IMAGINE YOU OPEN the guided-meditation app on your phone and press play on the daily insight. You hear an electric piano and a female voice, smooth as butter. “Wherever you may be right now,” she says, “just take a moment to acknowledge that at least

The easy entry point into recovery science (from $199 for the THERAGUN MINI to $699 for the HYPERICE HYPERVOLT 2 PRO). Run it over a muscle for 15 seconds pre-workout to encourage blood flow. It's great for busy people wedging workouts into active sc

OXYGEN IS SO ESSENTIAL to human life that just four minutes without it can result in irreparable brain damage – and a further four can kill you. So what madness is the growing trend of intermittent hypoxic training (IHT), a form of exercise that invo

For my first outing as Men's Health's Adventurist, I was tasked with tackling an ultra-distance duathlon. The country was in the grip of its first pandemic lockdown at the time, so I had to rack up the obscene kilometre count using a stationary bike

IN A TIME BEFORE GPS, men would usually be the ones driving the family car on the weekend adventure. With a bulky atlas open on a sweaty knee and his exasperated partner in the passenger seat, he'd be grinding his teeth to the sounds of her angry sig

Regular smoking releases nicotine and other chemicals that we suck down into our lungs by burning tobacco. Vapes mimic the sensation but bypass the harmful combustion. E-cigs heat liquids containing nicotine, which still triggers the release of dopam

WITH THAT flurry of new-year motivation long diminished – and a busy work schedule to contend with – we wouldn't blame you if you're struggling to fit in regular strength-training sessions. Yes, you could brave the morning chill and hit the gym every

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LAST YEAR, I DECIDED I wanted to learn how to eat healthier. (Surprise! We're not all macro-tracking bodybuilders over here at Men's Health.) So I searched – Google, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube. And my research all seemed to lead me to the same kind o

IN THE 1950s, the Carrera Panamericana earned the reputation as the most dangerous race in the world. Hurtling along the newly opened Mexican section of the Pan-American Highway, the route spanned 3507 kilometres from Juarez in the north of the count

This article isn't about you, right? You're fine. But here's the crucial thing: acknowledging that it's useful to work on your mental health doesn't mean there's something wrong with your brain any more than going to the gym to train your triceps mea

That's the weight the self-proclaimed “fittest dwarf on earth” can back-squat. He can also do 30 pull-ups in a row. And he took first place in the inaugural short-stature division of WheelWOD, an adaptive CrossFit competition. “I want to show parents

“I HAVE A FAVOURITE SHIRT I wear at every race. It says boldly in big letters, ‘Autism is my superpower'. I don't see my autism as a disability but as an advantage, because being autistic allows me to be ultra-focused and not easily distracted during

Jumper season is no reason to skip your conditioning work. This session will keep those lungs tickled and your heart ticking. Grab a pair of moderate-weight dumbbells and set yourself up near a clock or timer. This one follows an AMRAP format, which

IMAGINE A PERSONAL TRAINER who's worked with hundreds of thousands of clients, char ting every single rep of every single movement with each of them. Now imagine that you could access that trainer's knowledge for every workout, simply with a few taps

“I was a very sporty kid from the age of four when I started playing soccer. My dad was the coach of the team. I think I set a record for our club scoring 14 goals in a game. I was also a bit of a prankster and I was obsessed with video cameras. I wa

A CUPPA DOES IT ALL. The staple of cheap and cheerful cafes and upmarket tea rooms alike is a pick-me-up that can also calm us down. That might go some way to explaining why the average Australian drinks 9.5 cups of the stuff each week. George Orwell

TWENTY YEARS AGO, Soi Ta-iad was a sleepy rural street in the south of Thailand's Phuket island, fringed with rubber tree plantations and thatched-roof dwellings. Today, however, it's a booming fitness hub, home to martial arts gyms, health-orientate

IT WAS AN ordinary Friday around dawn when I limbered up for what I thought would be just another garage workout. Figuring I'd start with bench press, I loaded a barbell with 50kg, lay down and pressed it off the rack. CRASH! The back of my head hit

MY JOURNEY to the future of fitness begins with 30 seconds of time travel. I park my car at Venice Beach, adjacent to the most iconic Gold's Gym on the planet. I admire the sprawling yard – where big dudes in skimpy tops deadlift in the sunshine – th

Spend two minutes on Instagram or TikTok and you'll see all kinds of #BigArms training tactics. Not all actually work, of course. Experts do agree, however, that arm training has evolved. A decade ago, you'd simply do curls, curls and more curls. But

“I'M A BODYBUILDER. Yes, you heard that right. You're probably thinking of guys who look like the former governor of California and whose arms are so big they can't scratch their backs – not a man whose legs don't work. But for the past three years,

DACRE MONTGOMERY is huddled up in his house in Silver Lake, LA, watching the rain bucket down outside. A cold snap that's brought snow and single-digit temps to normally mild LA has locals shaking their heads and digging out their winter woolies. For