October/November 2023

Men's Health

Men's Health is the brand men live by for fitness, nutrition, health, sex, style, grooming, tech, weight loss, and more.

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Men’s Health
Richard Dorment EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jamie Prokell Creative Director Abigail Greene Executive Managing Editor Ben Court, Jordyn Taylor Executive Editors Ebenezer Samuel Fitness Director Nojan Aminosharei Entertainment Director Rachel Epstein, Paul Kita De
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Welcome To The Party
Men’s Health turned 35 this year—35!—and we had to ask you: THROUGH THE YEARS… WHAT’S BEEN THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN YOUR OWN LIFE? I've run ~15 marathons, working my way to a 2:52 and a Boston Qualifier. Still surprises me! @hershmn Definitely the bigge
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Meet The Men’s Health Advisory Panel
P. Murali Doraiswamy, M.D. John Elefteriades, M.D. Foluso Fakorede, M.D. David Wolinsky, M.D. Brian Capell, M.D., Ph.D. Corey L. Hartman, M.D. Adnan Nasir, M.D., Ph.D. Jedidiah Ballard, D.O. Italo M. Brown, M.D., M.P.H. Robert Glatter, M.D. Sandeep D
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Editor’s Letter
Have we MEN BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE with SELF-CARE (skin care, hygiene, mental health, etc.) over the years? —@luuismontoya IF YOU’D asked me about “self-care” back in 1988, when Men’s Health was getting off the ground and the seeds of the current we
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Ask An Advisor
Q. How do y’all feel about cheat days? A. As a dietitian, I don’t agree with the concept of a cheat day. The word cheat is always negative. In terms of diet, it implies that you’re “bad” for eating food that’s not on your diet or that the food you’re
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Hulk Out
Legendary wrestler HULK HOGAN, now at the ripe young age of 70, stepped up for our “Gym & Fridge” video series. On YouTube, the comments were something unusual for the Internet: overwhelmingly positive. @brownmut5518 I’m in my 50s and still work out
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Will You Be Watching?
THE MEN’S HEALTH X (THE SERVICE FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER) POLL WITH THE MLS PLAYOFFS KICKING OFF ON OCTOBER 21—AND ICON LIONEL MESSI PLAYING … Based on 217 responses to @MensHealthMag. ■
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The perfect Ten
THANKS TO TikTok, Instagram, and Reddit, you have a constant stream of bajillions of exercises every single day. But which of these moves can help you build the strength and muscle you want? Somehow, the information superhighway that is social media
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MVP Member Of The Month
AGE: 33 OCCUPATION: Engineer LOCATION: Bloomington, MN MEN’S HEALTH MVP members have access to the best health, fitness, and entertainment coverage on the entire Internet. And each month, we survey our MVPs to choose one guy who is changing his life.
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Our Best Workout. Ever.
Start standing, then place your hands on the floor near your feet. Walk your hands out until you’re in pushup position, then squeeze your abs and glutes (a). Shift your right leg alongside your right hand, then reach your right hand to the ceiling (b
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The 28-day pullup Plan
DIRECTIONS: For the next 4 weeks, spend at least 10 minutes a day on the pullup bar. Each week, follow the same routine but push harder—add 1 rep or 5 seconds to every move each week. Go all out on every pullup assessment. Not getting any reps? Then
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I Practiced Pullups For 28 Days—and Feel Stronger!
