Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield, and I'm The Get Fit Guy.

There's a new movie out called Magic Mike, which features a group of male strippers who have,

among other things, very sculpted abs.

And of course, it seems that trainers and

nutritionists have jumped on the bandwagon and are churning out lots of advice about how to get abs

like the main character, who is known as Magic Mike. I've been reading some of that advice,

and it includes standard tips like do lots of focused ab work, such as crunches, eat lean

proteins and more whole grains.

And unfortunately, much of this advice is at best a slow way to get nice abs and at worst,

completely ineffective. So in this episode, I'm going to tell you how to really get abs like

Magic Mike and learn the truth about getting a nice flat stomach.

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That's betterment.com slash get fit. Okay, let's launch into my first of three tips on how to get abs like

Magic Mike. Tip number one is don't do crunches. Sure, a movie may show some ripped celebrity

beginning or ending their day by doing dozens of sit-ups or crunches on

their bedroom floor, but as I explained in the episode, How to Get a Flat Stomachers,

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