November - December 2022

Men's Fitness South Africa

The new measure of success

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Men’s Fitness South Africa
CJ Murphy, M.F.S. Owner, Total Performance Sports, Everett, MA Jim Smith, C.P.P.S. Owner, Diesel Strength & Conditioning Zach Even-Esh Owner, Underground Strength Gym, Edison, NJ Bob Harper Fitness expert; trainer, NBC’s The Biggest Loser Chris Powel
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Pretty Sweet News: Chocolate Helps You Think Better
It’s the scientific discovery of your I dreams: New research has determined that, aside from lowering your cholesterol, your risk of stroke, and the probability you’ll die of heart disease, eating chocolate actually improves your brain’s cognitive fu
Men's Fitness South Africa1 min readDiet & Nutrition
Breakthroughs
■ What is the most effective way to blast those extra centimetres off your middle? “Hit the weights”,says a new study in the Journal of Obesity. For twelve years researchers tracked the waist circumference of 10,500 men who either lifted regularly or
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Read Yourself To A Happier Life
■ Routinely spending time with a good book can greatly improve your sense of well-being, says a University of Liverpool (UK) survey. “Open that book, Scout, or else…” Reading lowers stress and leads to better self-worth. Among the 2 000 adults polled
Men's Fitness South Africa1 min readCrime & Violence
Even You Could Falsely Confess
■ A ground-breaking study has produced the first direct evidence that depriving a suspect of sleep during an interrogation can lead to a false confession. Subjects in the Michigan State University (USA) study were given sessions of computer tasks to
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A Bite (not A Byte) For Sore Eyes
■ Got pain? There’s a secret ancient Chinese treatment that may relieve your suffering: It’s called acupuncture. Okay, it’s not really a secret, but you’re probably not as familiar with it as you should be if you have chronic pain. A while back, a hu
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Posse Run!
In downtown Manhattan, the Mile High Run Club is making headlines with the most surprising new trend in group fitness: Treadmill classes, gang sweat sessions where row after row of runners sprint, jog, and climb under neon lights with party music bla
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An Avocado A Day Keeps The LDL Away
■ In a recent study done in the United States, 45 overweight subjects were given three cholesterol-lowering diets with the same number of calories. One diet that was low in fat, and two that were moderately high in fat and included either avocado or
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Celebrity Fashion In Review
LINE: Yeezy PRICE: $$$$ WHO’LL LIKE IT: Fans of dystopian mangled sweaters, at roughly R7 000 for sweat pants and R56 000 for shearling jackets. JUST WONDERING: Will sell-outs of his line give him a big head? WE’D TAG IT: “Yeezlaiaik, that’s expensiv
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Switch To Sole Power
RUNNING GUIDE 2016 ■ The new golden age of the running shoe is upon us. Now more than ever, shoemakers are using the power of recorded data (human and otherwise) to create footwear that can help you correct your form, boost your speed, and improve yo
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Perform
SEE PAGE 27 ■ Engineered to provide ultimate flexibility and cushioning for mid and long distance runners. The Ignite Dual features the proprietary Ignite Foam midsole that’s visible on the heel and hidden in the forefoot, to offer full-length energy
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Running On Full
SPRING RUNNING GUIDE 2016 There’s no magic elixir in elite runners’ breakfasts (we’re not counting the doped-up cheaters who eventually get caught); no essence of T cow heart or beetle-wing extract with mysterious performance benefits. The perfect br
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Gnarly!
Taking a vacation anytime soon? This time around, toss the daiquiris and try something a little (okay, a lot) more thrilling. We scoured the globe to find seven of the biggest, baddest, fastest, most extreme rushes you can live through (though don’t
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A Cool Head
■ To pull this look off, you need one thing: thick hair. “If a guy has really fine hair, he’s going to look like Kid Rock”, says McMillen about the notoriously stringy-haired singer. He advises visiting a stylist every four to six weeks to snip the e
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Whey to Workout
■ You have recently been named a brand ambassador for Biogen! The first thing people think about when they hear that term is “freebies”! Does this mean you get a lot of supplements? I get loads of supplements! I have worked with Biogen for years, but
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Instant Attraction
As much as girls hate to admit it, we can be a little superficial at times (shocker, right?). But the truth is, when we first meet a guy, A his look is everything. And one thing is for sure, a close shave and a spray across his chest doesn’t always c
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Run With These
