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Instantly slim down your arms with these 7 fashion rules Have a little extra meat on your arms? Don’t let your shirts accentuate that fact. Brian Boye,   Men’s Health   fashion and grooming director, shares 7 ways to make your arms appear slimmer. (If you have the opposite problem, learn How to Make Your Skinny Arms Look Their Best.) T-SHIRTS Go Loose Your sleeve shouldn’t look like it’s strangling your bicep. “Opt for something with a little wiggle room,” says Boye. “An inch or two of excess sleeve fabric will provide the right proportion of flesh and fabric.” Think Dark There’s a reason almost every woman has a go-to little black dress: Dark shades are slimming, says Boye. Select colors like black, navy, and charcoal over white. 

Drop One Belt Size in One Month! The scale isn’t the best indicator of fat loss. If you want to lose inches around your middle, you need to pack on pounds of lean muscle. The reason: Muscle takes energy just to maintain, which burns a ton of calories around the clock.   That’s why the ultimate gut check is the way your clothes fit. Following a muscle-building program like the one below will help you drop one belt size in four weeks—regardless of what the scale reads. Don’t believe me? I’ve used similar programs at my gym, Results Fitness, in Newhall, California, where hundreds of members have dropped one clothing size within the first month, and two clothing sizes in 8 weeks. They not only look better, but they feel better, too. They’re stronger and leaner, and have more energy than ever before. The workout eliminates all excuses, too. You just need two dumbbells, a few feet of floor space, and a half an hour a few times a week to turn your body into a fat-burning machine. Want to ...

These three moves will help you look better and feel better There are some exercises that you just can't get enough of. Three such examples: wall slides, thoracic rotations, and single-leg hip raises. Unusual names, yes. But while you may not be familiar with these moves, chances are, you should be doing them every day. Why? Because they help offset the toll that working on a computer—or even a mobile device—takes on your body. Specifically, that toll is poor posture, which frequently leads to neck, shoulder, and back pain. And because sitting and slumping as you type, surf, or text can consume hours of your day, the more frequently you perform these moves, the better. The best part: You can do these no-weight, no-sweat exercises anywhere. Stop what you're doing right now, and imagine that there's a string attached from the ceiling to your chest. Now imagine that the string is being tightened, pulling your chest closer towards the ceiling. If you were sitting with good post...

Eat This, Lose Weight! The key to losing weight isn’t to deprive yourself until you hallucinate about pastries. In fact, your best bet at shedding pounds is to add certain foods to your diet. Turns out, eating high-protein meals and snacks could help you lose weight, according to a new review published in   The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . Researchers from the University of South Australia in Adelaide analyzed 24 past studies that compared reduced-calorie, high-protein, low-fat diets with reduced-calorie, standard-protein, low-fat diets. On average, over a 12-week period of time, dieters who ate more protein lost nearly 2 pounds more than those on a standard-protein diet. Plus, 3 out of 5 participants with a high-protein diet reported feeling more satisfied than those with a standard-protein diet.

Reveal your six pack with these big muscle moves To whittle your middle, grow tree trunks for legs. Muscular legs can help you fend off belly fat, according to a study from Japan. People with the most muscle mass on their legs had the least visceral fat—the dangerous kind that surrounds organs. Compared with smaller muscles, your leg muscles burn more fat before it can deposit around your organs, explains study author Michio Shimabukuro, M.D., Ph.D. Start melting your middle by adding these three lower-body exercises to your routine today.

                  It’ll take strength, endurance, and grit to beat the clock This fitness challenge consists of four exercises: the groiner, curl-to-press, skater hop, and triceps kickback. You’ve probably done all of these movements before—but we guarantee you’ve never done them like this. Here’s how it works: You’ll need to complete a ladder of 10 groiners, 11 curl-to-presses, 12 skater hops, and 13 triceps kickbacks. Twice. With no rest.  In three minutes or less.  Can you do it? Watch the video above to see Todd Durkin, C.S.C.S., author of  The IMPACT! Body Plan ,  demonstrate the challenge. Then give it a try and let us know your time in the comments below.

You don’t have to live with chicken legs If you want to banish your chicken legs, your current routine of 3 sets of 10 reps of a calf exercise isn’t going to cut it.  The fix for skinny calves: high-frequency training (HFT), which involves hitting your calves  twice  a day. Your body adapts to the extra work bouts by accelerating the recovery process. And since your muscles grow bigger and stronger during recovery, you’ll speed up your gains. Your calves are the perfect candidates for HFT because they already  recover quickly. They have to—you spend hours walking on them, after all. That means you can work them more without compromising your workout the next day. Other muscle groups couldn’t handle that.  Increasing training frequency doesn’t mean you need to spend more time at the gym, though. The exercises below only require your body weight and a step, so you can do them anytime, anyplace, including your bedroom or an office staircase. DO THIS TWICE A DAY Per...