With my wedding six months away, I decided it was time I shed some excess weight. For a short time, I attempted the OMAD approach — one meal a day — along with a daily four-mile run. This meant that every day around 3 p.m., I’d hit...
If you’ve ever seen a man in a yoga class, or one of the millions of kids who had to “sit and reach” for the now-defunct Presidential Fitness Test or one of the many male YouTubers who film themselves trying — and largely failing — to touch their toes, chances...
When it comes to working out, we’re not all strongmen like Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (aka The Mountain). Many of us could go our entire lives and still not know our lat pull-downs from our incline benches from our deadlifts. Which is to say, there’s no shame in not knowing...
We all do it. It’s the tried-and-true method for any man with anything less than a perfectly chiseled body and even an ounce of shame. For me, it’s my natural go-to any time I appear without a shirt in public — and also when I appear with...
This one’s for the procrastinators out there. The ones who knew this summer vacation was coming up, who knew months ago that winter flab needed to be shed, but kept putting it off until it was too late. Because now, you’re just about out of time, and...
You’re busy. I’m busy. All of us are painfully, gruelingly busy. Such is life in the ever-draining gig economy. And all that busyness means that other stuff falls by the wayside — stuff you used to consider important, like sleeping, or making sure your body isn’t falling...
The early morning is arguably the best time to get stuff done: Nobody else is awake to bother you, traffic tends to be lighter than any other time of day and you (hopefully) feel refreshed after a full night of sleep. The problem is, waking up before...
There are few things more distracting on that final set than realizing the most powerful muscle movement you’re about to make is in your sphincter. Still, if you work out regularly — especially with endurance or high-impact strength training — you’ve no doubt felt it: Your abdominals...
It seems counterintuitive that working out could lead to less interest in sex. Shouldn’t being fitter and healthier make you more interested in activities that reward a fit, healthy (and buff) bod? And that is the case — to a point. Research has found that men who...
It seems like every time spring training starts, guys who left the field worn down at the end of September come back in mid-February super-ripped, with tons of new muscle — Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi, for example, added an extra 20 pounds to his frame over...
The gym is filled with all kinds of characters who inhabit various points on the annoyance spectrum. Below, you’ll find every bothersome person you’re bound to run into at the gym, along with tips on how to deal with them provided by Jonathan Jordan, group instructor at...
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? We feel you. Don’t fret: With some advice from LA-based stylist Rayne Parvis, we’re all going to learn how to dress a little better. In this edition, we’re...