January/February 2023

Men's Health

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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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Men’s Health
Richard Dorment EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jamie Prokell Creative Director Caryn Prime Executive Managing Editor Ben Court, Jordyn Taylor Executive Editors Ebenezer Samuel Fitness Director Ben Paynter Features Editor Nojan Aminosharei Entertainment Director Rac
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Conquering The Web
When Men’s Health’s November cover guy, Jonathan Majors, showed off his Kang the Conqueror physique in our “Train Like” video, the reaction from more than 1.7 million viewers was universal: wow. He looks like he doesn’t forget a single muscle. Incred
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Editor’s Letter
ASK THE E.I.C. EEESH. OKAY, this is awkward. So the good news is that we received your entry, and we think you’re awesome. (Your passion for mental health and your commitment to strength training are especially awesome.) But the less good news is tha
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Just Quit Already
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE EXPERTS, ADVISORS, AND READERS WHO BRING MEN’S HEALTH TO LIFE, AND THEN SOME. Social media @the_real_american_ pharoah Being overweight because of excuses @karchee3 Being a sports fan. It costs excessive amounts of time, mo
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Mvp member Of The Month
AGE: 69 OCCUPATION: School district superintendent (retired), now a personal trainer LOCATION: Moline, IL MEN’S HEALTH MVP members have access to some of the best health, fitness, and entertainment coverage on the entire Internet. Each month, we surv
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What Cultural event Are You Most Excited For In 2023?
Based on 365 responses to @MensHealthMag. Courtesy subject (Lee). Courtesy Disney+ (The Mandalorian). Getty Images (Rihanna, Springsteen). Courtesy Universal Pictures (Oppenheimer). ■
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The Total-body Tune-up
DIRECTIONS: Do this workout 3 or 4 days a week, resting at least 1 day between sessions. On all rest days, aim to go for a 20-minute walk or run. Start in pushup position. Shift your right foot just outside your right hand; squeeze your left glute as
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The 2023 home Gym Awards
Featuring Eric Sung, C.S.C.S. (left), J. Malik, and Jerry St. Louis of the Men’s Health Strength in Diversity Initiative. BEFORE YOU LOAD UP on nextgen tech, focus on the fundamentals, says Eric Sung, C.S.C.S., a member of Men’s Health’s Strength in
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6 A.m. With… dan Reynolds
DAN REYNOLDS is running for his life. You wouldn’t know it from his leisurely pace. Striding along on an Assault-Runner treadmill at a storefront gym on the Pacific Coast Highway, the six-footfour, 205-pound singer looks calm and relaxed. To a guy wh
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What Covid taught Us About Health
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, how often did you really think about defending yourself from respiratory bugs? “Most people were shrugging off the risk. Respiratory viruses weren’t that big of a thing,” says Amesh Adalja, M.D., an infectious-disease physician a
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Minimal Effort, Maximum Health
WHEN YOU’RE JUST starting to exercise, you don’t need to slog through a long session. Just seven minutes can improve your heart and lung health, insulin function, and muscular strength and endurance. Pick 14 bodyweight exercises, some involving resis
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Colostrum’s colossal Promise
Some supplement makers say that their bovine-derived colostrum, a nutrient-dense milk secreted from a mammal’s breast after giving birth, can enhance immunity, burn fat, build muscle, boost focus, improve workouts, and prevent the flu better than a v
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The Best 55.2 Minutes Of Your Day… can Be Your Commute!
I STARTED WORKING from home in 2018, when WFH was still a sort of rare, magical existence. People would ask me, Wow, what’s that like? And then Covid came and, wow, they all found out what it’s like. I always thought I’d miss after-work drinks, worki
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Wings! Chili! Muscle!
Cook these base recipes on a Sunday so you can pack them into five meals for the week. 1. In a large pot over medium high, heat 1 Tbsp olive oil. Add 1 lb ground beef and brown, about 10 minutes. Add 1 chopped onion, 1 chopped green pepper, and 4 cho
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3 Men, 3 Whole-life transformations
A YEAR INTO the pandemic, 45-year-old financial planner Barjes Angulo had stopped exercising and was overeating. As his weight ticked up to 231 pounds, he traded his custom suits for hoodies. “Nothing else could fit,” Angulo says. In January 2021, he
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Start Your Year (looking) Fresh
You’ll reduce your skin-cancer risk, says dermatologist Dendy Engelman, M.D. “Small amounts of skin damage accumulate in the winter from exposure to UV rays,” she says. This oil-free formula will give your skin broad-spectrum protection against UVA a
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Howdy, austin
THE EXPERT: CAITLIN GIDDINGS is an Austin-based freelance writer and a former editor for Bicycling and Runner’s World. The Hotel San José has a pool, live music, chili cook-offs, and yoga. It’s on South Congress, which is studded with western outfitt
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The Oldest Trick in The Book
