Bulking equals Pot belly?

[Allon]

Below is quote from another thread:

""I have been bulking for about 2 months and have gained noticeble muscle. I don't want to start cutting until I get to my bulking goal. I notice when I relax my abs I look like I'm 3-4 month pregnant(I'm a man). Is this normal for bulking? I also have noticeble fat around my Oblique areas. Is cutting the only way to get rid of these fat stores? The rest of my body looks lean.""

I also have this issue but I have not been bulking for that long and I had this problem also when not bulking. I figure now that once I have added 20 or so pounds of muscle mass, it will make it easier to cut.
Anyway, people please post your ideas on killing that protuding tummy. Diet, cardio, vacuum exercises... what else? what specific routines or diets. I have tried alomst everything!!

 

[the guy on the couch]

What's your BF%? If you're in single digits and still have the pot belly, then we've got a problem. If it's around 18-25%+, then it's fat, and you have to work at it to get rid of it. Women often complain about how their thighs are so fat, even when they do their thighmaster exercises religiously. There is no such thing as targeted fat burning. Crunches will not get you a 6-pack. It will build your abdominal section, which is a start, but you've gotta shed that layer of fat to see them.

Cardio, low cal or keto diet, and dedication. It works. Trust me.

--the guy

 

[Allon]

I have 10% body fat. Am lean all over apart from belly. Did lots of cardio and crunches and vacuum exercises for the past year and still the belly did not become flat. I noticed that if I didn't eat any big meals for a couple of days then it is flatter but still protudes... I am not even sure if it is fat.

 

[OXANDRIN]

thats food in your intestines..... don't let this bother you. your body can hold up to 30lbs of matter in the intestines/colon. once you stop shoveling foods it should go away.

 

[Allon]

thats food in your intestines..... don't let this bother you. your body can hold up to 30lbs of matter in the intestines/colon. once you stop shoveling foods it should go away.

Thankx for the info, I wish it were my problem though, but I had this problem also before I started bulking.

 

[deltreefitness]

Thankx for the info, I wish it were my problem though, but I had this problem also before I started bulking.

Did you recently loose a large amout of weight (fat mostly)? I've seen some people that used to be obese and lost large amounts of weight still have a flabby mid-section.

 

[Allon]

Did you recently loose a large amout of weight (fat mostly)? I've seen some people that used to be obese and lost large amounts of weight still have a flabby mid-section.

Nope, I have always been thin, if anything I have increased size due to working out. I was always real thin and around age 17 the belly appeared, at around age 20 I started becoming broader in my shoulders but stayed thin all over the rest of my body apart from stomach that just sayed inflatel... I am 26 now so I have had this belly problem for bearly 10 years, sometimes it is smaller sometimes bigger but never flat.

 

[deltreefitness]

Nope, I have always been thin, if anything I have increased size due to working out. I was always real thin and around age 17 the belly appeared, at around age 20 I started becoming broader in my shoulders but stayed thin all over the rest of my body apart from stomach that just sayed inflatel... I am 26 now so I have had this belly problem for bearly 10 years, sometimes it is smaller sometimes bigger but never flat.

Well the only thing I can suggest is to go see a physician. Have it checked out.

 

[Allon]

Well the only thing I can suggest is to go see a physician. Have it checked out.

Yep, I did that, well I asked my orthopedic if she thought it was my anatomic build. She said that if I do vacuum exercises it will eventually hold the stomach in but this is not working...
Maybe I will ask a regular doctor... could it be gas or something? I am beginning to think that this is something I can never change and it is just the way my body is built.

 

[chewyxrage]

How much beer do you drink? or alchohol in general

 

[the guy on the couch]

post a pic if you can. this might all be in your head.

 

[Allon]

How much beer do you drink? or alchohol in general

Not much at all. I barely used to drink (like once a month) Lately I drink more, but it depends, an average of maybe once a week. some weeks no alchohol at all, some weeks maybe up to 2-3 times a week max, and two beers and I am almost drunk so even if I drink it is usually just one or maybe two beers, or my preference ... whiskey.

 

[Allon]

post a pic if you can. this might all be in your head.

Good idea, I think I have one or two photos that are relevant available, I will look for them and post them. I will try to get more taken to post also.

 

[Allon]

Ok, here are some photo's. All feedback will be appreciated.
Please note that most these photo's are old, I have worked out a lot since then but belly still no better, the rest is
I am aware that I have some extra fat on the body in some of these photo's but still when I have had much less fat allover there is no improvement in the abs. I will try to post more relevant photo's but right now I am bulking so they may not be that relevant. I will post anyway when I get the chance, obviously once I cut the examples will be most relevant as then advice like lose body fat% will not be so relevant as it is to these pics.
Anyways, who knows, maybe it is fat and if I go down to 8% it will go away but hopefully you can see what I mean by protuding in these pics.
Thankx!!
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v346/Allon1/beach.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v346/Allon1/balcony.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v346/Allon1/beach2.jpg

 

[NJRipped]

From those pics, I would say that your bodyfat isn't nearly as low as you think. To be sure, have yourself hydrostatically tested to determine bodyfat levels - calipers just aren't accurate. Like me, you appear to hold your remianing fat stores on your stomach area. The only way I could resolve the problem was to maintain very low bodyfat levels.

 

[the guy on the couch]

i agree with njripped. your bf is probably closer to 15%+.

however, don't take this the wrong way, but your chest is underdeveloped. if you build your lats, pecs, and delts, your belly will probably seem much smaller.

i recommend you start working the chest, shoulders, back and legs out. you could put on a few pounds of mass, definitely. i say this only as a recommendation, not to criticize your physique.

look around for some good routines/diets for building mass.

good luck!

 

[Allon]

Yep, thanks guys, that is what I have been doing for the last few months, and that is since those pics were taken. I still need more mass but hopefully once I get much bigger I will lose the body fat and hopefully the stomach will become flat then. will post pics at that stage.