The younger members of society won’t remember, but there was a time when working-out for women was almost taboo- a time where aerobics classes and female fitness buffs were virtually unheard of.
Tastes and standards have changed with the times. The image of the voluptuous, busty bombshell with the pouting scarlet lips has been replaced by the toned and tanned surfer chick with cut abs.
Girls with washboard abs are abound- fighting aliens on the silver screen, Madonna strutting her ripped bod onstage, and even in mixed martial arts tournaments- ring girls before the fights and even IN the fights as contenders!
Girls with washboard abs weren’t born with them of course- it’s not inherited through the genes like a sexy butt or an ample bosom. Women with six pack abs get them through a combination of healthy eating habits and workouts that are optimized for burning body fat.
Cardio and muscle-building exercises designed to burn belly fat in women is generally the same as that of men- there’s basically no difference (except for the weight lifted of course, as men are generally larger than their counterparts).
The set-up of our skeletal muscle and metabolism being almost identical, it takes the same number of weight-lifting repetitions and sets, the same combination of belly-fat burning exercises and same diet and eating habits for women to get that beach-body six-pack.
Experts have discovered that the surefire way to getting ripped abs entails exercises designed to burn body fat and build muscle. The secret to exposing the lines and striations of abdominal muscles (as with any other muscle) lies in eliminating the layer of sub-cutaneous fat covering it. The shredded look would be impossible without burning-off excess body fat and keeping it off.
However, not many people are aware that building muscle (aside from looking good) also increases the metabolism. Muscle tissue actually expends caloric energy even while at rest. Developing the abdominal and other muscles then can have a dual purpose for girls and significantly shortening the time it takes to reveal that sexy six pack on the beach.