EMBARRASSING FACT about me: I can’t do a pullup. For years, I hardly tried. Like plenty of people, I figured I would never be able to do one. But I know that the pullup is a gold-standard back lift. So when I had a chance to work with trainer Kurt El
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Eli Roth
IN THE SHADED cool of his Los Angeles pool deck, Eli Roth jumps rope, warming up his body for the work ahead. Today’s session, like most of his workouts, is about building energy—because these days, that’s what matters most to the veteran director an
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The 2023 Sleep Awards
Using a biometric sensor, this next-gen sleep mask customizes vibration, massage, and heat treatments to lower your heart rate and ease you into a more chill state. $200; therabody.com A combination bedside lamp, sound machine, and sunrise-like alar
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Make It Yours
If you’re lucky enough to have a bright, open workspace, choose furniture that complements the light. Layer different patterns and textures of the same hues to create a dynamic, not distracting, home office. WALL ART | DenyDesigns, Ann Hudec “A Gathe
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The silent killer
BLOOD-PRESSURE management isn’t a sexy topic like “antiaging drugs” or “DNA-based diets,” but it has enormous implications for health and life span. And because lifestyle factors have such a profound impact, everyone has the power to take steps towar
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Why everything About Weightloss Changes At 35
IN THIS UNFAIR game of life, gaining weight is easy, but losing it is far more difficult—particularly as you get older. “Unfortunately, our metabolism”—the ability of the body to burn calories—“can work against us,” says Mary Wirtz, a clinical dietit
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Our body
71.5 73.2 20% 43% The factors that have led to this rise include pervasive food advertising and increased sedentary periods, plus the unknown effects of poor sleep and crash dieting. “Our hyperfocus on just a few of these has led us to neglect the mu
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Us then, Us Now
Back in 1988, when the debut issue of Men’s Health came out, it was an interesting time to be a 35-year-old man. First off, there were hardly any health magazines for men. The Internet was largely AOL (LOL). Everyone was reading Stephen Hawking’s A B
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35 Years Of Iconic Style
Tom Cruise popularizes Ray-Bans (Rain Man) and bomber jackets (Top Gun). Nirvana releases Nevermind. The grunge era ensues. Tyson Beckford’s debut ad for Polo Ralph Lauren appears (the first major campaign to feature a Black male supermodel). “Mo Mon
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Our life
26 30 29 36 25 27 40% 15% 4.7 per 1,000 people 2.5 per 1,000 people Avi Klein, L.C.S.W., a psychotherapist and couples counselor in New York City, says he’s seen more clients pursuing open relationships. “People may be changing the nature of their r
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Insideout
In Southern California, Cal-a-Vie Health Spa offers a wellness escape like no other. We curate your health and wellness experience with fitness and mind-body classes, revitalizing hikes, and more. For a life-changing paradise, call 888-373-8773. Cal-
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RUN HiKE FLEX CHiLL
Next-gen runners offer mega cushioning for smoother runs. The ’80s are back in all their comfortable, low-key glory. Boots that are big and bulky weigh down trail times—and fun in general. These lean, mean kicks can get you through the toughest terra
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Hair Loss Gains
THE STATS ON hair loss aren’t great. Even though some men may experience hair loss as early as their late teens or early 20s, many won’t see the first signs of male-pattern baldness until their 30s. But by age 50, as many as half of all men report si
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Body By burritos
JOSH SCHERER USED to see fitness as something he could measure. Six years before he helped launch Mythical Kitchen, a wildly popular YouTube food channel, in 2020, he was a collegiate athlete. “When I was a hammer thrower at UCLA, fitness meant being
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SMOKE & FIRE
Tequila tends to be sweet and smooth. Mescal is smoky and complex, which adds oomph to the sweet-bitter flavors of a Paloma. “A pinch of salt, along with some citrus, really helps make the drink pop and makes it more three-dimensional,” says Noah Sma
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LOVE & LIKES
THE QUESTION OF what is and is not digital infidelity has haunted monogamous types since cyber pioneers gingerly typed “sex” into ancestral search engines. But it became even more complicated—and even more important for couples to answer—once social
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Side Hustle Or career Hustle
BACK WHEN I was 25, a few years into my first full-time job, I was burned out and in desperate need of more income. My salary of $45,000 as a payroll supervisor in southern California was barely making ends meet. This was around 2012, the “Gangnam St
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The Speed Of (de)light
WHEN YOU HAVE children, the first thing more-seasoned parents tell you is that it all goes by really fast. They tell you to cherish every moment, because it will be over way before you know it. What they don’t tell you is that this incredibly fast sp
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What He said
AT MEN’S HEALTH, we’ve always been committed to a definition of wellness that includes your brain. Take, for example, friendship, which research has long touted for its happiness-stoking, anxiety-alleviating, and even life-extending abilities. In our
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Unfreeze your Mind
I SAT IN HIGH SCHOOL French class, listening to the incomprehensible words spoken by the teacher. My own thoughts were easier to understand: Katie. She sat directly in front of me. Every day I thought to talk to her; every bus ride home I chided myse
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How I Keep It Together
Between shoots, editing, and trying to save our oceans, you’d think award-winning National Geographic photographer PAUL NICKLEN would thrive on organization. Fact: He doesn’t, and that’s okay with him. As cofounder of SeaLegacy, a production company
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Chill drinks
EVER SINCE MANY state laws loosened up around weed, chemical compounds in the plant have been showing up in just about everything. And you can now find one of those compounds, CBD, in lotions, balms, pillows, soaps, and so many drinks that it’s kind
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Why Is enough Never Enough?
