Why are girls’ abdominal muscles called vest lines?

What Dongdong Miao envies most is people with abdominal muscles and six-pack abs. In addition to envying their muscles, he admires their perseverance even more.

Because abdominal muscles and six-pack abs cannot be trained without several months of persistence. Don’t ask me why I know this. The answer is: I’ve tried it!

Whether it is abdominal muscles or vest lines, they can only be seen after low body fat training.
Generally speaking, abdominal muscles are the eight or six pack muscles located in the abdomen that boys develop. Abdominal muscles refer to the rectus abdominis, and vest lines are generally used to describe the muscles developed in the abdomen of girls. They are the internal and external oblique muscles of the abdomen, also known as the "川" abdominal muscles.

Then why are the muscles developed on girls’ abdomens called vest lines?

It turns out that this is because of the dividing line between the rectus abdominis in the middle of the abdomen and the oblique abdominal muscles on both sides, plus the vertical line in the middle abdominal muscle itself, forming a Chinese character "川".

These three vertical lines look like a vest, so they are called vest lines.

Block abdominal muscles are also called Wangzi abdominal muscles, which are an enhanced version of vest lines. You must first have vest lines, and then continue to train and lose fat before block abdominal muscles can appear.

If boys want to develop blocky abdominal muscles, generally speaking, their body fat percentage should be lower than 12%, while for girls it should be lower than 15%. It is much more difficult than developing a six-pack abs.

For people with a physique that is easy to lose weight, it is very popular to train abdominal muscles and vest lines. Compared with boys and girls, it is relatively easier for boys to train abdominal muscles.
Because boys have much higher levels of testosterone than girls, with the same training volume and training plan, people with higher levels of testosterone will find it easier to build muscle and have a faster metabolism.
People with a slightly plump body shape generally have a higher body fat percentage and a relatively low muscle content. If they want to develop abdominal muscles and waistline, they must at least start a systematic fat reduction and weight loss program.

As long as girls persist in doing special exercises, abdominal muscle lines will soon appear. Generally, it takes about 40 to 60 days to develop a Sichuan-shaped vest line.

If a girl has a good body fat and no extra fat on her abdomen, she can see obvious lines on both sides in the early stage of exercise. To train the abdominal muscles, you need to do crunch exercises and combine them with other strengthening exercises, such as aerial cycling.

Whether you are training your abdominal muscles or getting a six-pack, pay attention to doing each movement properly. If you don't put your strength on your abdomen during exercise, no matter how much exercise you do, it will be useless.

However, we still need to formulate our own training plans according to the principle of gradual progress, and avoid blindly following the trend and causing unnecessary damage to the body.

If you want to work out your abdominal muscles and waistline, but you can't control the urge to drink Coke and eat fried chicken, then -

All the sweat you shed is in vain!

Building muscle is mainly about increasing the protein content in the body and reducing fat intake. Therefore, you must avoid eating foods high in oil, sugar, and salt.

Fatty beef, whole grains and eggs are a good combination.

If you want to grow muscles faster, you can also take protein powder to supplement protein. Because most muscles are protein, muscles need high protein to repair and grow after exercise.

You can develop abdominal muscles by eating normally and doing adequate training, as long as you keep your body fat percentage low.

Under normal diet conditions, the daily calorie intake is 2000-3000 calories. As long as the amount of exercise is large enough to consume these calories and continue to lose fat, you can still train abdominal muscles. It's just that the effect will appear more slowly and the training will be more difficult.

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