Bodyfat % to see abs?

What is the minimum bodyfat percent a person should have to see your abs. Currently at about 18% how much can I drop in 5 weeks?

digs wrote: What is the minimum bodyfat percent a person should have to see your abs. Currently at about 18% how much can I drop in 5 weeks?

That's a silly question as it depends on your diet. Around 13% depends from person to person.

Less than 10% ideally 8%.u gotta look at a kg a week,and u need to loose 10% of your overall body weight so u see how many weeks that should take.

10%? Mine are still visible tho

I am at +- 9 at the moment. Can clearly see 4 upper abs and the middle line running through to devide them. Veins along the V and above crotch area started showing here by 11%

Maybe mine isn't at 12.5 then... Will have it checked out tomorrow

mine is 12% and i have top four (not too defined) and one or two veins on my v line.. so ye, below 10% to see them nicely..

I'm on 11.5%, can just see the top four abs when I squeeze my stomach…

Usually I would say most people start seeing their abs clearly with BF under 10%

I'm on 9.5% and I can see them quite nicely but have to flex to really see them clearly.

When I'm at 7% then I have 6 clearly defined blocks all the time.

I find now, it also depends on how much water I am carrying (water retention).

It all depends on the size of the muscle. The bigger they are the better you see them at higher fat%

Im on 12% and can only barely see the top 2! Think I need to stop doing ab exercizes and focus more energy on shaving that top layer of fat off!

ab exercises burn the least amounts of calories than any other exercise in the gym... they are a waste of a time in my opinion... a little ab work, but thats about it...

00pump wrote: ab exercises burn the least amounts of calories than any other exercise in the gym... they are a waste of a time in my opinion... a little ab work, but thats about it...

ye... I see this every day, people rock up at gym, do a bit of spinning and then do a gazzillion variations of crunches, situps and every other abzersize there is then leave... but their bodyfat is 20% plus, there is no point in that.

probably done abs 3 times in my life.. always against my will.. Never given a damn about a six pack and i also know better

CHAPEL wrote: probably done abs 3 times in my life.. always against my will.. Never given a damn about a six pack and i also know better

ever seen the okes at gym with nothing but abs? no arms, legs, chest, back, no nothing...

but they keep lifting up their shirt looking at their abs... pisses me off.

Thunderbeast wrote:

CHAPEL wrote: probably done abs 3 times in my life.. always against my will.. Never given a damn about a six pack and i also know better

ever seen the okes at gym with nothing but abs? no arms, legs, chest, back, no nothing...

but they keep lifting up their shirt looking at their abs... pisses me off.

I know about half a gym worth's...

cool you got abs.. i'll still bicep curl you, over head press you and squat three of you. Never cared about abs and those guys are my biggest annoyance in the gym.

But hey, different strokes for different folks, i can't stroll around the beach looking lean as hell but I am strong. Makes me happy