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Love Ice Cream, Hate The Calories? Cut Through The Summer Heat With These 4 LEAN Frozen Desserts[B]y now, most of us have learned that no matter how hard you work in the gym every day, the key to a chiseled summer body comes down to what you’re fetching for in the kitchen. With the thick... -
[Workout Plans] Cut Up Your Core With The Total Ab-Domination Workout[L]ooking for a little high octane fuel to light explosive new ab growth? Fire away at your core from all angles with the Total Ab-Domination Workout. Giddy up. Your abs are about to get lit the... -
Examine.com — Your #1 Resource To Learn The Unbiased Truth About Supplements[D]ietary supplements represent one of the fastest growing industries in the entire economy. According to the Nutritional Business Journal the industry produced $32 billion in revenue in 2012,... -
Stack ALL Of Your Supps In One Place With Blender Bottle's New GoStak & ProStak Lines [Product]*Disclaimer: Blender Bottle sent us a ProStak and GoStak for trial purposes. This review is otherwise unsponsored and solely reflects the views of Lean It UP. [S]TACK IT UP! Everyone knows... -
How Hilary Knight Got That ESPN Body Edition Body [Infographic]"I've tried to shatter the body image that muscular isn't feminine." — Hilary Knight [E]SPN just unloaded the latest edition of its Body Issue, which annually exposes a lineup of... -
37 Killer Resistance Band Exercises To Burn Up Your Muscles Anywhere[J]et-setting to a tropical oasis? Bouncing across the country for business, perpetually stuck in hotels 24/7? Don't want to splurge for a full gym membership? All of those situations can... -
[WOTM, 07/2014] Build A Tank-Like Upper Body With The Chiseled Chest + Triceps Workout[G]et chiseling. We're about to sculpt a wide, striated, dense chest of the gods. Using a circuit of high-powered dumbbell exercises, July's WOTM—The Chiseled Chest + Triceps Workout—works... -
Pop The Top Off Your Coconut In Under 5 Seconds With The Coco Jack [GIVEAWAY]*Disclosure: Coco Jack graciously sent us a sample pack to test out. This review is otherwise unsponsored and only reflects the opinions of Lean It UP. [C]uckoo for coconuts? We're about... -
Eat As Much Protein As You Want — You Won't Gain Weight [Study]Image: Lky7Sports [C]HUG. CHUG. CHUG. CHUG. What if I told you that you could eat as much as you wanted and you wouldn't gain any weight? As long as you're chugging protein, that might very... -
Confessions Of An Ex-Cardio Queen: 5 Fitness Myths That Made Me Skip The Weight Section[A]s an avid gym-goer over the past seven years or so, I’ve noticed the same exact pattern at every gym location. There's almost always a clear distinction between gender activity — women... -
The Lean Drinking Guidebook: 8 Simple Ways To Drink & Keep the Pounds Off[K]eeping to Facebook's vernacular, my relationship with alcohol is complicated. For most health circles, controversial. It doesn't have to be. As someone who's not a professional athlete,... -
5 HIIT Workouts You Can Do RIGHT NOW To Incinerate Fat In Under 15 MinutesImage: Jennfit [C]ardio fiends, welcome to an explosive new world. It's called HIIT—or High Intensity Interval Training—and if you're unaware (you really shouldn't be at this point), it's...
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The Big, Fat Effective Exercise List
If you want your body to improve you HAVE to constantly change things up. Inside are 80 killer exercises-broken out by major muscle group-that can help spice up your routine and spark rapid new muscle growth.
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Nutrition Simplified — 16 Dietary Truths To Live By
Diet and nutrition are officially WAY over complicated and rich with misconceptions. I’ve distilled nutrition science down to 17 simple, absolute truths to live by. Follow these rules and I guarantee that you’ll build a powerful, healthy, sexy physique in no time.
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How Insulin, Carbs, and Sugar Impact Weight Loss
Weight loss is NOT just about calories in vs. calories out. If you’ve been “dieting”-but haven’t seen the weight loss to show for it-fixing your diet to manipulate insulin levels and control blood sugar is most likely your golden ticket to a lean, phenomenal body.
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The American Diet’s Broken…Rebuild a Better Diet From the Ground Up
With obesity rates rising to over 1/3 of the American population, something’s clearly broken with the American diet…here’s how to reverse the trend.
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The 5 Best Oblique Exercises to Get Ripped Up Abs
A sexy six pack is the sum of a number of important parts-the obliques are at the forefront of that equation. If you’re looking to build a rock solid set of abs, or get that sexy, deep, v-cut, you need to add these five oblique exercises into your ab routine…right now.
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7 Ways To Burn Calories And Increase Your Fitness At Work
I’d classify working a 9-to-5 desk job as the antithesis of a fit lifestyle. Being that sedentary is absolutely miserable for your health, and being caught-up right in the middle of it kills me a little bit inside every day…literally. Here are 7 ways that YOU can infuse a little fitness into your work day.
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