■ The newest Fitbit is the most advanced yet. Fitbit dubs it a “super watch”, with continuous heart rate monitoring and a built-in GPS to track your kilometres and overall fitness. The new smart watch interface also provides notifications for calls a
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Screen It
■ There’s been no shortage of superhero movies over the last few years with Marvel dominating the cinema with their Marvel Universe. However, Marvel’s biggest rival DC has not had the greatest showing on the silver screen, with the much derided Batma
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Taming the Beast
THE KTM 1290 SUPER DUKER has been one of my favourite bikes to ride since its release in 2014, year in which it also took the Motorcycle of the Year award. However, 2 years later, is it as current as it was then? ENGINE 1301cc POWER 131kw WEIGHT 189k
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E-Tread Lightly
WHEN IT COMES to getting rid of our old electronics, it’s pretty much a Wild West free-for-all, with few laws, lots of bad guys, and everyone out for themselves. Despite a recent rise in eco-consciousness seen in bans on plastic bags and regulations
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Invest And Rest
Most people have heard about hedge funds, but would struggle to explain what exactly they are. Now, however, it might be a good time to brush up on your hedge fund knowledge; as new regulations have made them accessible to retail investors. Until rec
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The City That Lost A Million Pounds
SEVEN YEARS AGO, MICK CORNETT APPE ARED TO HAVE LOST HIS MIND. MID WAY THROUGH HIS SECOND TERM IN OFFICE, THE MAYOR OF OKLAHOMA CITY (USA) CALLED A NEW YEAR’S EVE PRESS CONFERENCE AT, OF ALL PLACES, THE CITY ZOO. STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ELEPHANT ENC
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You′re Not Born To Run (Here′s How To Learn…)
• • • “Do you hear that?” asks Pasquale Manocchia, his face contorting into an ugly wince. It’s as if he’s just heard fingernails screeching across a chalkboard. We’re seated in his office high above a 13 000 square metre gym called La Palestra (what
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Diving Deep With Cameron
USN’s Cameron van der Burgh represents South Africa in its very best light. An example of what dedication, meticulous preparation, sheer guts and hard work can achieve. The mild mannered, funny and articulate swimmer has become a South African icon t
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Setting The Benchmark High! with john Bright
@jasonellisphoto It’s a pleasure to have you, John, could you tell us a little bit about where you’re from and what got you started on your fitness journey? I grew up in Brisbane, Australia and was raised by my aunt and Uncle. I started playing tenni
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Take It Outside
Model: Terrence @Full Circle, Cape town. ■
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Watch Your Spring
■ With its sturdy case that is water-resistant to 200m, its large screw-locked crown fitted with protective reinforcements, and its unidirectional rotating bezel, the Colt boldly flaunts its military origins. R81 400. ■ The Calibre 36 RS Automatic Ch
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Ask Men’s Fitness
■ I want to get one of those enormous tractor tires to work out with, but I hear they’re bad for your back. What’s the deal? ERIC S., PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA. Patrick Dale, a personal trainer and author of No Gym? No Problem! The DIY Fitness Bible, is
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The Body Book
■ At Men’s Fitness it’s our job to figure out how the best bodies get that way, then deliver those secrets to you so you can put them into action. For example, in this issue we hacked Mark Wahlberg’s training program to bring you an arm-building work
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Guns like Wahlberg
■ Mark Wahlberg started lifting weights in the ’80s. Back then, fitness seekers didn’t have the sophisticated information on training and nutrition that we have now (though they did have ALF; so, yeah, that’s something). As a result, they had to use
Men's Fitness South Africa3 min readRegional & Ethnic
Salad Bar In A Jar
Mason jar salads are amazingly M easy to make, carry, and store, and can also be incredibly nutrition-packed and diverse, concocted with the flavours of Mexico, Italy, Asia, and more. The formula: Basically, the idea is “wet foods first, dry foods la
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A Six-pack In Six Weeks
■ It’s been the Men’s Fitness stance for years that anybody, including you, can get ripped abs. Even if you have less-than-Herculean genetics and just a second-rate space to train in. We’ll prove it again with this program to build six-pack abs and m
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The Tuck Stops Here
■ More and more, millennial-filled companies like tech firms and ad agencies are de-emphasising (even discouraging) workplace formality. So how’s a guy to dress? Save the Grateful Dead tie-dye for the weekend and invest in some high quality, flatteri

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