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Ab-solutely fabulous ... but almost impossible to achieve.
Byline: Jack Komperda
ST. LOUIS _ Maybe you were looking for that "buy one, get one free" pizza in the supermarket and just happened to walk by the row of magazines featuring scantily clad cover models.
With their rippling examples of sculpted beauty bouncing off the page, the fitness magazines called to you with cute teaser lines promising fast results. Strip away body fat in six weeks. Time-crunch cardio: Get back your beach body in time for summer.
And the most menacing line of all: Bust your gut_chisel a stomach of steel.
What is it about the belly that gets people all worked up?
"The issue is attractiveness," says Dr. Randall Flannery, a clinical psychologist specializing in eating disorders and associate professor of family medicine at St. Louis University.
Having a "six-pack" stomach with a sleek grid pattern reflects a well-toned body, he says, but adds, "Generally, you don't get that kind of stomach without years and years of training."
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