THIS MONTH: LeVAR BURTON stars in the final season of Star Trek: Picard, out February 16 on Paramount+. He’s a children’s literacy advocate and hosted Reading Rainbow on PBS for 23 seasons. THERE ARE THREE important stages when it comes to your kids
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Killer Buds
$30 PROS: They’ve got the same features as pricier earbuds—noise blocking, voice assistance, EQ controls—but you won’t be as financially devastated if you lose them. The battery also runs for a holy-whoa 32-plus hours with its charging case. CONS: Th
Men's Health4 min readDiet & Nutrition
Win in The Long Run
WE ARE LIVING IN the era of New Longe-vity: Many of us will live significantly longer lives than any previous generation did. A number of studies are finding that many people now expect to work well into their 60s and 70s to fund their longer and hea
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For the Love Of Arguing
EVERY COUPLE ARGUES—or should. No matter how compatible you are, living in conflict-free bliss isn’t love; it’s avoidance. But how do you argue in a way that’s not just having the same old fight every time? Knowing your fight styles—how each of you p
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The quitter’s Guide To Winning
BY EBENEZER SAMUEL, C.S.C.S., MEN’S HEALTH FITNESS DIRECTOR THE BARBELL BENCH PRESS is widely viewed as one of the gold standards of fitness. It’s the only strength exercise that football players test at the yearly NFL Scouting Combine. It’s also one
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The Ultimate The Men’s Health 2023
WE’VE ASKED OURSELVES that question a million times over the past few months as thousands of readers shared their stories with us and showed us all the ways they’re crushing life. These guys are physically and mentally fit, successful and generous, a
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HOW I KEEP IT TOGETHER with JAY SHETTY
The first thing he sees is a pink sticky note that reads, “What are you grateful for?” So instead of first thinking, I’m tired, he might think, I’m grateful I got some sleep, but I’m going to go to sleep earlier tonight. This sets the day up better a
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“There’s A Big Difference between Acceptance And Understance”
HIS OFFICE IS on the ground floor, beside the park and the concrete, where 17 million feet of various sizes and pathologies pound an unforgiving earth. Each day, a small portion of these feet shuffle through a modern-looking waiting area—couches, a n
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“The Challenge Built Me As A Climber And Gave Me Psychological Strength”
THE CLIMB WAS going well. Inch by inch, 16-year-old Felipe Proaño was creating a new route up a 17,267-foot peak in Ecuador called Illiniza Norte. Then a hold broke. “I took a serious fall that [shattered] my right ankle in 14 places, lost most of my
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“If I Fail, I ’ M Gonna Figure Out How To Conquer It”
CORWYN COLLIER’S heart stopped beating on May 23, 2009, while he was serving in Iraq as a military police officer. On patrol by truck, Collier’s team drove over a bomb that exploded underneath him. The blast pinned his right leg between the door and
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Inside Fitlit Club, Rap’s Ultimate Fitness Supergroup
IT’S A RANDOM DAY in September at the New Jersey gym Impact Zone, and the sweat-drenched Jim Jones wants more from Maino on the bench press. As Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” blares from the gym speakers, Jones yells for Maino to “work for it!” Meanwhile,
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The Country-rock Star Who Performed His Own Sobriety Check
THE PROS AND CONS of being a sober country star are well-balanced. On one hand: If you slip up, some guy in some bar who is quick with his phone will make sure everyone knows it. On the other hand: The resources available to you are unbounded, and yo
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The Williams Brothers Are Training For The Long Game
FOR YEARS, Tyler James Williams thought of himself as a “hard gainer”—a guy who just can’t pack on muscle. He played an adolescent Chris Rock on the sitcom Every-body Hates Chris for much of the mid-aughts, but nearly a decade later, well into his 20
Men's Health3 min readDiet & Nutrition
The Senator Who Stumps Against Sugar
U. S. SENATOR CORY BOOKER, 53, isn’t the sort of politician who is happy with the status quo. In 2021, he became the first vegan senator to serve on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, which is kind of a big deal when you co
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Tom Arnold Cheated Death. Look Who’s Laughing Now.
FADE TO BLACK. Tom Arnold had seen the cinematic device countless times in his nearly 40-year TV-and-film career, but this scene wasn’t in the script: At home on the night of January 16, 2022, the vision in Arnold’s right eye went dark as he was wait
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The seeke R
ON A WARM OCTOBER evening in Green Bay, Wis-consin, Aaron Rodgers—the Packers quarterback these past 18 years, a four-time NFL MVP, and, lately, the subject of some odd and intriguing news stories—is clambering up the stairs at a place called Three T
Men's Health4 min readDiet & Nutrition
The Lazy Diet
PALEO, WHOLE30, KETO—they often tell you to avoid packaged foods. But this stuff can be nutritious and preportioned, which “automatically reduces calories without thinking,” says Spencer Nadolsky, D.O., chief physician at Renaissance Periodization. F
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The Scars Of Uvalde
THE CHILDREN LAUGH and move in buoyant, colorful streams. They parade through the hotel lobby out into the bright morning smog, jostling and bouncing off one another. They wear Mickey Mouse ears and giddy grins of anticipation. They lead a line of pa

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