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[Workout Plans] Forge Elite Abs With This Advanced, Next-Level Six Pack Routine
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When it comes to excavating adamantine, billowing ab mounds, graduating from vanilla crunches and sit-ups is an absolute must. Our intense, advanced six-pack routine is designed to pump up the difficulty, break through any hurdles, and forge elite, next-level abs.
read more[The Gym Bag, Week 1] The Best Ab Exercises For People With Lower Back Pain, Low Cal Drinks
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In week 1 we address the top ab exercises for people with lower back pain and lean drinking. The Gym Bag is Lean It UP’s weekly reader Q&A. Every Friday we’ll pick a few of YOUR questions from Twitter, Facebook, and around the site, and weigh-in with our (concise) PoV.
read moreUberExercise — Galvanize Fresh Upper Body Growth With The Swiss Ball Chest Press
The bench press and flat dumbbell press are so narrow-minded – switch up your chest game with the Swiss Ball Chest Press. This beast of an exercise hyperstimulates the chest and requires immense full-body stabilization, which engages the core, incinerates calories, and galvanizes the chest into fresh new growth.
read more[Eating Out] A Letter From Qdoba, And How To Eat Better At Chipotle’s Healthier Cousin
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Get to know Qdoba, Chipotle’s healthier cousin. Whether you’re gluten free or vegan, Qdoba offers nutritious, diet-conscious options that explode with authentic Mexican flavor. Here’s how to effectively navigate the menu and eat lean at Qdoba.
read more[Lean Foods] Damascus Flax Roll Ups — The Best Low Carb Wrap (6g Net Carbs) You Never Knew Existed
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Party up. The wrap game is about to flip inside out. The average wrap packs a whopping 220 calories and 37 grams of carbs; Damascus Bakeries flips that inside out with their uber-healthy Flax Roll-ups. With only 110 calories and 6g net carbs, and a massive 9g of fiber/12g of protein, they’re an extremely lean way to package breakfast burritos, huevos rancheros, sandwiches, and more.
read moreThe 30 Most Powerful Arm Exercises For Titanic, Toned Arms
It’s time to launch an arms race. Whether you prefer titanic, sleeve-bursting arms or toned, defined, lean cannons, the following 30 exercises are powerful tools to help accessorize your body with whichever flavor of arms you’re shooting for.
read more[Recipes] Gluten Free, High Protein, Flambéed Banana Pancakes
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Using only oat flour, flambéed bananas, egg whites, and a few other simple ingredients, our Gluten Free, High Protein, Flambéed Banana Pancakes pack the same robust flavor and fluffliness of the real deal, designed with celiacs and gluten free lifestyles in mind. Enjoy them guilt-free for breakfast, lunch, an afternoon snack, or as a killer post-workout meal — they’re the perfect way to refuel, recover, and galvanize fresh new muscle growth.
read moreUberExercise — Obliterate Your Chest With The Push Up Burnout Circuit
4 exercises, 5 minutes, 100 reps – 1 killer set. Finish strong with The Push Up Burnout Circuit, a caustic 4-exercise gauntlet designed to obliterate the muscle fibers in your upper body, engage your core, and send blood + O2 coursing through your chest and triceps.
read moreThe Anatomy Of A Subway Sandwich — Will The Real Subway Please Stand Up?
What do autolyzed yeast extract, disodium guanylate, and succinic acid have in common? They’re all in Subway’s grilled chicken, along with a lump of other things you probably can’t pronounce. Here’s the 360 view into what’s really in your Subway sandwich.
read moreLean It UP Weekly Workout Music — Vol. 23, Week Of 4/29
Volume 23 — including Martin Solveig, The Cataracs, Hermitude, & Compson Sound. The Lean It UP Workout Music Series brings 5 new epic, fast-paced, skull-thumping workout bangers each week to help amp up and turbocharge your workout.
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Lean It UP is a web community that touches all ends of the fitness spectrum. We regularly publish workout plans, nutritional analysis, product reviews, supplement advice, recipes, and other related content that can help inform and educate on the most effective, practical ways to improve fitness levels, aesthetics, and overall health. We want to help YOU build your own perfect body -- hop on for the ride. 
