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[V.R.Goh]

Here's a crazy question that's been bugging me. A lot of stories on this forum, including mine, have mentioned six-packs and eight-packs. However, some have mentioned guys with ten and twelve. At the risk of this being a rhetorical question, is a ten- or twelve-pack even possible?

[Mad Dog]

I believe I saw a topic here some time ago that asked a similar question and someone posted a picture of a model who actually DID have a ten-pack. If it wasn't a shop, then it's incredibly rare. I don't think a twelve-pack actually exists, though. If you're reading that in a story, it's probably just exaggeration for the sake of eroticism.

[Aardvark2]

There's a fitness model named TJ Hoban (I think that's his name) who certainly looks like he has a ten-pack, with the "extra" two tucked in right at the bottom.

I'm guessing, for the most part, it's an exaggeration. I dunno if I've ever consciously done it in my stories; in the latest one I've posted, I mention an eight-pack that "looks" like a ten (just because, when I see some ridiculously ripped abs, it looks like there's twenty of those suckers.).

[Mdlftr]

The rectus abdominis muscles are long and flat. The muscle is crossed by three tendinous intersections called the linae transversae. The rectus abdominis is enclosed in a thick sheath formed, as described above, by fibers from each of the three muscles of the lateral abdominal wall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_a...abdominal_wall
This is part of the Wikipedia entry on the abdominal muscles.

You'll notice that the so-called "ab muscles" in bodybuilding, the famous "bricks" or "6-8-10-12-pack" is really a single muscle called the rectus abdominis muscle, which is crossed by three (hence the "3 rows of abs") tendinous intersections called the linae transversae.

It usually looks like a "6 pack" but could look like "more abs" or "less abs" depending on the level of conditioning.

Mdlftr

[Amazed]

Yeah, I think it's mostly done for dramatic effect. Nothing like an uber-ripped midsection that you can practically see through. But my absolute favorite are the big roided-out bulls with tortoise shell guts that when they bare down turn into a half dozen thick, powerful, blocky ab bricks. Just try and dent those fvckers!

[DragoniteXY]

Originally Posted by Mdlftr

The rectus abdominis muscles are long and flat. The muscle is crossed by three tendinous intersections called the linae transversae. The rectus abdominis is enclosed in a thick sheath formed, as described above, by fibers from each of the three muscles of the lateral abdominal wall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_a...abdominal_wall
This is part of the Wikipedia entry on the abdominal muscles.

You'll notice that the so-called "ab muscles" in bodybuilding, the famous "bricks" or "6-8-10-12-pack" is really a single muscle called the rectus abdominis muscle, which is crossed by three (hence the "3 rows of abs") tendinous intersections called the linae transversae.

It usually looks like a "6 pack" but could look like "more abs" or "less abs" depending on the level of conditioning.

Mdlftr

Nicely put .

[suma]

Originally Posted by Amazed

Yeah, I think it's mostly done for dramatic effect. Nothing like an uber-ripped midsection that you can practically see through. [COLOR=red]But my absolute favorite are the big roided-out bulls with tortoise shell guts that when they bare down turn into a half dozen thick, powerful, blocky ab bricks. Just try and dent those fvckers![/COLOR]

yeah me too I like that

[abbraxis]

Originally Posted by Mdlftr

It usually looks like a "6 pack" but could look like "more abs" or "less abs" depending on the level of conditioning.

I always thought it was a matter of genetics as well.