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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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Read MoreHow Can I Get A Six Pack? 5 BIG Reasons Why Your Abs Aren’t Growing
Building a stellar set of abs requires smart training, a LEAN diet, and minimal equipment — NOT ab workouts 7 days per week, ridiculous ab machines, or 1000’s of crunches. Here are the top 5 reasons why your abs AREN’T growing.
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Read MoreTweak The Way You Train — 5 Weight-Lifting Set Variations To Crank Up Fat Burn & Stimulate New Muscle Growth
Tweak your training and up the intensity with these 5 set variations; they’ll accelerate fat burn, spark new muscle growth, and burst frustrating plateaus.
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Read MoreThe 16 Best Shoulder Exercises To Destroy Your Delts And Carve Out Major Definition
Salivating over a pair of defined, striated, cannonball shoulders? Stay hungry. We’ve got an arsenal of powerful tools to destroy your delts and carve out gorgeous definition — a whopping 16 exercises deep.
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Read More8 Killer Superset Combos To Boost Workout Intensity And Invigorate Muscle Growth
If you’re still relying exclusively on straight, traditional sets as your only workout technique, blow up your training before it gets stale. Tap into your full-blown fat-incinerating, muscle-building potential with SUPERSETS.
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[Review] The Energy Bar Power Rankings — The 52 Best Energy Bars Ripped Open And Ranked
Whether you’re jet-setting across the globe or summiting mountains, energy bars have become an essential for the always-moving, nutrition-conscious, on-the-go trailblazer. From Clif to Larabar, we tore open and ranked the top 52 energy bars on the market.
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[WOTM, 05/2015] Polish Your Six-Pack With The Next Level Abdominal Super Shuttle Workout
Want a KILLER core this summer? May’s WOTM combines all six of our favorite next level, ELITE ab exercises into one mega circuit of abdominal mass destruction. GETTTTT IT.
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An Actual, Real Life Human Attempted The Rock’s 10-Pound-A-Day Diet, Here’s How It Went Down (Or Up)
An actual, real life human took “The Rock’s Diet Challenge” and attempted to churn through 10 pounds of food in one day, en route to a silly 5,200 calories in total. Here’s how it all went down (or well, up).
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Spring Cleaning? Use These 5 Tactics To Clean Up Your Snack Habit This Spring
It’s Spring, get your priorities in order. Forget the house or apartment — focus on what’s critical and CLEAN. UP. YOUR. DIET. Use these 5 tactics to clean up your snack habit.
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The Elite Six — 6 Advanced Six-Pack Ab Exercises To Build An HD, Razor Sharp Core
Want to bring your abs to ELITE levels? Use these 6 advanced ab exercises to carve out HD definition and construct a next-level core.
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Calf training sucks. They’re stubborn and unbelievably frustrating. It doesn’t have to be though. We’re diving into the anatomy of the calves and unleashing the top 4 calf exercises to help throw mountains on the back of your legs.
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Would You Eat Crickets? Cricket Flour Might Just Be The New Protein Powder
What if we told you there was a buzzworthy new protein source that offered more nutritional perks than beef, chicken, and dairy, without the destructive environmental impact or allergy issues? There is. Start embracing cricket.
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The Workout Music Friday Five-Pack, V26 — Armin Van Buuren, O.T. Genasis, Galantis, And Vicetone
We’ve got a new five-pack of power workout songs to carry you into the weekend. This week — Armin Van Buuren, O.T. Genasis, Galantis, And Vicetone.
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Can’t See Your Abs? Building Visible Six-Pack Abs Comes Down To Two Simple Things
Can’t see the stellar set of “six-pack abs” that you’ve been slaving over? Slow down and simplify. One of these two issues (if not both) is undoubtedly causing all of your CORE woes.
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The Workout Music Friday Five-Pack, V25 — Calvin Harris, JAY Z, Rihanna, Alesso, & Flo Rida
We’ve got a new five-pack of power workout songs to carry you into the weekend. This week — Calvin Harris, JAY Z, Rihanna, Alesso, & Flo Rida
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Curious What The Rock’s Diet Looks Like? Try Over 5,000 Calories & 400 Grams of Protein Per Day
Muscle & Fitness recently published what Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson eats on the regular to power his Herculean physique and maniacal workouts. The goliath puts down over 5000 calories and 400 grams of protein per day.
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Sabra Recalls 30,000 Cases Of Hummus Due To Listeria Contamination [News]
Got a container of Sabra hummus in your fridge? Triple check it. And then check it two more times. Sabra has officially recalled 30,000 cases of their Classic Hummus after learning about a potential Listeria contamination.
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[WOTM, 04/2015] Beef Up Your Chest & Shoulders With The Hulk Smash Upper Body Workout
GET ANGRY AND SMASH SOME WEIGHT. Add mass and definition to your chest, shoulders, arms, and back with The Hulk Smash Upper Body Workout.
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The Workout Music Friday Five-Pack, V24 — Kendrick Lamar, Action Bronson, Nicky Romero, & Major Lazer
We’ve got a new five-pack of power workout songs to carry you into the weekend. This week — Kendrick Lamar, Action Bronson, Nicky Romero, & Major Lazer.
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The Lean It UP Clean Eating Manifesto — 17 Nutrition Tactics To Eat Cleaner, Live Leaner, And Build The Ultimate Body
It’s time to overhaul your backwards, incredibly ineffective, fat-as-hell American diet. Use our 17-rule clean eating blueprint to build a lean, muscular physique.
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The 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.
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Irish It UP — The Supercharged Shamrock Protein Shake [Recipes]
Get festive and IRISH IT UP this St. Patty’s Day with our dangerously delicious Supercharged Shamrock Protein Shake.
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Melt Fat And Burn Up Your Legs With The Stairmaster Blaster HIIT Cardio Workout
Step 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 our latest HIIT cardio workout — The Stairmaster Blaster HIIT Cardio Workout.
Read MoreThe Workout Music Friday Five-Pack, V23 — Big Gigantic, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, & Deorro
We’ve got a new five-pack of power workout songs to carry you into the weekend. This week — Big Gigantic, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, & Deorro.
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[WOTM, 03/2015] Carve Up Your Core For Beach Season With The Summer Shredder Ab Workout
We’re about to make your abdominal life a living, burning hell for the next 3 months. March’s WOTM aggressively attacks the abs to build core strength, blow up the entire region, and manufacture a pristine new midsection.
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Nutrition
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