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Six pack abs is something that all workout enthusiastic want to achieve especially men.  I need to explain the human abdominal muscle structure before explaining what exactly is six pack abs.

The Human abdominal muscles

• External abdomial Oblique
  

This is external oblique muscle and is the outermost muscle which covers the side of the abdomen. This muscle originates from the lower eight ribs, and then curves down and forward towards its insertion on the outer anterior crest of the ilium and (via the sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle) the midline linea alba and is broad, flat, and irregularly quadrilateral in shape.

• Internal abdomial Oblique

This muscle is also known as internal oblique muscle and it is triangular in shape and compared to external oblique muscles this muscles is thinner and smaller. This muscle originates from Poupart’s ligament/inguinal ligament and the inner anterior crest of the ilium. The lower two thirds of it insert, in common with fibers of the external oblique and the underlying transversus abdominis, into the linea alba. The upper third inserts into the lower six ribs.

• The transversus abdominis Muscle

The transversus abdominis muscle is flat and triangular, with its fibers running horizontally. It lies between the internal oblique and the underlying transversalis fascia. This muscle originates from Poupart’s ligament, the inner lip of the ilium, the lumbar fascia and the inner surface of the cartilages of the six lower ribs. It inserts into the linea alba behind the rectus abdominis.

• The rectus abdominis muscles

These muscles are long and flat. The muscle is crossed by three tendinous intersections called the linae transversae. The rectus abdominis is enclosed in a thick sheath formed, as described above, by fibers from each of the three muscles of the lateral abdominal wall. They originate at the pubic bone, run up the abdomen on either side of the linea alba, and insert into the cartilages of the fifth, sixth, and seventh ribs.

• The pyramidalis muscle

This abdominal muscle is small and triangular. It is located in the lower abdomen in front of the rectus abdominis. It originates at the pubic bone and is inserted into the linea alba half way up to the umbilicus.

How can you make your packs visible

The packs are the rectus abdominal muscles if we look at the muscle structure you can see eight packs ( four on each side ). In most of the people packs go under belly fat and make it invisible, losing those unwanted fats and toning all your abdominal muscles will make the packs clear and visible.

There are lot of fat burning methods, which include resistance trainings like stomach crunches, leg lifts and some aerobic workouts can drastically reduce body fat especially the fat around your abs, also there are lot of stomach trimming machines available in the market, you have to choose the better one for you .

Facts about seven packed and eight packed abs

Eight packs are formed when the rectus abdominal muscles near the lower abdominal area gets visible, 8 packs wont be visible even for a zero fat guy, because the partition between the 7 th and 8 th packs wont be that visible due the presence of elastic intestine beneath the muscles which pushes the muscles outward from the middle resulting in the less visible central partition. so the 8 ful packs wont be visible , in that case we can call it 7 packed abs ,  when the partition of the bottom packs gets invisible. But in some rare cases and rare occasions like when a guy starves, the full 8 packs gets visible