Goodbye Abzors

[Gary Gibson]

My Abzors are officially gone. Goin' for that muffintop look these days.

Maybe I ought to cut back on the whole milk a bit..?

[Nauticus]

Welcome to the club of those who want to get uber-strong but are at the mercy of their tummy's appearance (except, you may already qualify for uber strong). When my gut sticks out a little more, I get really insecure and start eating less. As a result, I've probably gone on several cutting phases inadvertently. I always tell myself that the ladies care less about the belly than we think, and that the belly will come off easier than the legs, but there's just something about feeling of your gut poking out a bit more than usual that drives you nuts..

And what's funny is that it's probably not even fat. I'd reckon that it's mostly water weight that would disappear with a short time of halting the GOMAD. No telling how many guys ab appearance has kept from getting strong...

[Marotta]

Mine are still ever so slightly visible, and I only have 17# left to gain till my goal weight, I wouldn't mind keeping the slight trace of them, just as a security blanket that I'm not tubby. That said, I'm not going to make any direct effort to lose them, or to keep them.

[mcsquared]

Welcome to the club of skinny people who are no longer skinny, Gary. Like you I've always been a skinny guy, and now I weigh 210ish. my lifts have gotten a lot better though, thats for sure.

Nauticus, I can sympathize, I definitely do that same thing on occasion.

[bugbomb]

Who else really gets a kick out of pooching out their newly protrusive belly? My wife thinks its hilarious when I completely relax my stomach, then push it out. I look freakin' preggers.

Gary, welcome to teh n0 abz brigade, you freakishly strong bastard.

[radiator41]

I'll sacrifice my abs (that I never had anyway) for bigger numbers any day...

[Mr.City]

Oh please. You get hit by a car, but this bothers you? I'll never see my abs unless I get surgery thanks to a childhood spent as a borderline mordibly obese kid. Say goodbye to your abs and hello to 5 plate squat.

[gordonrumble]

If everything else were equal, of course it'd be better to have abs than to not have abs. Everything else is not equal. If you have a six pack, then you aren't gaining muscle, as far as I can tell.

[Sami]

I didn't even have abs at 130lbs, and sure as hell don't have'em at 200. :D

[william jackson]

I didn't even have abs at 130lbs, and sure as hell don't have'em at 200. :D

fucking good for you man!

[PVC]

I didn't even have abs at 130lbs, and sure as hell don't have'em at 200. :D

I didn't have abs at 130 lbs either! Weird ass shit. It's good though, because now I'm not held back by a fear of having a soft stomach.

[Gary Gibson]

I have a picture of myself at around 100 lbs at 14 years old in a pair of swim trunks, running up from the ocean. My legs and arms and absolute beanpoles and I have a razor sharp eight-pack.

I can still see my abs now, but the lines are really a lot less defined because I have more fat covering them and the whole mass of abs protrudes a bit. I'm getting the mono-ab that comes with squatting and pressing heavy (though I don't press heavy). It's okay because really strong men have big, thick abs, not razor sharp thin abs that are visible only because of the low bodyfat levels that go with low body-muscle levels.

[Sami]

fucking good for you man!

You mad?

[Paul Sousa]

Grow yourself some wall to wall body carpeting and abs won't matter anymore. Worked for me.

[misspelledgeoff]

abz are for boys and gay men. be glad the foul things are gone.

[JayvH]

If everything else were equal, of course it'd be better to have abs than to not have abs. Everything else is not equal. If you have a six pack, then you aren't gaining muscle, as far as I can tell.
Well unless you are talking about a mesomorphic guy you are right.

[Gary Gibson]

http://70sbig.com/?p=1137#comments

Check out my first entry on 70sBig.com to see what I looked like before. Look at the abzors I used to have at 110 lbs.

[Mr.City]

My God man, you were like a skeleton...skeletor even. Now you're becoming He-Man.

[IWillLiveFreeOrDie]

http://70sbig.com/?p=1137#comments

Check out my first entry on 70sBig.com to see what I looked like before. Look at the abzors I used to have at 110 lbs.

Holy crap! :eek:

You have almost doubled in size. That is amazing.

[theuofh]

Konstantinovs is the role-model for manly abdominals. Not shredded, but they are still slightly visible mainly due to their thickness.

[misspelledgeoff]

LOL WUT!?

C'mon Gary, that ain't you. You found a picture of shirtless Steve Urkel and posted it, didn't you?

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080716/style/Steve-Urkel-White_l.jpg



http://70sbig.com/?p=1137#comments

Check out my first entry on 70sBig.com to see what I looked like before. Look at the abzors I used to have at 110 lbs.

[Mr.City]

Konstantinovs is the role-model for manly abdominals. Not shredded, but they are still slightly visible mainly due to their thickness.
I'm curious to what his diet is like.

[Guido]

I'm curious to what his diet is like.

Breakfast: 2 lbs bacon, 6 eggs cooked in bacon grease, 2 quarts whole milk

Snack: DBol and milk

Lunch: 24 oz. steak, 2 quarts whole milk, baked potato

Snack: DBol and milk

Dinner: 24 oz. vennyson, 2 quarts whole milk, supps, Vodka

Pre-bedtime Snack: DBol and milk

[Mr.City]

What's Dbol and where did you get info?

[coreJack]

When my gut sticks out a little more, I get really insecure and start eating less.
I'm feeling those pressures right now.

Who else really gets a kick out of pooching out their newly protrusive belly? My wife thinks its hilarious when I completely relax my stomach, then push it out. I look freakin' preggers.
Yeah, I can get the preggers look going on too. Unfortunately, not a great look when you're single.

Snack: DBol and milk

LOL, and here I am with PB and milk. I knew I was missing something.

What's Dbol and where did you get info?
Dianabol is an anabolic steroid.

[Guido]

What's Dbol and where did you get info?

Short for Dianabol, a steroid, and I was joking.

[Sami]

Short for Dianabol, a steroid, and I was joking.

But you're not. ;)

[Guido]

But you're not. ;)Ok. I was KIND OF joking. ;)

[Sami]

Ok. I was KIND OF joking. ;)

KK isn't though.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1WqayuIqpEk/SvGfxa12WwI/AAAAAAAAAQc/AVGw_zRk_I8/s320/lg_SmileyWink.jpg