cpush

Hey guys, it is true that leaner guys with less muscle mass will put on fat easier/faster? Is it because they have low fat % and the body will want to grab what it can?

For instance, guys who are casual runners/cyclers that do not weight train. Like me, I do quite a bit of cardio, only callisthenics, and eat very clean. I do not cheat (I guess I do cheat if you count kashi go-lean but that's as bad as I get).

I'm 5'8" about 125, do quite a bit of cardio, and eat clean. I can get pretty toned and last time I had my bf% checked at school it was 6.5-7%. However, if I slack for even a few days or take a cheat or 2, I can notice it pretty quickly in my abdominal region. It seems fat does not take long to find its way there. Is this primarily because I do not have lots of muscle mass? Or do I just gain fat there easily. It's not a massive amount of fat but it's not as ripped like I'd like it to be.

Mudge

Some ectomorphs are endomorphic as well, I have some of this problem. But a pure ectomorph, or someone like a Flex Wheeler, will have little to no problems keeping fat off while eating almost anything.

I can notice a single cheat meal, 1/4-1/2" on my waist the next day (AM before any meals or liquids). So cheating for 2 days straight and barely noticing it, consider yourself lucky. Men store fat in the central region as a generic rule, thats how it goes. Its believed that its stored there for mobilities sake, and for women gestation period fat is stored in the thighs/hips/buttocks region.

If you are under 7% you aren't fat, but you need muscle to see muscle. If your abdominal wall is flat and not very developed, you wont see much.

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cpush

ok, thanks for the reply. When my bf% is low and I haven't been cheatin at all, my abs are definitely visible. I suppose it doesnt help that I am almost ALL torso. I'm 5'8" but only wear a 30" length pants.

It's not that I don't see muscle, its that my stomach isn't as flat and seems a little more soft than the day or 2 before. This may sound strange, but sometimes to measure I will lay flat on my back, then left my legs in the air, and bring my head/shoulders off the ground. This flexes my ab region and will allow me to feel any/all fat that is in my lower abdominal region.

Finally could someone go over the endo/ectomorph definitions again? I always get them confused.

Nachez

im a Mesomorph ( this is the fat one right?)
N i can tell you it sux man!

u get fat easy
and it all goes to ur mid section

u can get strong and make nice muscle gains
but fat goes with it.

example

did a 2 week cycle of superdrol
gained over 30 pounds

sadly my waist started off at

size 34

went up to a 38.

kicka19

gain 30 lbs on 2 weeks of superdrol? fukn hell nacho, every post i read from u is redic, i hate reading any threads u respond 2