Women With Abs Resistance Train

By Guest | January 21, 2009 | Popularity: unranked (?)

Time was when fitness aficionados sweating away in gyms and fitness centers were comprised of men. In the early days of fitness, there were no such things as aerobics classes and certainly no female bodybuilders. Those dark, barbaric days of exercising have are long gone and it’s now a common site to see women slugging it out in the octagon or pumping iron and getting ripped.

As such, women that frequent fitness gyms nowadays rival men in numbers. What was once believed to be “macho” for men- lean, well-defined bodies and shredded midsections are now sexy for women also.

Female pop stars and actresses idolized by legions of adoring (and imitating) fans spend countless hours in working-out and keeping their bodies and especially their abs lean and trim. It’s clear that modern society puts fit females in high regard and this can be evidenced by the popularity of Kerri Walsh, Donna Carano and the Williams sisters.

Modern society’s partiality to the lean and athletic look has legions of women enrolling in Pilates, TaeBo and spinning classes across America and all over the world. Those that can’t leave their homes inadvertently fall for pricy gadgets and products touted as to produce “the ultimate six-pack” or something to that effect.

Creams and ointments that are advertised to spot-reduce belly fat, diet shakes and abdominal exercise gadgets that promise to give you a six-pack in a few weeks for just “minutes a day”- these are all gobbled-up by desperate gym buffs trying to find the quickest path to six-pack glory.

Sadly, a lot of women get ripped-off by these “revolutionary” products which don’t really do much to shorten the process of eliminating belly fat. The key to exposing the striations and contours of the abdominal muscles which give us that six-pack appearance is in getting rid of excess body fat. Take care of all-around body fat and we eliminate belly fat.

Studies have found that the secret to fighting body fat is to keep our metabolism high through the right exercises and healthy eating habits. Incorporating cardio exercises that keep our heart rate just below the maximum rate into our exercise programs can drastically reduce the time it takes to get that sexy six-pack.

Experts have discovered these cardio exercises burn the highest percentage of calories from stored fat rather than from muscle-building glycogen. In burning belly fat, the main goal is fat-loss and not muscle-loss. Losing glycogen by through improper exercise and skipping meals makes us lose out on muscle repair and development and no fitness buff wants that.

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