locketts upper half kind of reminds me of flex wheeler…especially his abs.
Gerdy
correction flat ab not plat. lol
[quote]leoo0n wrote:
michael lockett.[/quote]
See! the top two look like ribs!!
Joe
[quote]Joe Brook wrote:
leoo0n wrote:
michael lockett.
See! the top two look like ribs!!
Joe[/quote]
I am not saying those aren’t his abs. They very may well be, but I’ve always wondered if that was part of the External Obliques or transvers abdominus merely posing as an ab? That part of the oblique/abdominus gets hit harder than the sides during certain lifts i believe and I wonder if it can grow faster than the other parts and bulge out posing like an ab? I know with my abs my top two come to a point at the top almost like a triangle.
just above and to the side of my upper abs I have my obliques that stick out a little bit higher than the rest or side of the oblique. This is only clearly visible at low bf% levels. Just curious because I think that you only see lockets 6 abs. The bottom two are hidden as they are flat. This is all my opinion of course and I do not know everything there is to know about abdominals lol. Just something I noticed with myself and i think it’s the same on some of the pros…
Gerdy
In my avatar, look at my obliques, follow them up to just above my top ab. Almost on top of it looking like it’s connected to my oblique. That is my oblique and not the 8th ab. Now mine aren’t as big as locketts but neither am I as bag as lockett. Thats how I came to the conclusion above…
Gerdy
big not bag. lol my typing sucks today…
I would say that the photo included in this thread of “Michael Lockett” - illustrates what we would call an 8 pack.
Each of those abs has a buldge on them too.
Depth of the abs will depend on your muscle shapes and how much work you have put into them.
When I’m in top condition (talking 4% body fat here) I do have a full 8 pack. In this picture I’m 6-7% and you can see the last 2 starting to show.
But it is indeed an individual thing and it is related to torso length. Those with a very short torso often have only a 4-packs (Ronnie Coleman for example), most will have a 6-pack and those with a long torso can get an 8-pack.
But as it was mentioned earlier, since the abdominals are hard to hypertrophy, the best way to make them ‘‘peak through’’ is to reach very low levels of body fat.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
When I’m in top condition (talking 4% body fat here) I do have a full 8 pack. In this picture I’m 6-7% and you can see the last 2 starting to show.
But it is indeed an individual thing and it is related to torso length. Those with a very short torso often have only a 4-packs (Ronnie Coleman for example), most will have a 6-pack and those with a long torso can get an 8-pack.
But as it was mentionned earlier, since the abdominals are hard to hypertrophy, the best way to make them ‘‘peak through’’ is to reach very low levels of body fat.[/quote]
lol
Yeah, thats what I was saying.
What about the pro bodybuilders that look like they only have a four pack?
I think the distribution of the connective tissue that “splits” up the R.A. is genetic. You can’t change the shape of the abs, only how big they are and how much blubber is covering them up. I think all this “defining the lower abs” stuff is bullshit. Furthermore, who cares? Get lean and thick and appreciate the shape of your own abs. Or don’t. No big.
Actually the “rows” of abs are determined genetically. As the illustration showed there are two rectus abdominus. The rows are created by the rectus pressing against several lateral tendons pictured but not titled in the same illustration. the number of tendons that go across your rectus can very from 0-4. This gives the appearance of multiple muscles when infact there are only 2. So lower that body fat and see how many tendons you have.
-chris
Fork, knife, and spoon curls. Or less of them in this case.
On “who cares”, we pretty much technically have shown that most of the body types can thru bodybuilding be tuned to have aestatic appeal, and of course function.
Knowing what you are working with is one half of the battle, and having the proper tools, resources and time to do the job is the rest.
[quote]analog_kid wrote:
Fork, knife, and spoon curls. Or less of them in this case.[/quote]
I prefer spork curls personally.
[quote]football061 wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
Fork, knife, and spoon curls. Or less of them in this case.
I prefer spork curls personally.[/quote]
Damn it, I came here to say the same thing… curses!
As far as working the abs is concerned, I’ve rediscovered low decline cable crunches. Lots of weight so you can barely curl your shoulders off the bench for 12-15 will hammer the top six and if you lower the weight where you can come up higher it hits the lower part more. It takes a little practice to feel the difference, but it’s definitely there.
can someone post a good ab routine please?