ABS

“Psychologically it has the same kind of tone of 10-minute abs,” Clare McCann, the managing director of policy and operations at the Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center, said of short-term training programs.

When Elordi’s Creature pleads for a companion, a sliver of sculpted abs peeking out from under five hulking layers of wool and fur, you expect half the audience’s hands to shoot up and volunteer.

Hours worked rose by 0.5% in September, higher than the 0.1% rise in employment, the ABS said.

They work your back, shoulders, abs and lower body, he says.

The quest for brick-like abs has become serious business - even if you're still only in Year 8 - with posts on socials with hashtags like #shreddedphysique being viewed more than four billion times.