for the muscle that you want?

#itslikepullingteeth

Yes,correct first part.

Second Part
FitnessBlender
HIIT,Kickboxing,Cardio
1 workout 40 minutes/4-5 days a week
2.25kg dumbbells

So, you are currently technically obese and are looking for visible abs. Especially since you are young, it is definitely a feasible goal, assuming you are patient and determined. And realise it will not happen in a few weeks or even months. You need to lose quite a bit of weight, so diet will be important, continue with your cardio, add some proper resistance training, and be patient.

geminigarcia199017 wrote: »

CollieFit wrote: »

So... are you 86kg and 5'2" or 86kg and 6'2".................?

And what do you currently do for exercise?

And what is the closest approximation for "the body you want"?

Mate, people aren't mind readers, you know?

86kg and 5'2"
FitnessBlender Workout Videos
Toned,fitness body with muscles

You're not going to build muscle with videos. Get in the gym and pump some iron.

For starters, somatypes are a bunch of garbage. They have no bearing on your ability to gain/lose/maintain weight. They more or less are just fancy words for overweight, underweight, and somewhere in the middle.

If you want to know how long it'll take to get abs, if you are a guy the answer is get your BF down to around 12% or less. For arguments sake we'll say that you can lose 1.5% of your BF per month. So, if you are 35% now, it'll take 15 months. You can do it faster, but that is a reasonably fast estimate. I went from an estimated 30% BF to 10-12% BF in 10 months, but I was very aggressive at the beginning and it is going significantly slower now (closer to 1% per month).

Do a full body strength building routine (something like Strong Lifts 5x5) and eat sufficient protein and maybe you'll be there in a year as you'll probably need to lose 25kg or more, not 15kg.

nordlead2005 wrote: »

For starters, somatypes are a bunch of garbage. They have no bearing on your ability to gain/lose/maintain weight. They more or less are just fancy words for overweight, underweight, and somewhere in the middle.

To piggyback on this, somatotypes were created by a psychologist as a way to predict a person's behavior and personality based on his body shape. They are a model of stereotyping based on body shape and size. They are not indicators of how your body actually works.