Men's Health Australia

Will working out really increase my resistance to COVID-19? – MB Good question, MB. And recent work in the field of exercise immunology will allow us to give you an evidence-based answer. In short, go for it. Working out is one of the best things

HERE’S THE TROUBLING thing about a COVID-19 vaccine: we may never have one. “Vaccines are very hard to do. We’ve spent years trying to create a universal flu vaccine and haven’t quite got there yet,” says Professor Eddie Holmes, an infectious disease

WHEN LIFE FEELS out of control, taking charge of your diet can be soothing. For some of us right now, eating well could mean the difference between getting sick or not, between feeling subpar for a bit and a stint in an ICU. David Raubenheimer and St

MOST LIVE-IN couples settle into a weekday pattern of parting ways in the morning for about 10 hours, leaving just evenings and weekends to savour each other’s company. And for a lot of pairings, that level of togetherness feels just right. Alas, a g

ROBBIE WILLIAMS is sitting alone in a sprawling hotel suite at Crown Towers, almost 40 stories above the Melbourne skyline. “It’s as if Scrooge McDuck in the ’80s had a hotel suite of his own,” says Williams, admiring the stunning view and the sheer

YOU DON’T NEED a strongman gym to build functional fitness. Simply grab a sandbag to elevate the classic turkish get-up to new heights. “The traditional move is a masterclass in control and finesse,” explains fitness trainer Andrew Tracey. “But this

With age comes knowledge, financial security and self-assurance – but there’s often some extra, unwanted baggage, too. From the age of 30, your levels of testosterone, HGH and the sex hormone progesterone start to decline. As a result, your muscle ma

The endless debate around carbohydrates can be tiresome: low carb or low fat? Vegan or paleo? The short answer is that, with the right ingredients, carbs can power all of your healthy ambitions. But knowing this doesn’t make yet another sweet potato

I DON’T CARE how masculine you are. Even if your chest hair is tough enough to cut diamond, your walls are lined with hunting-trophy heads and you shave only with a bowie knife like Crocodile Dundee, there is absolutely no way you won’t find yourself

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GOOD DRUNKS are all alike; every bad drunk is bad in his or her own way. I, for example, am a self-destructive bad drunk. I’m pleasant until my fourth drink, after which I can be found weeping in the street, wondering where my phone is. (I am also pr

EVER FEEL LIKE you live at the office? In this, the era of social distancing, an entire workforce has become swiftly acquainted with the oft-dreaded, more oft-embraced concept of working from home. The standard for corporate attire has plummeted from

WHEN I WAS FIVE, my parents divorced. Shortly after, my father met Sandy, first at a cocktail party and then again at a tennis league for single 30-somethings. She was brilliant, anxious, fast-talking, and from old money. They were engaged within two

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A staple in any Men’s Health reader’s wardrobe, the humble ‘sand shoe’ – traditionally reserved for the gym or the track – is increasingly infiltrating every facet of our lives. It started with the emergence of ‘athleisure’, an enticing blend of fash

YOU KNOW HOW WINTER can suck your face dry, right? It’s the worst. Especially when you don’t know what to do about it. Whether it’s the chilly air, or the dry, indoor heat, or the icy wind from the ‘insane powder’ you’re tearing up on the slopes (we’

FOR WRISTWEAR traditionalists, moving to a smartwatch can involve a certain amount of mental gymnastics. The well-oiled narrative behind Swiss watches, after all, is that your watch isn’t just a timekeeping device – it’s a potential heirloom that’ll

ON THE MID-MARCH, pre-lockdown eve of the subsequently cancelled Australian GP, the Men’s Health team descended on the recently refurbished BOSS Store on Collins St to launch the exclusive Porsche x BOSS capsule collection. The night was a welcome di

COVID-19 has decimated healthcare systems and economies across the globe, claiming lives and destroying livelihoods. Social distancing and forced lockdown have changed the way all of us live, work and play. But amid the ‘unprecedented’ turmoil, many

“Right now, the whole landscape of the healthcare system has changed, almost in an instant. It feels like we’re in the calm before the storm, preparing for battle. We’re hunkering down and all these plans are being made. I think that’s where Australi

“It was just before lunch and I was sitting on the couch watching TV, seeing these people who’d had their lives turned upside down overnight. I got an anxiety attack watching them. I started shaking. It was a bit of self-preservation, I think. My min

LURKING BENEATH James Newbury’s blond dreadlocks is a mighty athlete. A national CrossFit champion who’s been named “Australia’s fittest man” four times, Newbury finished fifth in last year’s world CrossFit Games. Years of testing himself against psy

“The virus just flipped my entire world on its head. I coach at Brisbane Girls Grammar School and at a football club, as well as my tri squad and it all got suspended. So the initial concern for me was financial. ‘What do I do?’ But then it was how d

TRANSFORM HIS WHOLE BODY REIMAGINE A MARVEL HERO REDEFINE THE ROLE OF LEADING MAN AND (OF COURSE) MAKE US LAUGH Every day in the gym, as he was torturing himself to get into superhero shape, Kumail Nanjiani would hear that phrase in his h

“I personally worked on the HIV ward back in the early 1990s and this brings up a lot of very similar emotions around community anxiety and not really knowing much about the virus. It’s also similar in the way our frontline workers are putting themse

Tom Grace recited a poem for a group of teachers at his preschool. While its title is untraceable, the poem was an aggregate of twee lines such as “Snowflakes are the purest white” and “Pink like the blossoms in the spring”. Also present at the recit

FASTING appears in many guises. There are cleanses, purges and digestive resets. There are various restricted “eating windows”. But ultimately, they all amount to the same thing: a drastic reduction in your kilojoule allowance for a designated period

UP TO 2.5 MILLION tonnes of edible food is wasted by Australian households each year, equating to around 300kg per person, according to Foodbank Australia. These three rules can help you turn that around: People are aspirational at the grocery store

JUST BEFORE DINNER, I tiptoe into my youngest son’s bedroom to check if he’s finally asleep. Peeking into his cot, I find him lying awake but happily burbling away so I lean over to make out what he’s saying. “Shit. Oh, shit. Shit,” he repeats. “Shit

In case you missed it, this is what the world’s most successful infomercial looks like: George Foreman – buff, bald and swaggering – sports a maroon boxing robe as he strides into the made-for-TV kitchen of his exceptionally cheerful cohost, a woman

TURNING 50 used to mean a lot of things, and not many of them good. It meant your best years and peak performances and PBs were behind you. It meant sagging and flagging and coasting into the soft, blurry-edged couch phase of life. Not anymore. All k

IF YOU’VE EVER watched a Netflix documentary and wondered how members of a TV crew can get up into the jungle canopy, safely dive through underwater caves, or negotiate with AK-47-wielding smugglers who are high on coke, it’s because someone like Ald

The contemporary dating scene is a bit like a paranormal horror flick. It begins with a chase. There are riddles, suspense and unforeseeable red flags, but if you can manage to dodge the hordes of ghosts and zombies (more on them later), you might ju

Set a timer, then perform the exercises in order. Do four one-minute intervals of each move, doing reps for 40 seconds, then resting for 20 seconds. Focus on form, even if it costs you a few reps each interval. Get in plank position with your left fo

CLEAR A SPACE in your living room and find a sweat towel. For this no-equipment kilojoule burner, follow an “every minute, on the minute” format: at the start of each minute, you’ll begin an exercise and work for either 20 seconds (beginner), 30 seco

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