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Melt Fat And Burn Up Your Legs With The Stairmaster Blaster HIIT Cardio Workout[S]tep up your HIIT game. If you're looking to build a plump, Jen Selter-esque booty, demolish your legs, and send fat pouring off like Victoria Falls, amp up the intensity with... -
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Bucket Listing: Flying High Atop Mount Kilamanjaro*This article was originally published in Men's Health. It was adapted for Lean It UP. [W]here's your head at? Because mine's up in the clouds. When the words "bucket list" nuzzle into... -
The 14 Best Exercises To Build A Vacuum Tight, Lean, Impenetrable Lower Back[S]tart getting LOW. The lower back might just be the most important muscle you're not hitting. Not only is a vacuum tight, lean, impenetrable lower back incredibly aesthetic — it looks...
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37 Killer Resistance Band Exercises To Burn Up Your Muscles Anywhere
37 Killer Resistance Band Exercises — ABS
Resistance Band Exercise 33: Kneeling Crunches
How To:
Video Demo — Kneeling Crunches
- (1) Attach a band to the top of a door and kneel down so that you’re facing the door. Hold both handles in front of your shoulders.
- (2) Powerfully contract your abs and crunch down through your body. Keep your butt and hips stationary.
- (3) Slowly hyperextend your back and return back up to start.
Resistance Band Exercise 34: Russian Twists
How To:
- (1) Sit on your butt and loop a band around your feet. Lean back slightly and keep your core tight.
- (2) Squeeze your obliques, contract your biceps, and rotate to the right side. Touch the band to the ground at the bottom.
- (3) Powerfully pull the band up and over and touch the ground on the left side. Continue to alternate.
Resistance Band Exercise 35: Banded Woodchoppers
How To:
- (1) Loop a band around a pole or attach it to the middle of a door. Take a few steps out and turn so that the bands are at your side.
- (2) Keep your arms straight, rotate your body, and powerfully pull the bands across your body.
- (3) Slowly recoil and return to start. Complete a set and repeat for the opposite side.
Resistance Band Exercise 36: Anti-Rotation Band Walk Outs
How To:
- (1) Loop a band around a pole or attach it to the middle of a door. Take a few steps out and turn so that the bands are at your side.
- (2) Keep your arms straight and pull the band across until it’s straight out in front of your chest. That’s your starting position.
- (3) Without rotating at all, brace your core and walk out laterally away from the pivot point.
- (4) Take a few steps out to the end of the band’s tension and slowly shuffle back to start. Complete a set and repeat for the opposite side.
Resistance Band Exercise 37: Band Anti Rotations
How To:
- (1) Loop a band around a pole or attach it to the middle of a door. Take a few steps out and turn so that the bands are at your side.
- (2) Keep your arms straight and pull the band across until it’s straight out in front of your chest. Make sure you’re far enough away that there’s significant tension across your core and shoulders.
- (3) Squeeze your core and resist the pull to rotate. Keep your body as straight as possible. Complete a set and repeat for the opposite side.
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Bryan DiSanto is the Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, ACE-CPT & CSN, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness/nutrition nutjob.
When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.
When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.
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