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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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The 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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8 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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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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The 14 Best Exercises To Build A Vacuum Tight, Lean, Impenetrable Lower Back
The lower back might just be the most important muscle you’re not hitting. We’ve compiled 14 of the best lower back exercises to improve your posture, extinguish pain, and build a vacuum tight, lean lower back.
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8 Intense Push Up Variations To Up The Difficulty & Pummel Your Chest
Everyone knows (and mostly hates) the push up. Spice it UP. We’ve pulled together 8 epic, lovingly-intense push up variations to amplify the difficulty and pummel your chest. Not only will your chest get dominated, but you’ll bring your core and cardio into center focus.
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UberExercise — Liquify Fat AND Tear Up Your Butt, Biceps, And Quads With Lunging Biceps Curls
The Lunging Biceps Curl is a power move that plows through the upper body and lower body, stimulates the core, and rips through fat in the process. Get low and try to hang on.
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UberExercise — Smash Your Butt And Core With The Weighted Glute Bridge
Looking to flatten your abs and/or beef up your backside? The Weighted Glute Bridge is a powerful, underutilized exercise that isolates the glutes and helps carve out a flat, compressed core.
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[Workout Plans] Limber Up For Battle With Our 5 Minute Foam Rolling Repertoire
It’s LIMBER TIME, you stiff, sore, achy animal. Wring yourself out and boost your mobility with our down-and-dirty 5 Minute Foam Rolling Repertoire.
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UberExercise — Build Flat, Waffle Iron Abs With Commando Crawling Planks
Planking is so…basic. Spice things up and graduate to the upper echelon of ab exercises with Commando Crawling Planks — an advanced exercise that torches calories, flattens and compresses the core, and produces deep cuts and ab definition.
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UberExercise — Thrash Your Shoulders & Send Sweat Streaming Down With Dumbbell Swings
The dumbbell swing is a killer move that completely thrashes the deltoids, blasts the butt & hamstrings, and eviscerates body fat in the process. Unlike most stationary lifts, dumbbell swings are a high-paced, continuous movement that pairs aerobics with pure, unadulterated power — THAT translates into MASSIVE calorie burn, and even greater muscle stimulation.
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