Fat or fit?

[Studious_Hustler]

I'm about to start a new workout plan, and I was wondering, as far as abs go--is this going to make me more or less ticklish? I've heard that having less fat on your belly can make it more ticklish (which would be great), but I don't know if that's generally true or just one person's anecdote. Do you have any experience with this question?

 

[GQguy]

Last I checked...fat itself wasn't ticklish. It's skin and muscle where the ticklishness resides.

 

[voided9]

In my experience, fit guys tend to be way more ticklish. Especially with stomachs!

 

[TigerChick22]

I think it still just depends on the person. I'm a curvier girl and ticklish, especially on my thighs, and they definitely aren't skinny. Chances are, if you're ticklish, you'll stay ticklish, if not, you probably still won't be.

 

[scorpionldr]

I'm about to start a new workout plan, and I was wondering, as far as abs go--is this going to make me more or less ticklish? I've heard that having less fat on your belly can make it more ticklish (which would be great), but I don't know if that's generally true or just one person's anecdote. Do you have any experience with this question?

Pass all suspects by me; I'll handle it

 

[Edward_]

Well I am in the fortunate position of having lost a lot of weight from running a lot over the last year. I was ticklish before, but honestly I think I'm getting more ticklish the more I lose. My ribs have a very low body fat percentage compared to before now, and they're heaps more ticklish. Everywhere I've lost weight, I seem to have become a little bit more ticklish.

 

[lovesribs]

i used to weigh 345 lbs. and am down to 220 or so. i can feel my ribs much more and am definitely more ticklish there. however, i love to tickle very skinny women. i love when their ribs protrude out when they lay down . the ultimate tickle fantasy to me.

 

[JoePTickle]

In my experience, fit guys tend to be way more ticklish. Especially with stomachs!

My stomach is really ticklish. 🙂

 

[Studious_Hustler]

Well I'm gonna listen to the people who've said fit = more ticklish, since that gives me more encouragement to work out harder. Thanks for commenting!

 

[stockytickler]

If you concentrate your nerve endings across a smaller surface area, and there's less "give" structurally, then logically you'd become more ticklish. Grrrr ... :9 Good luck! 😀

 

[deadlywiffeathr]

Fitter definatley = more ticklish! A few years back I worked really hard on training my uppberbody and the difference was ten fold! I actually never considered my stomach to be a great target spot before the training, but after, my body would react to just about everything.

Good luck with your fitness journey, and have some fun along the way! 😀

 

[Oddjob0226]

This is what I've found, too. The fat is like a padding with no nerve endings (it "burns" as our fuel, after all). So it blunts the effects of the touch pressure, like a blanket that is wrapped around the ticklish areas. Reducing the padding makes the touching fingers and their resultant sensations closer to the muscle and skin layers where the nerves are. Thus, more sensitive!

 

[deadlywiffeathr]

This is what I've found, too. The fat is like a padding with no nerve endings (it "burns" as our fuel, after all). So it blunts the effects of the touch pressure, like a blanket that is wrapped around the ticklish areas. Reducing the padding makes the touching fingers and their resultant sensations closer to the muscle and skin layers where the nerves are. Thus, more sensitive!

SCIENCE! 😀