Men's Fitness South Africa

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Advisory Board
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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Men’s Fitness South Africa
MANAGING EDITOR Jason Fleetwood - [email protected] FOOD EDITOR Izelle Hoffman - [email protected] GROOMING EDITOR Greg Forbes - [email protected] GAMING EDITOR Andre Coetzer - [email protected] TECH EDITOR Peter Wolff - [email protected]
Men's Fitness South Africa2 min readDiet & Nutrition
Fitness Breakthroughs
■ Researchers believe carbs can bolster your health and promote faster recovery from exercise because they stabilise blood sugar levels during particularly gruelling workouts, which lowers your body’s stress response. ■ But there’s a catch: Those car
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Nutrition Breakthroughs
Guys will probably be fighting online for millennia about the best time to get protein during the day. To add to the chorus, a new study from the University of Illinois in the US recently tackled the subject in a twophase experiment on rats. • First,
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Health Breakthroughs
While a daily tipple won’t harm your health, drinking to excess can harden your arteries, says recent research. Knocking back a couple of cold ones or enjoying a cocktail or two has been shown in the past to help with heart health, but going overboar
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Life Breakthroughs
■ Women who fake orgasms might be more likely to cheat — or so says a new study out of the University of Missouri and Carnegie Mellon, USA. ■ Researchers tried to test the “female fidelity” theory, which suggests that the female orgasm “signals a wom
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Big Bells
MORPHING ARMS as scrawny as pipe cleaners into straight up pipes isn’t as easy as grasping a barbell and curling it until your arms go numb. Yes, barbell curls are a potent mass builder, but neglecting to train the triceps and relying solely on barbe
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Muy Bueno
SERVES 1 • 140g chorizo1 15cm sweet potato, peeled and diced2 cups diced onions Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste2 eggs5 tbsp 60-SecondGuac (see below)Hot sauce (optional) 4 medium avocados½ yellow onion, diced½ bunch cilantro, ch
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Head For The Hills
MANY OF US prefer to run only when it’s a necessity, like when we’re late for a meeting or passing through a dodgy part of town. Preference aside, running — particularly sprints — is tough to top as a calorie burner. One 2012 study out of Colorado St
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Fire In The Hole!
WHO HASN’T cringe-watched a YouTube video of some idiot running around swearing, screaming, and sweating after chomping on an insanely hot chilli? And that’s the least of the damage Mother Nature’s fire bombs can do. Chilli’s main ingredient, capsaic
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Don’t Have A Cow
Soy’s great for active guys, Moore says. In taste/nutrition, it’s “the closest to milk and has more protein than other nondairy picks”. Soy was also MF testers’ fave. Soy Dream Organic Vanilla Enriched (CAL/CUP: 100, SUGAR: 6G, PROTEIN: 7G, FAT: 4G)
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The Female Formula
When did you begin your fitness journey and what drew you towards building a career in the industry? I began my fitness journey way back when Noah was a boy. Ever since I was about 10, if I wasn’t exercising, or cooking healthy meals I was watching
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¡Margarita Madness!
60ml tequila60ml grapefruit juice30ml lime juice2 jalapeño slices, seeded30ml agave syrup FROZEN OR ON THE ROCKS? Salt or no salt? However you order them, margaritas rule. Invented sometime in the 1930s or ’40s (depending on whose story you believe),
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Smarten Up
A long-awaited new breed of wearables (aka smart watches, heart straps, etc.) has finally arrived. We’re talking trackers that not only record workouts, sleep quality, and activity but also advise you on all aspects of your physical life: You don’t j
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Get Rolling
SERVES 1 1 medium-size eggplant Pinch of salt1 cup ricotta cheese1 egg4 tbsp Parmigiano-Reggiano1 cup jarred marinara sauce 1) Preheat oven to 190°C and place a rack over a large baking sheet. 2) Cut the ends off eggplant. Slice lengthwiseinto 1cmthi
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Your Own Personal Everest
TWICE A YEAR the howling jet stream will shift north of the Himalayas and open up Mount Everest’s twice-annual weather window so legions of hopeful climbers can lighten their bank accounts for the privilege of being coddled up Earth’s tallest peak. I
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Pack It In
Change up your favourite basic white or grey go to for something a bit more colourful, add in some quality and you’re good to go. R179, hm.com Block the sun out in style while you catch that much-needed tan, with this classic pair of Ray-ban shades.
