by Mens Health | Oct 30, 2017 | Fitness
I’d spent the good solid part of a quarter century glued to a couch or slouching over a desk actively trading muscle mass for new episodes of Narcos or Game of Thrones. The result? I wasn’t exactly rocking a pair of guns – it was more like a limp...
by Mens Health | Oct 30, 2017 | Fitness
Trainers like to say that the most important part of any training programme is consistency. If you don’t hit the gym regularly, you’ll never see results. “But consistency can work both ways,” says BJ Gaddour, creator of Men’s Health StreamFIT. “Science is finding...
by Mens Health | Oct 19, 2017 | Fitness, Workouts
When it comes to lifting, the universal number for strength, power, and muscle growth is between 15 and 25 total reps per exercise. (That could men 8 sets of 3, 5 sets of 5, or 3 sets of 8.) The classic programs hit these numbers, and they get results. Related: Lift...
by Mens Health | Oct 18, 2016 | Fitness
Our Features Editor Kieran Legg is taking on his biggest challenge – going from brawnless to barbarian in just 12 weeks. Want to play catch-up: here’s how week 1, week 2, week 3, and week 4 went. You know people talk about the 1000 club, or cracking triple digits? For...
by Mens Health | Oct 18, 2016 | Fitness
Massage for Muscle Here’s your ultimate post-workout routine: a recovery shake, a shower, and… a rubdown, of course. Ten minutes of massage after exercise can help alleviate soreness and may speed up recovery, say researchers in Canada. Here’s how it works: Exercise...
