Is this true???? Abs is 80% what you eat :/

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  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    Abs are about a low body fat percentage.
    And with this, your diet is the most important portion. That being said, you need muscle mass to help fuel the burn. But you cant just do crunches to get the abs, you need to build the lean mass all over.
  • thebaconbeast
    thebaconbeast Posts: 560 Member
    Abs are about a low body fat percentage.

    Depends what you mean by "low" but it's true the body fat percentage can't be high (20%)
  • Jxnsmma
    Jxnsmma Posts: 919 Member
    If abs are made in the kitchen, I'd love the recipe. :tongue:

    ME TOO!!!

    When I went to a Tosca Reno clean eating seminar she stated that your physical composition (not just abs) was 80% diet, 10% workouts and 10% genetics. I think its more like 60, 20 20 but you get the idea, that food is a very high percentage of your appearance.
  • F__7
    F__7 Posts: 371 Member
    True to the bone.. if they are not showing.. you just need less fat.. is that simple..
  • Nav976
    Nav976 Posts: 7 Member
    Your abs can only show when you reach around 15% body fat. (or in women, 15% around the belly cuz breasts throw off the total body fat %)

    -Sincerely,

    me.
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    Basically what it means is this:

    Achieving the level of muscle definition needed to see visible abs is not just a level of muscular development, but also dependent upon having an ultra-low level of body fat that exercise alone cannot achieve. For women especially (whose bodies are naturally fattier than men's) this means very restrictive eating habits.
  • Mattdemon
    Mattdemon Posts: 79
    Abs are like any other muscle, train them and they get bigger. It would be interesting but I never heard someone say, "hey check out the size of that guys abs!"
    :laugh:

    But it's not about looking buff. It's about looking lean.

    That is why diet is the key to abs. It's the fastest and most efficient way to lose body fat.
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