I wouldn't say "six pack abs" are "heroic", but they are good motivation for getting back into fitness. Some people use marathons to do that, some people do six

I wouldn't say "six pack abs" are "heroic", but they are good motivation for getting back into fitness. Some people use marathons to do that, some people do six pack abs. I've done both (and training for an ultramarathon now) and of the two, six pack abs actually took a lot less time/week than the marathon training did (by a long shot).