How to get a six-pack (or even an eight-pack)
Getting abs like this takes work—and genetics. (John Seldon/Pexels/)Even with gyms reopening at limited capacity, it’s still safer to exercise at home or outdoors. So, we’re dubbing this September Muscle Month to help you keep up your fitness, power, and health in socially distant times.You may have heard already that abs are made in the gym and revealed in the kitchen. You may have also clicked on this article hoping to hear that that’s not true.Here in the inconvenient truth: you can have a full 8-pack, but you’ll never see it if it’s buried under fat.That’s not to say that you need to lose body fat just because your abs aren’t on display. If you do an image search right now of “body fat abs,” you’ll get some non-scientific images showing roughly what men and women tend to look like at different body fat percentages. The norm for men is...