[Samsuperjew]

You dont want to completely bulk up your obliques and destroy ur v taper, but leaving them out can doom a physique aesthetically.

I heard that wearing a lifting belt can help obliques from growing outwards but am not completely sure (probably broscience)

the bit of flab might just be fat (you are prob. genetically predisposed to storing fat on ur obliques[lovehandles])

I work them w/ my abs b4 an off day