Adamgb has hit the nail on the head in my opinion, compounds are the way to go for your abs and like he said to put it in basic terms, you are never going to see your abs no matter how developed they are if they are under a layer of fat, everyone has abs or they wouldnt be standing up the trick to it is to actually get rid of whats stopping you from seeing them rather than developing them to a point where youir going to see them, even thick, well developed ab walls dont look impressive when covered in fat it tends to just look like a gut.