Regarding 6-Packs

So while doing work, I keep hearing and reading about a great deal of misinformation being passed around.  Even though I thought this was an obvious thing, apparently people believe everything on the internet, rather than simple logic.

You cannot gain 6 packs by "targeting" certain areas like a bodybuilder growing his left traps to compensate for his right side.  Actually that isn't entirely true.

If you actually do a lot of good(keyword "good) ab workouts, then you actually will get a 6 pack (or 4 pack or 8 pack or etc depending on your genes), you just won't see it.  Just like any other part of the body, if there is too much fat covering it, then it will be less visible.  For instance, a man could have decently strong chest, but if he has too much body fat, he'll just look like he has moobs (man-breasts).  This also applies to any part of the body, quads, biceps, shoulders, back, and etc.

The fact that ab muscles are one of the smaller muscles in the body doesn't help.

Also think about this, if you want to look "ripped," you actually do not need big muscles.  You just need less fat.  In fact, in any workout program, 70% to 80% of results come from your nutrition program.  This doesn't mean you can neglect the other 25%, but it definitely makes it easier knowing how you can achieve your goals.

Here's another thing to consider which not many people may know, not even the so called personal trainers.  If you want well defined abs, even without the fat, you need to do weighted ab workouts.  Doing 100 crunches is the same thing as doing 100 bicep curls.  It'll get you lean muscles and give you endurance, but it won't increase the size.  Just like any other muscle, you will need to mix it up.  It is however a smaller muscle, so doing more reps than other muscles will be easier on the growth of them.

So what does this mean?  Forget about those 'articles' about doing particular activities to get those abs.  There may be magical pills or magical surgeries, but without these risky methods, there is no natural way to get a "6 pack" easy.  Doing 100 crunches is unpractical for any goal related to "showing" off the washboards.  You need good nutrition, good weight losing workouts, and good ab specific activities to get the abs.  A lot of work?  Not really compared to some other body parts.  If you're really wanting to get fit, you better be working just as hard on every other body part, otherwise, you'll look like those chickens(cause their legs are pathetic) with ILS(Imaginary lat syndrome) roaming around yelling "oh yeah, I'm a d-bag, oh yeah!"