Health and Fitness

The half-kneeling javelin press is a simple, challenging, and a fun alternative to any standard shoulder-blasting presses you’re already incorporating into your workouts, according to Men’s Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. As long as you resist the urge to heave a barbell across the gym, you’ll do okay throwing this exercise into your shoulder …

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THERE HAS BEEN much discussion about the evolution of the superhero body—including on this very site. But the boom in superhero films over the last two-plus decades has still put some of our most jacked, ripped, and swole superheroes (and the actors playing them in live-action) to the forefront. These actors often undergo stunning transformations, …

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RUSTON KELLY HAS built a fervent fan base with emotional music mined from his life experiences. He’s penned songs about everything from drug addiction and recovery to heartbreak and self-acceptance. His most recent album, Pale Through the Window, is a slight departure from the rest of his discography, and in a way those fans likely …

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CONSIDER THIS THE last time you’ve never heard of Cortina D’Ampezzo. You might’ve already heard about this town at the foot of Italy’s Dolomite Mountains from early promos for the Winter Olympics, with Cortina serving as one of the host cities (along with Milan) for the Games’ snowy, icy, adrenaline-filled action. Or maybe you’ve seen …

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The half-kneeling javelin press is a simple, challenging, and a fun alternative to any standard shoulder-blasting presses you’re already incorporating into your workouts, according to Men’s Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. As long as you resist the urge to heave a barbell across the gym, you’ll do okay throwing this exercise into your shoulder …

This Old-School Muscle Move Will Help to Strengthen Your Shoulders Read More »

BICEPS CURLS ARE a top-tier muscleman exercise. Step foot into any self-respecting gym, head to the free weight floor, and watch for just a few minutes. Inevitably, someone will grab a set of dumbbells and get to pumping. But doing the same movement over and over gets stale—and there are different factors lifters can tweak …

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IF YOU WANT to be as fit as possible for as long as possible, nothing beats training for athleticism. When you develop athletic ability, you don’t just become more agile and less injury prone for pickup basketball or tag with your kids. You also get stronger, build more muscle, shed pounds, and supercharge your overall …

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FOR ABOUT A a year, an exercise physiologist I know kept offering to do a VO2 max test on me. For more than a year, I’d been resisting it. Not because it’s not important. Plenty of trends have come and gone in my decades as a health editor, but VO2 max has been a nonstop …

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3 min read BICEPS CURLS ARE a top-tier muscleman exercise. Step foot into any self-respecting gym, head to the free weight floor, and watch for just a few minutes. Inevitably, someone will grab a set of dumbbells and get to pumping. But doing the same movement over and over gets stale—and there are different factors …

The Zottman Curl Blows Up Your Biceps and Forearms Read More »