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Olivia Munn Is An Absolute BEAST In Combat Training Video For X-Men: Apocalypse [Video]A video posted by Olivia Munn (@oliviamunn) on Aug 1, 2015 at 11:15am PDT [Y]ou should be VERY, very scared of Olivia Munn. At least while she's training for her role as Psylocke—a... -
The Coke Effect: What Happens In Your Body After Chugging A Can Of Coke [Infographic][P]ssssssssh, how bad can an itty, bitty 140 calories really be? Not that it's mind-blowing whatsoever—we've been hating on soda hardcore for years—but if that 140 comes straight from a... -
The Workout Music Friday Five-Pack, V29 — Kaskade, Meek Mill, Major Lazer, & Martin Garrix[G]et amped. Every Friday we're dropping a five-pack of heart-thumping, blood-pumping workout songs to build out your playlist, hardwire a little energy into your workouts, and kickstart the... -
Upgrade Your Lettuce Game — Boost Your Nutrient Intake 3000% With This Two Second Salad HackImage: Epicurious [W]hat if we told you one mindless—and laughably easy—nutrition hack could boost your vitamin K, vitamin A, and vitamin C intake by over 3000%, and your potassium, calcium,... -
The Degree #GetMoving Challenge Week 4 — Push Yourself To Exhaustion With Crunch-Jump Rope Uber Supersets*This article originally appeared in Men's Health and was adapted for Lean It UP. [D]IPSET, DIPSET, DIPSET. We're halfway there. If you've been moving vigorously and maxing out over the... -
10 Naked World Class Athletes Dish On Body Image & Feeling Awesome In Your Own Skin [PHOTOS][O]ne size doesn't fit all. Want a little explosive inspiration to light up your week? Look no further than the lineup of world class athletes gracing the pages—completely au naturel—of... -
The Degree #GetMoving Challenge Week 2 — MAX OUT Your Body With Explosive Lunges, Push Ups, & Squats*This article originally appeared in Men's Health and was adapted for Lean It UP. [A]aaaaaaaaaaaand we're off. After a relatively simple week one—walk 12,500 steps/day—the Degree... -
[WOTM, 07/2015] SHRED UP Your Body Outdoors With The Bodyweight Hyperburner Workout Circuit[G]ET OUTSIDE. We adore the gym and love crushing weights just as much as anyone. It's basically a second home. But let's get serious for a second — it's July and it's GORGEOUS outside.... -
Washington Nationals' OF Bryce Harper Is Straight SHREDDED In ESPN's 2015 Body IssueImage: ESPN “You’re growing up and you go, ‘I want to be on the front of a Wheaties box, I want to be on the front of a Topps card, you want to be on the Body Issue” —... -
The Workout Music Friday Five-Pack, V28 — Flo Rida, Drake, Afrojack, & Dillon Francis[G]et amped. Every Friday we're dropping a five-pack of heart-thumping, blood-pumping workout songs to build out your playlist, hardwire a little energy into your workouts, and kickstart the... -
Shape Up This Summer With Chris Powell & The 6-Week Degree #GetMoving Challenge[G]et moving. We're PUMPED to announce that we've partnered with Degree, Men's Health, and Women's Health on a summer rendezvous to CRUSH a series of fitness challenges hosted by all-world... -
How Can I Get A Six Pack? 5 BIG Reasons Why Your Abs Aren't Growing[A]fter 1000's of crunches and seven brutally intense ab workouts per week, you'd think that it would all add up to that one coveted, magic number — 6. It's sad and discouraging when someone...
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10 Naked World Class Athletes Dish On Body Image & Feeling Awesome In Your Own Skin [PHOTOS]
Want a little explosive inspiration to light up your week? Look no further than the lineup of world class athletes gracing the pages—completely au naturel—of the 2015 ESPN Body Issue.
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Bucket Listing: Flying High Atop Mount Kilamanjaro
If you could push yourself to go anywhere and do anything, what would be your #1 bucket list adventure? Mine’s up in the clouds.
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Ever Wonder What It’s Like To Be A Bodybuilding Competitor? Here’s Your All-Access Story
Why would anyone in their right mind decide to prepare for a bodybuilding competition in which you get on a stage—minimally clothed and coated in spray tan—just to get judged on your body? For anyone that’s thinking about competing, or just wants a detailed look at the process, here’s how it all goes down.
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Don’t Break Your Resolutions In 2015 — 7 Principles To Help Crush Your Goals This Year
We’re a week out from February. It’s the turning point for lofty resolutions, when most goal-setters decide to push through or hop off the train altogether. Don’t break what you set out to do. Follow these 7 SIMPLE principles to crush your goals in 2015.
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Resolution Better — 5 Tips For Making Successful New Year’s Resolutions In 2015
Every January gyms around the world become flooded with a rush of new members. The reality though is that by March or April, the majority of those new gym members will revert back to their old ways. Use these 5 tips to set better New Year’s resolutions and succeed in 2015.
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I Hate New Year’s Resolutions, But I Made Six For 2015 Anyway
I mostly hate New Year’s resolutions. They’re evil. They haunt you, coerce you into making them, and flaunt their sexy potential. Only to let you down and serve as a source of failure and disappointment later in the year. That said, I cemented 6 for 2015 anyway. Because why not? Feel free to steal mine.
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This Badass 77-Year-Old Grandma Can Almost Definitely Deadlift More Than You Can [Video]
Everyone, meet Willie Murphy. She is an unadulterated badass. More badass than you or I. She is also a woman and a 77-year-old grandma—no, a COMPETITIVE POWERLIFTER—who can almost certainly lift more than you can.
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10 Insanely Inspirational Quotes To Get Your Ass Moving This Monday, V4 [Monday Motivation]
Sometimes you just need a little kick in the ass to set progress in motion. Every week we’re dropping 10 quotes, pictures, and other little bombs of inspiration to fuel your motivational furnace for the week ahead. Interpret at will and use it as a little injection of positive energy.
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Lebron James’ New Powerbeats2 Commercial WILL Amp You Up To Crush Your Next Gym Session [Video]
Beats By Dre recently dropped their newest commercial, this time for their new Powerbeats2 Wireless headphones. It features Lebron James, Cam Newton, and Serena Williams, and per usual, it’s high octane motivational fuel. Watch it once or twice, look me in the eyes, and find a way to tell me you’re not starving to go HAM on a weight stack.
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Strap On Your Oxygen Mask, First
I’ve always found sage advice in the most unexpected places. I’m not sure when this officially clicked or where I picked it up, but it’s the utterance you nonchalantly brush off whenever you’re jetsetting cross-country; usually 1-2 mini bottles deep.
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