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.

I recently read an article in Men's Journal that was called Building a Bigger Action Hero.

I'll put a link to the article because it was pretty interesting over in the

show notes at quick and dirty tips.com. But in it, the author describes how modern day Hollywood

action heroes, males in this case, have evolved over the past decades to get better and better

bodies. Specifically, the three primary characteristics that define most of the

modern male action stars are washboard abs with carved six packs, chiseled chests, and a defined

inguinal crease, which are the bumps on either side of the waist, going down towards the abs and

the pelvis. I'm pretty sure you know what I'm talking about.

And while there are certainly exceptions out there, like Zach Gallifanakis or Jonah Hill, for example,

in this episode, you're going to learn how to get the classic Hollywood action hero look

that we're seeing more and more these days in the movies. And ladies,

if you have a husband, boyfriend, father, son, nephew, or other man in your life who you think

would benefit from this information, be sure to forward it over to them or just keep listening

so you can tell them about it. So let's start off with the six-pack and how to get a carved six-pack.

We've all seen footage of 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 article how to get a flat stomach, crunches only work for one part of your abs, the rectus abdominis, and they

don't even work that part of your abs very efficiently. The reality is that there's no single

special exercise you can do that will tone a specific muscle or body part or make fat there

disappear. In the episode, How to Tone and Lose Fat in One Body Part, you learned that when your body needs energy, it doesn't get it from a single specific area of the body.

Instead, it takes fat from everywhere and converts that fat into free fatty acids that you then utilize as fuel.

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