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Win Every Fight You’re In
All relationships — lovers, pals, the chick behind the counter at Starbucks — at some point involve conflict. Yet here’s what’s odd: In school, we learned so much — the periodic table, algebra, how to make a baking soda volcano — but never how to ar
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Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
It’s 9pm in Brooklyn USA, and my upstairs neighbour’s Lab Retriever is running wall-to-wall sprints worthy of the athletics. Across the hall, a young couple is laughing hysterically and smoking something funky. And the Italian seniors next door are h
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Spring Training
Gym Sport Runner Superdry Hood R1 399, Superdry Gym Tech Slim Superdry Shorts R1 149, Superdry Adidas Ultra Boost Trainers R2 800, Sportsmans Warehouse Oakley Sunglasses R2 690, Sunglasshut Bomberg Watch R23 000, Bellagio Jewellers Adidas Response Lo
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30 Ways To Get Stronger
Using machines to train can get you just as big as throwing up free weights, according to a recent study. Supplementing with casein — a slowdigesting protein powder — before you sleep has been shown to stimulate overnight muscle growth. Also, a study
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Johnny Jimenez
Johnny Jimenez (aka JohnnySwole) is not your ordinary fitness model. He has taken his passion for fitness and turned it into a lucrative empire. With a blend of dedication, entrepreneurship, and a keen sense of opportunity, Johnny has established him
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Broiling Point
WHAT IF WE TOLD YOU there was a cooking appliance that could replicate the same great flavour created by an outdoor grill but that: 1) didn’t require you to leave the cosy confines of your kitchen; 2) posed no risk of runaway flare-ups; and 3) could
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How To Be A Real Man
STeRLInG aRCHeR is the world’s greatest secret agent as well as a devastatingly handsome jet-setter, model-banger, and daydrinking enthusiast. And now I’m a noir detective living in the 1940s. Sorry, are you confused because I switched to first perso
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The 6 Greatest Outdoor Workouts, Period
After a dark and cold winter, the fluorescent-lit gym starts to feel as drab and stuffy as a fluorescent-lit cubicle, and the old routines of arm day and leg day and ab day just aren’t cutting it. Ditch the racks and benches and venture outdoors into
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Ask Men’s Fitness
Q Beach resorts offer a few hours of scuba training, then a dive. Is that a good (and safe) way to learn? LLOYDB, DURBAN A It depends! Intro courses don’t provide actual certification, just enough knowhow to try things out, says Alex Brylske, PhD, au
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The Sex Files
Q My girlfriend’s great in bed and a nice, fun person — but I can’t see myself marrying her. Should I break it off? ALECM, CAPE TOWN A Since, from your question, it seems you’re calling each other girlfriend and boyfriend, there may be an unspoken ex
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Ask The Trainer
Q How do you inspire your clients to stick with their training? PETERB, JOHANNESBURG A Very simply, if a client’s struggling to be consistent, I underassign the workload. That way, I ensure that every workout’s a success. I never burn them out early
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Shorty The Barber
Q Do real men get manicures and pedicures? PAULG, JOHANNESBURG A Uh, yeah. At least, I think of myself as a real man, and I get manicures and pedicures. Guys tend to do dirtier things and get stuff stuck under their nails, so if you get them done, yo
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The No-gym Beach Body
You don’t have to spend your summer days inside of a dark, musty gym to build a head-turning physique. Simple body-weight training can be done anywhere, so scrap the dingy gym and focus on sculpting a lean and muscular body. Every lift that uses your
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Test your T
IF WE ASKED YOU WHAT testosterone does, you’d undoubtedly mention things like building strength and muscle mass, improving sex drive—in short, all the attributes we’ve come to equate with masculinity, especially when we’re at our peak in our late tee
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The Ladder Circuit Challenge
AS THE WEATHER GETS WARMER, most of us want to make our workout routines as efficient as possible so we can spend more time outdoors and less time in a dimly lit gym. A ladder-rep scheme — increasing or decreasing weight as a set progresses — is an e
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The Need For Speed
He may wear glasses and not look like your average “athlete”, however, NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Parker Retzlaff has been making waves on the track and giving motivation to others around the world to take up the sport for themselves. From getting

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