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For a well earning man with a white collar job, keeping a six pack requires a large amount of time away from work.

So it probably is a good proxy measure for quite a few desirable character traits, such as diligence and discipline.

Maintaining abs doesn’t necessarily require a ton of work time-wise, but does require you exercise consistently and closely watch what you eat. I used to have very visible abs and honestly it didn’t feel worth it. I like bread too much!

Not really. The exercise needed is minimal and the rest is just calorie management. Now having said that it's not easy - simple, and not particularly time consuming yes, but psychologically very difficult unless you naturally tend towards leanness.

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