We all want to exercise more. To achieve that we need to answer three specific questions: What should we do to exercise more? What type of exercise should we do? How can we get fitter? This article covers it al...
The three most commonly cited reasons for failing to get fit are lack of motivation,lack of funds and lack of time. Yet fitness is a key necessity to prolonging lifespan, maintaining health, creating autono...
Every competitive sporting event is fraught with pressure. The expectations of the crowd, the heat of the moment, the months of preparation and the desire to win conspire to create a heightened state of anxiety...
Food is the energy we put inside our body to help it power its processes, build muscle and carry out essential repairs. To suggest that taking this away is a good thing seems counter-intuitive, yet this is exac...
There are some things in fitness that are counterintuitive and because of that they don’t become immediately obvious until they’re explained. The way we use our arms and legs is one of them. Now, usually, we tr...
Let’s start with a truism: if you don’t feel some anxiety, an enhanced sense of uncertainty about the future or, even, a little bit of depression in this early part of the 21st century the chances are that you’...
In looking for the best time of the day to exercise we are really looking to answer the question “How can I achieve more with less effort?” This is both natural from a human perspective and desirable from an ev...
IF YOUR GOAL is to build big arms, your path to gains is relatively simple: loads of volume for your biceps and triceps. But according to Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S., you don't—and s...
If there was to be a single, across the board, test that would quickly reveal how strong, fit and healthy you are and how long you are likely to remain like this in your lifespan, then the grip strength test is...
MOST GUYS THINK that pushing heavy weight is the only way to build a superhero-sized chest. But you won't be pushing yourself to your full potential—both in terms of aesthetics and function—without harnessing y...
YOU’RE AT THE GYM, hovering around the squat racks with your gym buddies waiting for one to open up. As you're milling around, the topic of aches and pains inevitably becomes the focus of your conversation. The...
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is probably the only shortcut there is when it comes to building strong muscles and losing weight. But HIIT training is also a high, external stressor that tires us out s...
We’ve been told to “eat our greens” for so long when we were kids that growing up has become the moment when we can just eat anything we like and not give anyone any account of it. Unfortunately science has sid...
There’s no question about it. If we each started each day with more energy than what we currently experience we’d get more done. We’d be more productive in our work, we’d have more energy for our friends and fa...
By creating a fitness routine you provide yourself with a structured approach to gaining and then maintaining a strong, healthy body and a strong healthy mind. Creating a structured fitness routine, of course, ...
Lifting a weight to make your muscles adapt to the resistance it presents them with and therefore grow stronger is such an intuitive thing to do when you do it that it is hard to imagine that you may need help ...
If you’ve had a rough week at the office, chances are you’ve sat down with a glass of wine to unwind from the hell that is your demanding boss.
It's true that wine can do wonders for your mood, and science s...
THE BENCH PRESS is one of the all-time great strength training exercises. For most guys, bench pressing means one thing: getting underneath a barbell loaded with as many plates as possible and eking out as many...
What do tennis megastar Venus Williams, ultra-marathoner Scott Jurek and American quarterback Tom Brady have in common? The answer is a plant-based diet. The latest research shows that a mostly (or totally) pla...
If you’ve ever been punched in the stomach, as a kid, and ended up on the floor gasping for breath then you have an immediate grasp of what the vagus nerve is. We don’t use our stomach to breathe with but lying...