Friday, December 19, 2008

Girls With Abs Reveal All

By Dan Solaris

There was a time when being voluptuous and leggy defined sexiness for women. Only men had six-packs and body-building for women were virtually unheard of. We're in a different era now- a time where women orbit the earth as astronauts and drive Formula 1 race cars alongside men.

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 The image of the voluptuous, busty bombshell with the pouting scarlet lips has been replaced by the toned and tanned surfer chick with cut abs.

Women that are fit with good muscle tone are the epitome of sexiness now. Everywhere you look- on the silver screen, in the fitness infomercials on the boob tube and on beaches everywhere. Swimsuits and six-packs: the perfect combination.

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.

Because it's not possible to spot-reduce belly fat, the only way to expose those glorious abdominal muscles underneath is to avoid fatty food and burn-off excess body fat through a slew of fat-busting exercises.

There's actually little difference in the skeletal muscle of men and women. Consequently, exercises and food intake for effective muscle-building and fat-loss for both sexes are the same. It's common-sense, really- burn belly fat, reveal the abs.

The best and least time-consuming way for girls to get abs is to increase their metabolism for optimum fat-burn. This can be done through a combination of cardio and bodybuilding exercises. It's common knowledge that cardio exercises are most effective in burning body fat, and developing the muscles puts contours and striations in the abdomen- giving the six pack look.

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.

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