What is the best method to obtain 6-pack abs?

Strengthen your abdominal muscles and lose body fat. You can have the most toned and defined abs but they won’t show through if there’s a normal layer of fat over them.

To build muscle, do sit-ups, crunches, leg lifts, jackknife sit-ups, V-ups, and planks. Make sure you train your oblique muscles- a lot of people forget those. You should also lift weights. The more muscle your body has, the more calories your body burns, even at rest. Many people are afraid of getting huge due to weight lifting, but the huge body-builders out there have been body-building for years to get that way. Since you want your abs to show, you should be eating fewer calories that you burn, and your body can’t build a large amount of muscle without excess calories, so you shouldn’t have to worry about this potential problem at all. If you just do cardiovascular exercises without lifting weights then you will be weak and it will take longer to lose that fat. So, to get rid of that fat quickly lift weights combined with cardiovascular exercises. Running, biking, swimming, stair climbing, jumping rope, tennis, volleyball, dancing, martial arts or any other activity that keeps you moving is a great way to burn fat. However, a cardiovascular workout should be performed for at least 20 to 30 minutes straight. Prior to this your body will simply run on its stored energy, which results in minimal fat loss. Cardiovascular training should always be done after your weight lifting workout. While lifting weights, you use stored, (carbohydrate) energy, thus, by performing cardiovascular exercises after weight training your body will have less stored energy to use and go straight into the fat storage for its energy use. Some think the best way to shed fat fast is to do cardiovascular exercises right when you wake up. The theory is that your body will search for energy to use, and when it finds nothing in your stomach, it will go directly to your fat reserves for energy. Others say that the first thing you should do in the morning is eat, to get your metabolism going earlier.

Every meal you eat should include lean protein. Cut down on the size of your portions. If you’re hungry, snack on fruits or other low calorie snacks. Large dinners tend to hurt a fat loss process because most people aren’t very active after dinner. This is the basis for advice along the lines of "don’t eat anything within N hours before going to bed". The claim that your entire dinner is stored as fat isn’t entirely true (the process is more complicated than that) but the fact you don’t move after dinner is enough to hurt your cause. You can offset this by eating a larger lunch or snacking healthily before dinner. Fresh fruits or vegetables are excellent choices for curbing appetite not to mention other health benefits. A handful of nuts might do the same. Drink a large glass of water before sitting at the table.

Eat More Fiber. Most people don’t get enough fiber. The recommended amount is actually not that much if you eat a healthy diet. "Fiber foods" include whole grains (regular bread won’t cut it) , fruits and vegetables, and nuts and seeds.

Motivation is key. If your motivation source is purely the result, you will not last very long. It’s important to enjoy the exercise, the immediate and long term benefits and to incorporate enjoyable activities into your exercise routine. It may help to use a record-keeper or plan book for your exercise program. Exercise journals are fantastic for this purpose because as you enter daily information in the journal, you’re putting together a complete record that can be referred back to in the future.

Passively exercising while doing other things can help a great deal. If you spend a long time in a sitting position, try continuously clenching your stomach. Get in the habit of doing this for hours at a time and you may be surprised at its effectiveness.

Look up "Red Fraction" by MELL. I listen to this whenever I exercise. Its the best. I didn’t like it at first, but now I can’t help but want to train when I hear it.

Also, "Creeping In my Soul"

-Duke Nukem

First measure your body fat, there are several household scales now that have it, or you can find some at stores like GNC that will also take your pressure and other stuff. You have to have between less than 6% body fat to start showing 6 pack abs, if you have more than that, you could have 6 pack abs on the inside but they are not going to show. So if you are already very lean, then the next step would be ab exercises, good ol’ crunches, if done correctly, and several on a daily basis (at least a 100) you will get them in no time.

Okay balance kinda of on your tail bone, (more your butt) and have your legs crossed and extend them out so you can feel it in your abs, hold it for 10 seconds and then extend them in and out ten times. Then balance on your left side and do the same, then your right so you can obtain the abs on your sides!!!
hope it helps!

There is so much BS going around about how to get six pack abs. Some is decent advice, most of it is rubbish. If you want great looking abs, you need to focus on a LOT more than just training the abs directly. Let’s talk about fat loss, the MOST important thing for getting your abs visible.

The most important thing for fat loss, is that your diet is as natural and unprocessed as possible. It almost always comes back to the over processing of food that makes it bad for you, and makes it totally destroy your metabolism and hormone balance in your body. For example, why eat refined grains, when you can eat whole grains. Why eat refined sugar, when you can get natural sources of sugar from a high nutrient whole food like fruit. Why eat highly processed, refined, and hydrogenated vegetable oils (these are THE worst thing in the modern diet), when you can eat natural sources of healthy fats like nuts, avocados, fish, eggs, coconut milk, organically raised meat, and so forth. The point is to not fall for some gimmick like low carbs, low fat, high protein, or any other combination that has you focusing on one macronutrient vs. another. Your body needs all macronutrients to thrive and obtain a variety of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc. Trying to cut an entire food group out just works against what your body needs.

There is much more detail on this vitally important topic towards losing body fat for life in the book at link below, and many more valuable tips. I wish you the best of luck.