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Men's Fitness

Breakthroughs

Bring it, bro: Competition gets you to the gym

Ask Men’s Fitness • Some studies claim fitness trackers are useless, while others say they’re great for your health. What’s the lowdown?

The sushi secret • Hard-hitting news from the cutting edge of modern research

Your prostate wants you to have more sex

Bowled over

Can love put you in the poorhouse?

Knockout belly fat!

Surprise! Script for great health: 5x as much exercise

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

HARD FACTS • OUR TRAINING DIRECTOR, SEAN HYSON, SOLVES YOUR WORKOUT CONUNDRUMS

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.

A Moscow tail • So, a vodka salesman, a gingerbeer seller, and a copper peddler walk into a bar… And decades later, the Moscow Mule is the hottest drink of summer ’19.

What winners know • Live smarter, look better, and play harder with tips from Men’s Fitness

Gadgets & Gaming

METRO EXODUS

DIRT RALLY 2.0

ALFA’S CAGED ANIMAL

KING OF THE DESERT

273MPH. AND A LONG TAIL

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.

let’s eat

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 ragefighting 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.)

Know Your Boiling Point • The key to controlling your anger and preventing destructive behaviour—even violence—is recognising that you’re becoming progressively more agitated until you reach what anger-management guru Mitch Abrams, Psy.D., calls the “explosion threshold.” And believe it or not, it’s rarely a “sudden” occurrence. Below, Abrams, who works with both pro athletes and death row inmates, walks us through a hypothetical escalation. At each point, he recommends visualisation exercises to bring you back down to your “baseline”—the resting emotional state when you’re calm, content, and happy.

Ask Men’s Fitness

SHORTY THE BARBER • ENLIGHTENED ADVICE FROM GROOMING EXPERT SHORTY MANIACE

THE IRON NEVER LIES

Real sweat, virtual worlds • America’s high-tech corporations want to change your traditional workout forever — by transforming it into a totally immersive, wildly engaging, and undeniably ass-kicking 3D video game experience. Welcome to the brave new world of virtual-reality fitness.

Game Your Workout • Whether you’re working out, soaring through the galaxy, or both, here’s the best new virtual-reality gear on the market right...