There is no simple answer to this because the question is very vague. The answer to how long does it take to get a six pack is different for every person. It depends on your body fat percentage, how much fat you have around your abdominal area and on what you are doing to lose fat.
It can take from 2 weeks to 6 months, depending on the person’s amount of fat and what you are willing to do to get lean. Getting six pack abs is possible by eating healthy and doing exercise to burn calories and get your body fat percentage under 11%.
I already explained in how to get a six pack that men and women have different fat distribution profiles, men have more fat around the belly and women have more fat on the thighs and legs. Your six pack abs will start showing once you get rid of the fat layer that is covering your abdominal muscles.
You also need decent size in your ab muscles but almost everyone has that after they did a moderate amount of exercise… in the majority of cases the abs are hidden under the fat layer.
Even if you have undeveloped ab muscles you should start by losing fat, the muscular development will come automatically with your exercise routine.
If you are a bodybuilder and have a good amount of muscle mass you can get your six pack showing pretty quickly. Bodybuilders have a lot of muscle mass and therefore have a higher metabolic rate than other people. Muscle needs calories to be maintained so the more muscle you have the faster you burn fat. By increasing the intensity of the workouts, adapt their food intake and using some fat burning supplements you can get results very quickly.
One of the tricks to losing fat is increasing the amount of muscle and doing strength training exercise. Most people associate six pack abs with hours and hours ofcardio exercise but that is misleading. When you do aerobic exercise you burn calories and the metabolic rate is increased for the next 2 hours. With anaerobic exercise the metabolic rate is increased for 2 to 3 days! This means that after doing an intensive weight training workout your body will be burning more calories for the next 2 to 3 days.
This is some helpful info, thanks. At the moment I’m really focused on achieving ripped six pack abs. It’s my personal goal these days. Do you have any diet tips if the goal is to get a six pack as fast as possible? I’ve been told that egg whites, oatmeal, salmon, blueberries and broccoli are all important to incorporate into my diet. Are there any other foods I should consider working into my diet?