Didn’t drink six-pack and exercised, right away (9)
I believe the answer is:
abstained
'exercised right away' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to consumption as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'didn't drink six-pack and' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'six-pack' could be 'abs' (short for abdominal muscles) and 'abs' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abstained that I've seen before include "went on the wagon" , "chose not to vote" , "kept dry" , "avoided port?" , "was non-committal" .)