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Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 6, 2015

[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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Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Mar 31, 2015

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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Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Mar 25, 2015

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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Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Mar 10, 2015

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.

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Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Mar 5, 2015

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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Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Mar 2, 2015

[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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Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Feb 24, 2015

The 13 Best Chest Exercises To Pummel Your Pecs And Build An Iron-Clad Chest

Struggling to add mass, width, and stunning HD resolution to your chest? Crank up the poundage and start pushing weight. We’ve pulled together 13 of the most effective exercises to engage the pecs and construct out a powerful, chiseled chest.

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Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Feb 23, 2015

[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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How To Eat Well In The Workplace — Breakfast Edition

Posted by Mike Sheen on Sep 24, 2012 in Diet It UP, Health It UP

Eating well as a working professional is difficult. During a hectic, earling morning, breakfast is usually the first thing to go, but did you know that breakfast-skippers are 4.5x MORE likely to be obese? Here’s how you can build a better breakfast, despite a busy workday.

Lean It UP Mid-Week Workout Motivation - Vol. 4, Week Of 9/17

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 19, 2012 in Health It UP, Motivation

Volume 4. Lean It UP’s mid-week roundup of the top motivational fitness, workout, and diet pictures from around the web.

UberExercise — The Lower Abs Trifecta [Abs]

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 18, 2012 in Abs, Featured Article, Lower Abs, Muscle It UP, UberExercises

If you want pancake-flat, carved-up lower abs and a razor-sharp V-cut, consider The Lower Abs Trifecta your little secret weapon. Comprised of 3 different ab exercises, it’ll absolutely demolish your lower abs and leave you sore for days. That’s exactly what we want — hyperaccelerated growth.

Lean It UP Weekly Workout Music — Vol. 3, Week Of 9/17

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 18, 2012 in Pump It UP

Volume 3. The Lean It UP Weekly Workout Music series brings 5 new epic, fast-paced, skull-thumping workout bangers each week to help amp up and turbocharge your workout.

[Part 3] The Full Cereal Fatness Index — 275 Cereals Ranked

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 16, 2012 in Diet It UP, Featured Article, Food Rankings

In part 3 of 3 in our Lean It UP Cereal Fatness Index series we reveal the full index and rank 275 different cereals based on their propensity to MAKE YOU FAT! Where does your favorite fall? See it all inside, including a downloadable printout.

Lean It UP Mid-Week Workout Motivation - Vol. 3, Week Of 9/10

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 12, 2012 in Featured Article, Health It UP, Motivation

Volume 3. Lean It UP’s mid-week roundup of the top motivational fitness, workout, and diet pictures from around the web.

LOVE Fruit, HATE The Mess? Grab These Creative OXO Fruit Tools

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 11, 2012 in Diet It UP, Product Reviews

Love mangoes, pineapples, and other fruit, but absolutely HATE cutting them? Try these creative tools from OXO — they’ll make eating fruit SO much easier (which hopefully gets you to eat more of it).

Lean It UP Weekly Workout Music — Vol. 2, Week Of 9/10

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 11, 2012 in Pump It UP

Volume 2. The Lean It UP Weekly Workout Music series brings 5 new epic, fast-paced, skull-thumping workout bangers each week to help amp up and turbocharge your workout.

Fact or Fiction - You Shouldn’t Eat Before Working Out

Posted by Mike Sheen on Sep 9, 2012 in Diet It UP, Nutrition Science

In this week’s Fact or Fiction column we address whether or not you should eat before working out, and if so, what makes the perfect pre-workout meal.

[Part 2] The Cereal Fatness Index — The 50 Healthiest Cereals List

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 7, 2012 in Diet It UP, Featured Article, Food Rankings

The 50 Healthiest Cereals List is part 2 of 3 in our Lean It UP Cereal Fatness Index series, which scores and ranks 275 brands of cereal based on their propensity to MAKE YOU FAT! In part 2 we reveal the 50 leanest, healthiest cereals on earth.

[Part 1] The Cereal Fatness Index — The 50 Most Fattening Cereals

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 5, 2012 in Burn It UP, Diet It UP, Featured Article, Food Rankings

The 50 Most Fattening Cereals is part 1 of 3 in our Lean It UP Cereal Fatness Index series, which scores and ranks 275 brands of cereal based on their propensity to MAKE YOU FAT! In part 1 we count down the 50 absolute worst cereals that lace supermarket shelves today.

Lean It UP Weekly Workout Music — 1, Week Of 9/3

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Sep 4, 2012 in Pump It UP

The Lean It UP Weekly Workout Music series brings 5 new epic, fast-paced, skull-thumping workout bangers each week to help amp up and turbocharge your workout.

Lean It UP Mid-Week Workout Motivation - 2, Week Of 8/27

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Aug 29, 2012 in Featured Article, Health It UP, Motivation

Lean It UP’s mid-week roundup of the top motivational fitness, workout, and diet pictures from around the web.

[Video] Make Sweet, Sweet Muscle Music With Terry Crews

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Aug 28, 2012 in Misc., Videos, WTF?

If the world truly is ending in 2012, what better way to go out than with uber-jacked Terry Crews hooked up to a muscular symphony of melodic electrodes. Mind = blown. Get the interactive video and muscle-music-making guide inside.

HIIT Interval Training — The Full Guide To Fat Incineration [Infographic]

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Aug 27, 2012 in Burn It UP, Featured Article, Infographics, Interval Training

If you’ve never experienced a heart-thumping HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) cardio workout you’re missing out on one of the most effective, high intensity workouts available to the human body. Get the full guide and a sample HIIT plan inside.

[Recipes] Low Carb Peanut Shrimp Stir Fry — 250 Calories

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Aug 22, 2012 in Diet It UP, Featured Article, Recipes

This delicious, ridiculously healthy peanut shrimp stir fry recipe packs all of the BIG crunchy, nutty flavor you’d expect from shrimp stir fry, sans the calories, carbs, sodium, or fat. With 31 grams of protein, 250 calories, and only 18 net carbs, what’s NOT to love?

Weight Watchers, Ben & Jerry’s, Arctic Zero Have Up To 68% More Calories Than Labeled [REPORT]

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Aug 21, 2012 in Diet It UP, News

A recent MSNBC report revealed that diet ice cream from Weight Watchers, Ben & Jerry’s, & Arctic Zero have up to 68% more calories than labeled. I’m here to tell you: DON’T FREAK OUT, the implications are overblown.

The Ultimate Blood Pressure Chart [Infographic]

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Aug 19, 2012 in Health It UP, Infographics

Blood pressure is a metric used to gauge the degree of force applied to arterial walls whenever the heart pumps blood. The Blood Pressure Chart serves as a phenomenal reference guide for all questions related to BP. What numbers are normal? What ratio is considered high blood pressure, and what ratio is borderline high blood pressure? What foods help keep BP where it should be? These questions and more answered below.

Fact Or Fiction — Are Full Squats Bad For Your Knees?

Posted by Mike Sheen on Aug 19, 2012 in Featured Article, Legs, Muscle It UP

While more people are realizing the benefits of squatting and adding them to their workouts, there still seems to be heated debate over how deep one should squat in order to maximize its effectiveness while minimizing the risk of injury. How low should you really go? Lean It UP investigates.

How Much Caffeine Is In Coffee, Espresso, And Other Drinks? [Infographic]

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Aug 16, 2012 in Diet It UP, Infographics

Does a cup of coffee have the same amount of caffeine as an espresso shot? How does Dunkin Donuts’ coffee vary from Starbucks’? Where does Red Bull fall on the caffeine scale? These caffeinated questions and more answered inside.