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