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Body fat percentages and abs can be somewhat misleading as genetics can play a role in where someone stores fat on their body. Now, there’s not a ton of variation, but, if you took two people with the exact same body fat percentages, one will likely look slightly leaner than the other because he/she carries more fat in their legs.

Yeah, this is crucial. I'm 5'7" and been sitting around 180-185 (182 this morning) for about 2 months. You can visibly see my top 4 abs and ribs, but my navel area is what someone would call straight up pudgy. Not the trash bag look by any means (more of a pooch than a deflated tire), but I just store fat right there. My cousin had the same issue and it took him getting down to 135 at 5'6" to see a fully shredded abdomen.

It's really understated just how much genetics play a role in these things.

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Posted by whiskey over ice

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Posted on 5/5/21 at 10:46 am to Odysseus32

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I'm 5'7" and been sitting around 180-185 (182 this morning) for about 2 months. You can visibly see my top 4 abs and ribs

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Posted by Loaner1231

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Posted on 5/5/21 at 2:57 pm to Odysseus32

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Odysseus32

Are you trying to cut down further to see them all?

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My cousin had the same issue and it took him getting down to 135 at 5'6" to see a fully shredded abdomen

Likely has significantly less lean muscle tissue than you do.

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Posted by Atttaboy

Atlanta, GA

Member since Aug 2014

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Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:44 am to Odysseus32

I’m similar to your cousin at 5’6” and ~130 lbs, 58 years old. When I was in the upper 140s lbs I could only see a couple of upper abs.

Here’s a pic from last week, not sure what my body fat % is, so any thoughts on that would be great.

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