Big ab muscles causing stomach to bulge out???

[hardbdygrl]

hey guys,, thanks very much for all the replies. I think i have finally found the problem!!!

I will change my routine and diet for now and see how that works! I do train abs everyday,, but if i dont ,, then i really dont have abs,,,,,but we shall see,, im gonna stop my cycle and just run some clen for now, see how that goes also.

 

[strong island]

Gut?? What are you talking about? Your waist is tiny from what I have seen.

Is you waist measurement greater than before? If not, then it is probably mental. Like most people on this board(including myself) you are very critical of yourself. This can be a good thing and a bad thing...

Measure your waist....This is the only way to be totally objecitive.

 

[NY Muscle]

Gut?? What are you talking about? Your waist is tiny from what I have seen.

Is you waist measurement greater than before? If not, then it is probably mental. Like most people on this board(including myself) you are very critical of yourself. This can be a good thing and a bad thing...

Measure your waist....This is the only way to be totally objecitive.

strong island you are right, in her case its ALL MENTAL..i just like to satisfy her need for an answer...

 

[Sassy69]

Isn't this the old mind trick that you have to train your abs every day to get the 6 pack? Abs are basically just another muscle group and should get the same frequency (and recovery) as any other muscle group?

BTW - i want to hit you HBG -- I wouls pay major buckage to have your abs one day per month!

 

[strong island]

Vacuums!!! Those are great. I haven't done them in a long time. I started doing them when I first bought the Bodybuilding Encyclopedia about 14 years ago. That was Frank Zane's best pose. Think I 'll start doing them again.

Lately my "gut" has been popping out as well. This is because I am eating over 5000 calories a day and my stomach is constantly full(another reason I probably I can't do vacuums right now) But I have been keeping bodyfdat caliper measurements and I have not put on any fat. I can't wait to start cutting.

Hey Hardbdy ...aren't you eating alot more lately?

 

[wyst]

HBG - i think you are sticking your chest out because you are such a flirt!


Also im not sure what type of ab work u do, but ever since I read Arnold’s original book when I was like 19 I do what he suggested, VACUUMS I do that all damn day long..its like a habit now, I don’t eve realize I do it…I NEVER do abs when I diet…I diet and do cardio and all the vacuum work I do pays off as my abs just start sprouting out like flowers in the spring…..and I have a thick waist all yr long until I diet, these vacuums make ALL the difference.

Interesting. What are vacuums, and how do you do them?

Wyst

 

[hardbdygrl]

lol u guys know me all to well!!!!!!!! BUT seriously im not imagining this.
OK if i flex my abs im fine, I can see them. If i do the Vacumes i look great. But when i am at rest, or just standing up, the top part of my abs stick out. and its hard.
I need to change things,, Like BBB mentioned i do forget to breath sometimes while training. I was doing 145-155lb deadlifts
335lb squats,, soo that has also added to my problem. And my cycle.

Sooo what do u think i should do? Stop my cycle for 1month and just run some clen and do cardio? I did run for 20min last night and i felt like it had went down. I didnt have that "preasure" feeling in my stomach.

I know its not from eating alot of food! hahahha i dont think ill ever have that problem.
But i do have a shake before i go to sleep,,so i will have to cut that out.

W6, i do train my back and chest equally, if anything i concentrait more on my back,
StrongIsland:
Ok typical HBG day diet

3 egg whites or a protein bar for breakfast
1-2 cans of tuna 1/4 cup rice
workout
protein shake
4oz of chicken or 1 can of tuna
granola bar (hehe i love them)
1tlb of natty Peanutbutter
Shake before bed

So really thats not alot of food i dont think
I think it has to do with the heavy training.

lol @ sassy

 

[strong island]

There is an explanation of vacuums on this page:

http://www.musclemedia.com/training/BootCamp.asp

You definitely don't hear too much about them anymore.

 

[hardbdygrl]

ok look at the 4th picture of me flexing my tricep,, look at the width of my waist. Sure i have abs in the front, but the outer part of my waist is the problemo!! actually look at all the pics of me in the Red bathing suite,,u can see who wide my ribcage is.


http://www.picturetrail.com/hardbodygrl/743269

 

[strong island]

HBG...I don't think you eat enough...so I definitely don't think you should cut the shake out. Do you have a picture of this stomach anomaly you speak of.

Are you always on a cutting diet? I think you need to up your calories...or atleast cycle more carbs into your diet. Is this how you ate when you were trying to put on weight?

If you are eating a calorie deficit you will most likely lose the hard earned muscle you put on recently. I think you worry too much about getting "fat." Meanwhile everyone on this board agrees that you are shredded.