Ugly abs, please help!

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andy5579

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Hi there! New to the forum but here goes! I have been a breastroke swimmer for 12 years in a team (now 18) and while it has made me lean and moderately toned, I am having a lot of trouble defining my abs. When I tense them I can get the usual 1/2 pack which is very solid, (obviously a different muscle group being tensed) then when tensing the actual abs, I have a six pack but it protrudes quite heavily and leaves two 'holes' on the sides of the top two abs. I will upload a picture if it is helpful? I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what can be done to sort it out. Are there any muscles that I could train or is there a trick to properly tensing your abs? Its annoying as the six pack shows but I am embarrased about it as the 'holes' look disgusting. Thanks!
Andy
 
i dont know what you mean by the two wholes, do you mean a gap sort of an indent inbetween your two abs? If it is then thats good, it just means that they are more defined. Anyways, do full situps from ground to your knees to work all the muscles, not just the top 2 abs. Go for 10-45 minute runs everyday, at least 15 minutes without stopping at a steady pace. This will make you lose your excess belly fat if you have one for the bottom 2 abs. If you have a medicine ball or a gym near by, lift your legs while sitting down and move the ball from side to side touching the ground both times. Do 10-12 reps and at least 3 sets. If you can already see your bottom 2 abs cleary, then you just need to define them instead of adding on muscle. If you need to add on muscle find a weight to add on sit ups or goblet squats with a suited weight. Sorry for being uncoordinated but if theres anything i didnt answer properly just message me.
 
yea, i'm a bit lost with the holes too. swimmers are known for having toned bodies, not necessarily a six-pack tho.

like a body builder, you can practice flexing in the mirror ... that will actually help. other than that, train them well with 6 or more different types of ab exercises.
 
I'm sure I've seen someone post on about it somewhere awhile ago. Are the indents just a couple of inches below the bottom line of the pec, and a couple of inches across from the abs?

Me personally, I'd keep on working on my abs, work on my oliques as well. With more muscle around the indents, may be not as noticeable because no part of the stomach would be perfectly flat unlike when you've got a small amount of muscle there and the lower/sides of your stomach are quite smooth.

Not 100% without a piccie though.
 
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