{"id":23077,"date":"2013-02-22T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=23077"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T16:12:10","slug":"earn-6-pack-abs-with-these-2-tough-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/earn-6-pack-abs-with-these-2-tough-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Earn 6-Pack Abs with these 2 Tough Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SSP3z7p3rec?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"640\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SSP3z7p3rec?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nEveryone wants lean hard abs and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re no different. 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