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Gym 14h
any advice on how to get actual abs as a 5’0 female with a terrible metabolism? i’m also just now getting back into the gym after an appendectomy. lost a lot of progress
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Anonymous 14h

calorie deficit. obviously ab exercises to build the muscle but you have to have low enough body fat for them to be visible

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Anonymous 13h

Take all the body fat people with a grain of salt please. Actually training core comes first. You need to HIT WEIGHTED CORE, FREQUENTLY. AND train deep core at least once per week (deadbugs/weighted deadbugs, breathing exercises, etc) I do hanging leg raises every day too, but that's something you work up to (start with knee ups)

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Anonymous 13h

Get your thyroid checked

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13h

If you spam core like that. You will have abs even at a higher bf % AND, upon a lower bf % your entire abdominal area will look crazyyyyy

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13h

my body fat is roughly 24% rn. someone told me i need to get it down to about 18%

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13h

tysm. and yeahh for body fat im roughly around 24%. all my fat goes straight to my stomach immediately nowhere else.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13h

my thyroid is fine. i just bloat severely after eating anything

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 12h

girllll that’s not good you should see a gi doctor !!!! same thing happens to me and im getting it checked out Tuesday

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 12h

24% is already pretty low for a girl, with spamming weighted core you can acquire visible abs !!! At least one core exercise every workout! Those weighted crunch machines are optimal 👍

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 12h

yeahhh i’ve been tested for gluten allergy and stuff but all my bloodwork looks normal. idk ive just gotten it down to i have a sensitive gi system

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9h

i think abs is typically below 15% take what i say with a grain of salt, but usually to get visual abs your bf% can start affecting your periods. i think ab lines is a bit higher and wont affect bodily function in anyway

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 8h

I'm so serious: Spamming weighted core bypasses bf% laws. I still have visible abs at my fluffiest. When I'm at my absolute highest bf%, I'll still have a 4-pack Yeah, I have a solid 8-pack with the V and everything at lower % But I still have abs at higher %

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