ANY BEHAVIOR IS FINE IN MODERATION. But why do we suck so bad at moderating? Why do we keep eating when we’re full? Why do we keep shopping when we own too much? Why do we keep drinking when we’re already tipsy? Why do we scroll social media when it
Men's Health1 min readDiet & Nutrition
The CBD Drink Spectrum of Awesomeness
It tastes like summer all year. And each can has 0g added sugar and 10mg hemp extract, a dose that offers an easygoing entry point. This lemonade has 25mg hemp extract, but while the nutrition info says it has 5g sugar, it’s also sweetened with monk
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The 35 strongest men of The Past 35 Years
TRAVIS MILLS //LEWIS HAMILTON //CHADWICK BOSEMAN //BO JACKSON //ALEX HONNOLD // LEBRON JAMES //CHRIS HEMSWORTH //CHRIS PRATT //CHRIS EVANS //ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER // JOHNSON //RICH FRONING JR. //COLIN KAEPERNICK //ANTHONY FAUCI, M.D. //MICHAEL PHELPS
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Travis Mills
1 A LITTLE MORE THAN a decade ago, as a U. S. Army soldier in his mid-20s, Mills stood six feet, three inches tall and weighed 250 pounds. His biceps, he says, taped 23 inches. To achieve such a physique, he had to embody a definition of strength man
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Chris Hemsworth
7 HE PLAYS THE God of Thunder, and we know him as an invincible superhero—and Aussie-family bro—so when Hemsworth was hit with a genetic lightning bolt, it hit all of us. He took a genetic test for Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, the Nat Geo document
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Colin kaepernick
20 DEAR KAEP, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Needed you aware of my immense gratitude for your sacrifices, for what you’ve done for our collective conscious-ness, for how you’ve transformed my thinking and train with a horde of Jets fans (poor soul
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Best. Meals. Ever.
It all goes back to our first recipe, for chili con carne, published in 1989. The chili had just six ingredients and two steps, and the whole process took about 15 minutes from can opener to plate. While trends passed—the low-fat craze (which we cond
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The Snake Wears A Tank Top
Guy comes up to you at the gym. A big guy, drives a flashy car. I got an easy way for you to make some money, he says. Easy cash, zero problems. You interested? Ugh. He hated working out at this hour—6:30 p.m., machines hogged by time-wasting teenage
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The Top 10 Health breakthroughs* That Changed The Way We Live * Since 1988, Of Course.
1998 IT’S HARD TO REMEMBER the days when we got our health information from the library, pamphlets in the doctor’s office, or—gasp!—the actual doctor. But before Google was launched 25 years ago, there was no such thing as Googling “How do I know I’m
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The State Of Our Mental Health
RIB EYE AT $20 A POUND. Atmospheric rivers. Wildfires. Mass shootings. Covid surging (again). The politicization of everything. The sheer number of times you have to type in two-factor authentication codes. We’re dealing with a lot. Or maybe we’re no
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“I Refuse To Be Help less, I Refuse To Be Hopeless, I Refuse T O Give In.”
It was a cold, breezy morning in April 2019 when the club gathered for the first time. None of those present had asked to be part of this club, but they were the ones who answered its call, 12 men and five women, mostly strangers then. They collected

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