Aaron Schock Shows Off Six Pack On Men's Health Cover (PHOTO, VIDEO)

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HuffPost's original "Hottest Freshman" Aaron Schock went unbuttoned for the most recent issue of Men's Health to promote his "Fit for Summer, Fit for Life Challenge." The ripped republican representative showed off his six-pack abs in order to encourage readers to drop weight -- and their risks of heart disease, diabetes and strokes.

An excerpt from the cover story:

"One of my favorite quotes is from Ben Franklin, who said, 'A good example is the best sermon,'" Schock says. "And I think if you want to start talking about healthy lifestyles and staying in shape, then you yourself should do your best to try to be a model, an example to people you're trying to convince to do the same."

And model he does. When he strolls into a New York City studio for his photo shoot, Schock isn't sporting the typical boxy clothes that Beltway insiders wear in order to hide what's stretching their belts. Instead, he's decked out in a form-fitting Zegna suit and tapered shirt that show off both his musculature and his fashion savvy. He looks more like a hit man from a European spy thriller than a boring politician.

Schock also stopped by Monday morning's "The Today Show," to share his hot pixxxx with the masses. Matt Lauer gushed, "Wow, you have nothing to be ashamed of with that photo." Then Schock said something or other about the health care crisis while images of him flexing flashed on the screen.

He remarked, "It's all about healthy choices and habits quite frankly and I found that when I was in college, I was beginning to pick up bad habits in terms of things I was eating and having a more sedentary lifestyle. And I realized, you know what, this isn't a direction I wanted to go and I simply went to a local gym and asked for help." Now, he works out at 5:30 in the morning for one to two hours.

He did confess, "I cheat once-in-a-while and have a scoop of ice cream and a piece of pizza." Oh, Aaron -- we would have never known!

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Comments

[Marrymeplease]

04:55 PM on 05/11/2011

I don't give a darn that he has six packs or whatever you call it. But I do care about him and his party want to destroy Medicare for my Grandpa and Grandma. I care about they want to balance the budget on the backs of the poor and middle class, all the while giving more money, more tax cuts to the rich and big oil companies. Those six packs doesn't do a darn thing for me. Be a different story if I could go fill up my gas tank with them. It's a waste of time and story.

[DannyGee]

01:21 PM on 05/12/2011

"destroy Medicare for Grandma"? Do you really believe those ridiculous talking points?

[Clayton139]

11:37 PM on 05/10/2011

Healthy today.... Still won't stop any disease from hitting you... Your so fake....!
God forbid since you hide behind Christian values.... Fake !
Airbrush's won't stop cancer or any other disease..! Health is like a lottery...

[Womanvoter4Obama]

09:36 PM on 05/10/2011

I don't care what your party is, he looks good. Do I like his politics? Heck no. But he looks good to me. Fit.

[Chi--townfool]

12:14 PM on 05/10/2011

That is so fake and airbrushed!

[donasanya]

11:14 AM on 05/10/2011

Since it appears the congressman has ample free time, I suggest he take a full time job promoting a healthy and active lifestyle with the First Lady's office.

[whowhatwhywherewhen]

11:07 AM on 05/10/2011

The mere fact that people are up in arms about a sitting Congressman showing off his body speaks VOLUMES on how this country has SEVERE body issues. We can smoke, drink, swear, and kill each other...but heaven forbid you show a little skin. REALLY?

[ForsakenAmercian]

10:12 PM on 05/16/2011

A congressman in a cheesy photo? He could have done a more modest photo and showed some class. It is great that he works out and sets a good example but he is young. I am fifty and can still bring it but to look like that, it takes obsession. I take the magazine and it is so cheesy sometimes I am embarrassed but it does have great workouts and health information.

[Abelardo Perez]

10:28 AM on 05/10/2011

airbrushed

[melitsace]

10:16 AM on 05/10/2011

If a female politician had done this and posed for Shape magazine...the repubs would be all over it calling her all kinds of names!!

[oscartucker]

08:49 AM on 05/10/2011

He is going to Schock the other Republicans and call Mrs. Obama to work with her and the "Let's Move Campaign", right????
Any comments from the peanut gallery that's always "finding fault" with the Obamas and their exercising or their trying to get the nation moving and eating well???

[oscartucker]

07:48 AM on 05/11/2011

Mrs. Obama NEVER said that someone could not eat French fries or any other fast/favorite foods. Eat in moderation and move; that's what any doctor would tell you, too. President Obama has stopped smoking; you are not keeping up with the news.

[kostya]

08:49 AM on 05/10/2011

From the wiki: 'Schock signed on as an original co-sponsor to a proposal by Republican Congressman Devin Nunes of California called "A Roadmap for America's Energy Future,..'

Whoa! Might better be called "The Unsustainable Roadmap to America's Hydrocarbons -- Especially Coal and Off-shore Oil." Nunes proposal, while characterized as "market-based", is, in fact, crazy. The 85 billion barrels of recoverable oil on the US outer continental shelf, including Alaska, equals only about 13 years worth of oil for the US at the current consumption level, and makes no guess as to the ultimate price of extraction. The fact that Schock would sign on to such drivel suggests the man is spending a bit too much time at the gym.

[drsolo]

08:33 AM on 05/10/2011

Just so men know. I have always found those bulging muscles ugly, looks like boils erupting. And long ago I figured out men like these are sooooo into themselves that they dont have time for anyone or anything else.

[whowhatwhywherewhen]

12:56 PM on 05/10/2011

Honey...that's how we are all supposed to look like. Unfortunately, most of us have LAYERS upon LAYERS of fat over those muscles.

[drsolo]

08:29 AM on 05/10/2011

It seems the Republican party has become obsessed with "looks", in keeping with their general shallowness.

[ethiopia1a]

08:13 AM on 05/10/2011

Another Republican comedian heard from. The list is endless.

[ThinkTwiceWriteOnce]

06:56 AM on 05/10/2011

Two days on the front page of HP......and only 420 comments.....AOL/HP must be getting paid by the hit cuz the number of comments don't warrant it.

[ThinkTwiceWriteOnce]

06:28 AM on 05/10/2011

'A good example is the best sermon,'" Schock says

or

you know who says....

“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it”