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For many people, the idea of having a six pack is the absolute optimum achievement of exercising. Many of us will hit the gym as often as we can for as long as we can to achieve the perfect body shape, and will never be truly happy with the results until we have achieved perfection. This can be enough to drive a person to obsession, and with obsession comes loss of reason. 

Not everyone can have that perfect action hero six pack. Indeed, not every action hero can have one, and many of them will have body and stunt doubles for this precise reason. There are more body shapes in this world than we can realistically count, and if you aren't made to have flat abs you're not going to have them, whatever you do. 

Does this mean that if you cannot achieve the body you want, you should just give up? Not at all. Exercise, when undertaken correctly, is good for you. There is no reason at all not to exercise your abdominal muscles, even if the closest you'll ever get to a six pack is when you open the fridge on a night off.  

There are reasons for abdominal muscle exercises other than the flashy flat stomach, after all. As well as being important for core strength and fitness, and having a knock-on effect on general fitness, it can allow you to lose the pot belly that has been making you glum. You may not end up with flat abs, but having a harder stomach and looking better in tight clothes is a pretty good silver medal.