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Get buff in man squeeze

Spanx, the company long famed for squeezing in girl parts with its control-top tights, is now expanding its line to include T-shirts that hide a man’s stomach.

Spanx’s new “cotton compression” undershirts for men are super-strength tees designed to suck in your belly (otherwise known as those 25 extra pounds you’ve packed on since college). The company boasts that the shirt “firms chest,” “narrows waistline,” “flattens stomach.” Its slogan: “Game on.”

As an unapologetic possessor of a middle-aged middle, I agreed to try it out. Maybe it’d be an easy excuse to skip the gym.

Getting into it was a little like squeezing into a rubber party balloon with sleeves. But, once on, the Spanx tee is actually very comfortable and well constructed — it feels like Under Armour athletic gear or a rash guard for those familiar with surfing garb.

Made of roughly 80 percent cotton and 20 percent spandex/elastane, it’s breathable and would make a perfectly good choice for windsurfing, cycling, climbing — any activity where it’s undesirable to have your shirt getting snagged or catching wind. For strictly aerodynamic sportswear use, it gets my approval, even though it’s a pricey $58.

But what’s wrong about this shirt is wearing it for the reason it was made: to hide your protuberance.

There’s no “hiding” the heavy in a guy’s world. Either hit the gym for sit-ups or own the girth. Be a man about it and go big. Like Elvis, Brando or Tony Soprano. In fact, there’s a “retired lady killer” nobility in beefing out big-time and not apologizing for it. Think: Vince Vaughn circa 2015.

You might get away with this if you’re a tuxedo model or Jimmy Kimmel. But not if you’re some weekend clubgoer trying to pick up babes by wearing a “man corset” under your Oxford. That’s just a deception, a con.

My official ruling? Not OK to wear, bro.

mkane@nypost.com