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Did you ever dream of yourself having a body like that of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) or Twiglight star Taylor Lautner?  Do you want to have that perfect body with six-pack abs?

Well...let me tell you this, you are not alone! I've been dreaming to have that kind of body too. I’ve been lifting weights in the gym twice or thrice a week. I also have a clean diet and I do cardio exercises every morning. Still, that six-pack abs is nowhere to be found.

I believe that most of you are in the same situation. You are also probably asking yourself:

"Where did I go wrong? I’m following every famous ab workouts in television and magazines. I practiced proper diet too. I did almost all of these fitness advices and workout tutorials. Tell me how can I have those freakin’ six-pack abs?! "

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Getting those exceptional six-pack abs requires proper knowledge, smart training and a very healthy diet. Most of all, avoiding some of the common misconceptions could help you reach the body figure that you’ve been hankering for.

No matter how much effort you exert, if you’re unable to see them it’s useless.
If your body fat percentage isn’t low enough no one will be able to see what you’re packing underneath. For men, your body fat should be sub-10%, for women it should be sub-18%. If you want to get your body fat down to 6-pack levels, make sure to add in a concrete dose of high intensity cardio routines and take a healthy diet. 

Christmas parties are everywhere, so watch out those fatty foods!

Body fat spot reduction is nothing but a myth.
You can’t crunch off the fat covering the lower section of your abs. The only way to strip the fat from your abs is by steadily burning it off from your entire body through diet, weight training and cardio. Usually, the fat covering the abs is usually the last to go and the first to come back, which makes keeping or attaining those abs a lot more difficult. Stay continual with a healthy diet, weight-training, and cardio regimen and you’ll be able to maintain low body fat permanently.

Give your abs a time to rest, don’t overwork or over train them.
Like the biceps, chest, shoulders, legs, etc., muscles need time to rest, recover, and rebuild in order to grow. It is recommended to do abs once every 3 days — about twice per week. 

Building that six-pack abs won't be easy but it's not impossible!