Men's Health Australia

Men's Health is the go-to magazine for Australian men looking to improve all aspects of their lives, from fitness and health to relationships, career and nutrition. If you're looking for expert advice and tips on the best workouts, cooking a tasty, nutritious meal in 15 minutes, reducing stress levels or updating your wardrobe, you'll find it here, all written in Men's Health's intelligent and humorous tone.

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THE BIG QUESTION • I’m 40. Are my fat-loss ambitions now over the hill?

ANCIENT SOLUTION TO A MODERN PROBLEM

ASK THE GIRLS IN THE OFFICE • ⋆Ask the MH girls the questions you can’t ask anyone else. They’re three women who speak their mind, so don’t expect sugar-coated answers

MAKE GAINS UNDER THE WINTER SUN • With the blazing heat well behind us, it’s time to relocate your training to the great outdoors. Pump up your health with vitamin D

BEANS, BEANS, THEY’RE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART • The more you eat, the more you … will live a long and healthy life? In praise of the most underrated part of your big brekkie

PUMP UP YOUR BICEPS WITH PRUNES • Far from a mere – ahem – aid to your digestion, dried plums can have muscle-buiding anabolic effects. Give your fat-arm finishers a boost

NEVER IDLE. FOREVER IDOL • Guy Sebastian became a household name almost 20 years ago. Since then he’s become one of our most successful music acts, an omnipresent fixture at the top of the charts. Not one to rest on his laurels, Sebastian’s career is set to kick into overdrive in 2021 as he re-enters the studio, returns to coaching duties on The Voice and continues building the Sebastian Foundation, all while trying to reduce his golf handicap. It’s all par for the course for Australia’s brightest idol as he proves that one of the secrets to success is as simple as being a nice Guy

JUMP START YOUR GAINS • Improve by leaps and bounds with the TRAVELLING BURPEE. Blast kilojoules and your core with every rep

BUST OUT THE CHOPS! • A mighty bone-in pork chop has all the substance of a rib eye – and more than 30 grams of muscle-building protein – but is waaaay more versatile. Try one with cherries (yes, cherries!) and two plant-based sides to deliver 10 grams of gut-filling fibre

A NEUROSCIENTIST’S GUIDE TO THE BRAIN • Even before COVID-19 exacerbated brain fog – that feeling of not being able to think or focus as well as usual – most of us weren’t tapping into our brain’s full potential, says Dr P. Murali Doraiswamy. His lab is studying nextlevel ways to squeeze more from the brain, but until all that can be applied to everyday life, here’s what he does to keep his brain focused and fired up

CHIVALRY AIN’T DEAD • At least, not totally. Here’s how to reconcile old-fashioned manners with modern-day expectations

ACTUALLY GOOD ROM-COMS

MADISON DE ROZARIO • Already wheelchair-racing royalty at 27, de Rozario is primed to show the world the extent of her powers in Tokyo. Here, she spills on what drives her and the secret to moving forward, no matter what

FORCES TO BE RECKONED WITH • Most exercises can be grouped as either pushes or pulls. The former gets the spotlight (chest day, anyone?) – but have we got it wrong?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN …I LAUGH OUT LOUD? • After a year and a bit of COVID, what else can you do? Thankfully, the health benefits of ROFL are no joke

WHY WE LIE • And what we lose every time we let the truth get away from us

BUST A GUT IN YOUR FORTIES • Busta Rhymes, 49, has lost 45kg since 2019 and is now stronger than ever. Follow his lead to get your fitness all in check

Hit ’em high with BUSTA • Try these two supersets for an old-school pump from his trainer Victor Munoz

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE • The exhilaration of a...