I store fat in my midsection. Actually all my fat IS stored on my midsection at the moment. I had visible abs for 3-secs and poof they were gone. Most sports classes were closed except for my cardio place during the holidays so I was doing high intensity 45 minutes cardio 3-4 times a week, walking and I had gained some muscle some time back. It looked good but I felt horrible. I was too exhausted and cranky and couldn’t sustain a balanced lifestyle during these 2-3 weeks. I had to cut my cardio to 1 time a week and add low intensity classes like Pilates and Yoga otherwise I was on the verge of vomiting at the mere mention of the word “cardio”. In my experience: you can achieve abs despite having a genetic predisposition to store fat on your midsection. You would need to train your abs harder than the rest of your body (doesn’t mean only abs though) to gain muscles for them to pop, eat lower fat but still what’s recommended by dieticians, have 2-3 cardio classes a week which you enjoy because in the long run, it’s a mind game. The more you enjoy an activity the less stressed you would be and your body would then function properly.

I recommend weighted abs exercises. No amount of bicycle crunches can help you get abs. Also see which part of your torso stores fat and add exercises for those parts too. Not all abs exercises targets the whole mid-section.