six packs or 8 packs

[harvo]

Just a quick question how long did it take you guys and girls to get six or 8 packs I'm curious did many of you start off with them or have most of you built them I never believe the people who say it takes six weeks or 7 days as I have been going at it for a year and dropped my body fat to 7.6 percent and i have the top 4 showing now and I'm just starting to see the outline of the bottom two so come on peeps how long as it took you

[Deviation]

8 pack?
I'm personally rockin a mini keg myself. Solid, rounded abs. Once I get a bit more muscle, I plan to cut some. A six pack would be great, but I'd be happy with some quality muscle mass myself.

[harvo]

i mean is it that important to get that stomach that u can grate cheese on ha ha what is the big deal with the six pack i mean yeah they look great and if i had one id be constantly topless ha ha but they r so hard work to get i mean you have to stick to a diet do cardio do sit ups and crunches nearly every day plus do weighted crunches ur constently thinking to ur self whern will i get one and at the same time your loosing strength what are your stats then Deviation

[Deviation]

The short answer is, if its important to you then yes its important.

I was going to link to some nice vids on YouTube but the guy who did them I guess just got his account axed. I just looked at them yesterday. Odd.

[mrwright]

I've actually got a 8pac... it's just under an inch or 2 of erm, "protection"

youtube "8 minute abs" a intense workout you can do for 8 minutes a day to work your abs to death!

[Deviation]

I missed the part about stats. 5'11", 188lbs, 22% BF. Thats according to my scale which I believe uses BMI. May or may not be close. I really need to get a real measurement. Started at 197lbs and 29% BF.

Harvo, you need to add some punctuation every now and then. That's one massive run on sentence.

[harvo]

ha ha i do that 8 min ab thing most days plus other crunches wen im bored my abs are really hard but i still cant see them fully,but i have more definition now than i ever had how often do u guys work ur abs and cheers for advice think i need to go back to school ha ha.

[harvo]

so do u have to loose body fat to bulk up

[Deviation]

Well for bulking, I've seen many people skip abs and especially cardio. My previous routine I was doing abs and cardio 3 times a week on off days. My current routine I'm doing abs and cardio once a week (today actually). 95% of my routine is compound lifts so I do hit the core indirectly.

You seem like a lean guy from your pic. How often you do abs is really up to you. I will likely add more abs to my routine once I test it for another week.

[Deviation]

so do u have to loose body fat to bulk up

No. In fact you will likely gain some bulking. Not bad as long as you pay attention to your diet.