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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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Read MoreUberExercise — Obliterate Your Chest With The Push Up Burnout Circuit
4 exercises, 5 minutes, 100 reps – 1 killer set. Finish strong with The Push Up Burnout Circuit, a caustic 4-exercise gauntlet designed to obliterate the muscle fibers in your upper body, engage your core, and send blood + O2 coursing through your chest and triceps.
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What do autolyzed yeast extract, disodium guanylate, and succinic acid have in common? They’re all in Subway’s grilled chicken, along with a lump of other things you probably can’t pronounce. Here’s the 360 view into what’s really in your Subway sandwich.
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Read More[WOTM, 05/2013] Crystallize Your Abs With The Fat-Blasting Summer Hypershred Workout
May’s high-intensity WOTM is designed to torch the last layer of body fat and put the finishing touches on your six-pack just in time for summer. Finish strong; get after it.
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Read MoreCarve Out Your Abs With These 8 Killer Swiss Ball Exercises
If you’re not already a Swiss ball user, get on it ASAP — you’re leaving an incredible amount of ab growth on the table. Here are 8 of the most effective Swiss ball ab exercises to carve out your upper and lower abs, slice up your obliques, and sculpt a lean, tight midsection.
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Read MoreThe Top 5 Oblique Exercises To Get Ripped Up Abs, V2
Last year we listed 5 of our absolute favorite exercises to rip up the obliques, the muscle fibers that run diagonally along either side of the core. We’re back this year for round two, with 5 additional, uber-effective oblique exercises to spice up your ab routine, condense your core, and add some dense, detailed topography to your midsection.
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