I think "abs made in the kitchen" mentality is flawed when I person gives up on direct ab/core work....because they think there's just too much overlying fat .... and/or they are getting enough abs/core work from squats/deads/compound movements (what a joke is really what I want to say).
I see results lately, and I have not lost THAT much bodyfat. I think hypertrophy of that ab region is important.
There are other tidd-bits in this thread about the "long pump", and a certain residual tightness/tension our muscles might 'carry' around for days (a week perhaps) after a workout.
I also think, stuff like avoiding oblique work, and/or avoiding general ab hypertrophy because its "
going to make ur waist thicc and ruin ur V-taper" is bad advice for 98% of trainees.
I have been doing a lot of torso-twist and loaded side bends (and ab stuff in general), I think that shit just "gets tight" and maybe "pulled inward" for lack of better sciencey terminology. These subtle positive effects may not show up on a tape measure.
Its also more muscle you can add to your frame ....somewhere/anywhere its another workout (abs/core day), helps with metabolic rate, cardio, etc.
Maybe some of this stuff is placebo effect and in my head .... either way if real or not to whatever degree, seeing SOME progress to my very faint six-pack, further will reinforce that I am making progress and stoke the fire...... I feel like trying harder on my diet, etc.
Brethren, let us recite BroScience #43 - Evolution of Lifting Man:
"... you had some beginner gains that nobody cares about or notices, but you've experienced your first pump, AND you've experienced your first loss of pump. You've seen what you could be, and what you once were all on the same day, this is a lot to take in, this is your first taste of glory ...."
Amen.
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I shit you not .....
On the post below, I was slowly scrolling down through this old thread at stopped scrolling when the two paragraphs with the yellow faceless characters/examples came into view ..... only then then after completely reading that part, THEN, I continued scrolling down to reveal the 3-chinned 'Anime Pro' character and the girl avoiding eye contract at all possible cost. About choked on my Kirkland Lemon Sparling Water. lolz
asdf wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:17 pm
Feels related, somehow.