How come I only have a six pack when I flex?

[Anonymous]

Ok so I'm a skinny guy and really the only time you can see my six pack is when I flex my stomach muscles. I did a body fat percentage calculation and iirc it's like 11%. What can I do to improve this? I eat subway a lot and I've started eating a lot of salads instead of cheeseburgers. I can pretty much eat anything and not gain a pound but I was curious as to what I should be eating to make my six pack show without flexing?

[jamesma87]

Subway or salads doesn't mean healthy, you have to be eating foods with low fat. If you want to really get shredded abs, the only way is to lower body fat percent and ab workouts.

Don't just do sit ups, do some weighted exercises so that the ab muscles will actually grow larger in size instead of just toning. Cardio will also help you burn a lot of calories to lower your fat %.

Dieting is most important though. Just make sure anything you put in your body is low in saturated and trans fats.

[DaKila]

You probably lose more fat so your abdominal muscles penetrate the skin more showing them or but you say stay you are skinny already you need to actually tone your abdominal muscles more so it will penetrate the skin regardless of how much fat you have.

[Anonymous]

Because you actually don't have any muscle? You're probably what they call skinny fat. I am too. You're naturally thin, but you don't work out so you don't gain muscle. In order to get a six pack, start doing ab exercises. That's all there is to it. Diet can only do so much.

You know what they say, abs on a skinny guy are like boobs on a fat girl...so hit the gym and work those puppies out.

[Anonymous]

My brother was a really skinny guy and now he's bulked up a lot, he said men need 8% body fat min, and he eats a lot of protein and does weights and crunches, if you want your muscles to show without flexing you need to build that muscle first by eating protein doing more crunches progressively harder ones

[ColdFeet]

I'm guessing you can only see your six-pack because you're skinny. If you want it to be more obvious then work-out your core. Only then would nutrition influence it's size.

[beastman88]

6 pack on a skinny guy is like t*ts on a fat girl IT DOESNT COUNT lmao but on the serious side, start eating protein and start lifting. iam starting to shy away from animal protein, too much fat in it cholesterol and what not

[Jayded1]

If you are at 11% its not a matter of losing more its a matter of gaining muscle. You need to eat more, not less and work out. You can't gain muscle when you body isn't getting the energy (calories) it requires.

[Anonymous]

Being skinny and having a six pack is like being fat and having t*ts.

You could try working out and building muscle to get a better six pack. Noones impressed when you're 5'10 and 140 wet with abs.

[Cookie1995]

Work out the core intensely to develop your abs, and decrease your boyfriend down to show your abs better. Make sure you work the rest of your muscles to maintain good muscle balance.

[Anonymous]

You can become anorexic and still not see you're six pack if you don't work out enough. So work out.

[Anonymous]

that's what happens to most people I think.

[Anonymous]

just the way the body works I guess.

[Anonymous]

you need to work out more and loose fat.

[seksek]

Gain more muscle