Lose Body Fat Fast and Get Six Pack Abs
by Scott
Many people want to lose body fat because they want to have six-pack abs. Actually, they want to lose body fat specifically on their bellies so their abs become visible. The only real way to reduce abdominal fat is to lose overall body fat. So if you’re wondering what do you have to get your body fat percentage down to before your abdominal muscles will show? The answer is, it depends. More specifically, it depends on your gender and genes.
Women naturally have a higher body fat percentage than men. A woman doesn’t need to lose as much body fat as a man does to make her her abs visible. Even worse for guys is the fact that men tend to store a higher percentage of their total body fat around their bellies. So a male has to push his body fat percentage way down before his abs pop into view.
Your genes affect the way locations where fat is stored on your body. For some blessed people, any excess body fat is stored evenly around their body. But for most of us, it seems that every ounce of extra fat goes right to their belly or butt. This means that two people whose abs are clearly visible may have body fat percentages that differ a good bit.
There aren’t any good tests around that will tell you exactly what percentage you would need to achieve yourself to have six-pack abs. The best you can do is look at your body fat percentage as a range. If you want your abs to be obvious, you’ll need to hit a body fat percentage somewhere in the following ranges:
Men: To make your entire 6-pack of abdominal muscles visible, you’ll need to get your body fat percentage down to less than 11%. If you get it down below 8%, you will definitely have a visible 6 pack.
Women: For your abs to be clearly visible, you have to get your body fat level down to something less than 17%. Taking it below 14% would be better still. These are higher numbers than the guys have to hit, but remember that you naturally have a higher percentage of body fat, so your job is just as tough as for men do.
Getting down to the necessary body fat percentage won’t be easy, but it isn’t impossible. Depending on whose results you use, the average American male has a body fat percentage of between 17 and 26% while the average American female is carrying somewhere between 22 and 36%.
If you want to achieve these low body fat percentages, make sure you pick a solid program and stick with it.
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I’m a 27 year old female, and I’ve been naturally thin my entire life (5’7″, 115 lbs). I do eat very healthy, but I’ve never exercised a bit. I decided recently to start taking even better care of my body and get fit because heart disease runs in the family. Some added incentive is that it shouldn’t be difficult to reach the coveted toned 6-pack stomach because I’m already slim and within the right body fat percentage for it to show. Being thin enough already, how long will it take for my abs to actually show? It’s encouraging to have an estimated date to look forward to
Hi Diana,
It can take anywhere from 6-12 weeks depending on how you train. Keep in mind that you need to build up the ab muscles even if you have a slim waist line. If you don’t have well defined ab muscles, it won’t matter if you are slim. If you want to figure out exactly which exercises to do to stimulate the core, and built your abs we suggest reading http://www.6packabsblog.com/truthaboutabs