Men's Fitness South Africa

The performance magazine with training, nutrition and relationship advice to help you realise your full potential.

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Men’s Fitness South Africa

Breakthroughs

Your prostate wants you to have more sex

Knockout belly fat!

Bowled over

Can love put you in the poorhouse?

Wha?! Pot worse than booze? No way.

The best whey to lose weight

The healthy braai master • Take a break from burgers and boeries long enough to master leaner meat and veggies and you’ll discover that every day can be grill day

The Hardgainer’s Guide to Muscle • Put away the excuses and start putting on size

Home is where you pitch it • Forays into the backcountry call for a kit that’s light and fast, whereas car camping is more about fun than function. Whichever you prefer, the gear you bring makes or breaks it.

Calling all rock jocks • “Via ferrata” climbing is the perfect mix of scary and safe. Do something bold (and smart) this summer and book a trip to the vertical world.

Fitness Bombshell • We chat to Lariza about the link between modelling and fitness.

A Moscow tail • So, a vodka salesman, a ginger-beer seller, and a copper peddler walk into a bar… And decades later, the Moscow Mule is the hottest drink of summer ’17.

Fitness trackers of the future • While sometimes all you need is a heart rate monitor or a step counter, next level fitness and performance call for something a little more high-tech. These cutting-edge next-to-skin gadgets will make you a better athlete.

Unbreakable • Only the fittest cars survive Dakar. Meet the Toyota Hilux

The starship enterprise • We take a look at the Triumph Rocket X, something so exclusive that only five ever reached South Africa

Killer intelligence • Keeping up with current events doesn’t just make you an ace citizen — it can also help your career, boost your love life, and make you a popular dinner-party companion. Here, four smart, easy ways to stay in the know.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT A BAD BOSS • You’re working for the bastard child of Idi Amin and Anna Wintour, with a little Michael Scott DNA thrown in. Here’s how to succeed anyway.

Sleek in the city • With movement in all directions, shady streets, comfort over style is bound to be the order of the day. Avoid the compromise by styling up your easy wear city wardrobe with textures and prints, designer shirts, shoes and the odd pop of colour. scents.

THE REVOLUTIONARY COACHING PLATFORM BY Josh Cohn

On the clock • Meet the watches we think can be worn no matter what your attire.

Hit “Refresh” • Head into summer feeling cool and invigorated with one of the season’s bright, brisk new scents

DUDE, WHERE’S MY salad? • So long, Dad’s Waldorfs, Cobbs, and Caesars. Come on in, meat-crowned “hot-tops,” hearty grain bowls, and wildly nutritious beet combos. We’ve been searching for a way to eat light and healthy yet still feel 100% satisfied — and you’re just the ticket.

Why do I sometimes feel I’m about to absolutely f*%&ing snap? • Today’s world is one pissed off place. Thankfully, we’ve located the world’s top rage-fighting therapist — a 108-kilogram former athlete who specialises in treating American NFL stars and death row inmates — for the ultimate crash course on how to keep your cool. (So put down that voodoo doll of your favourite enemy.)

The never get old FITNESS PLAN • The never get Today’s top pro athletes are extending their careers longer than ever before, inching their way towards athletic immortality. How are they doing it — Training? Diet? Fitness technology? We launched an investigation to learn their highest-level secrets so you, too, can play...