Can someone explain this phenomenon,there is a fat guy at my gym w/ super ripped legs

[Dirkmcgirk]

There is a guy at my gym who is by all definition kinda fat. Not extremely fat, but i would say fat enough not to take his shirt off at the beach so maybe 50lbs overweight or so (25% bodyfat or so). He has a potbelly and spaghetti arms, but his lower body is completely and absolutely shredded. I don't mean varicose veins, I mean completely healthy looking veins in his calves and thighs. Further, his skin is super thin on his legs so you can damn near see the striations in his quads. Now his legs aren't huge or anything matter of fact i would say they are average sized. My question is how the fuk does this happen?? Is it genetics? How can a person literally have 8% bf below their pelvis and 25% above it? I know i can't be the only person that has seen instances of this...can i?

 

[Teutonic]

ex soccer player ? ex snow skier ? I was competive and very good in my teens in Germany back in 73-80.

My leg s and ass are ripped but due to injuries are rarely worked and then never heavy...and while on holiday or extended periods of slackingI can get smooth and my fat stores, lower belly and love handles swell. Also I lose vascularity ...my legs...always s veigned and separated if not big. I m postulating here............ ????

 

[3J]

its really about where the body decides to store bodyfat

 

[Dirkmcgirk]

its really about where the body decides to store bodyfat

I wish my body would store fat in my ankles, wrists and feet

 

[GOTGrowth]

My guess is genetics. Different people have different fat storing tendencies.

 

[49ER]

Wish my penis would store more fat

 

[SoCalSwole]

Every one is different where they store fat. We have all seen those "people of Walmart" photos of the women with weird body proportions. It's all genetic. Also it seems that older men lose fat in their legs and can have stupid shredded legs. Skin just gets thinner with age.

 

[tbonexl]

My legs get vascular before anything else does. Especially my quad and calves. Never thought about it before...

 

[mooseknuckles]

Wish my penis would store more fat

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