Men's Health UK

Men's Health is the UK's best-selling quality men's magazine packed with expert tips and advice on everything today's man needs to feel fitter, healthier, and happier. Every month Men's Health delivers the inside track on the subjects that matter most to men. Naturally there's fitness, weight loss and general health plus the best advice on food, nutrition and meal plans. The award-winning Men's Health also delivers the very best in sex and relationships, gear, style, grooming, travel and wealth. Small steps, big results: It's an essential read for any man who wants to make his life better without turning his world upside down.

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News you can use • We’ve sifted through science journals to bring you the latest health and fitness intel

How can I eat well on a budget?

Buy in bulk • Try these high-protein switches and combos to muscle-up your meals for less

Reboot your meal prep • In the kitchen, art meets science. Elevate eating well to a higher level with our tried-and-tested edit of the best nutritional tools

Leader of the pack • The lovechild of trail running and backpacking, fastpacking is one of the best ways to fully immerse yourself in the great outdoors

Your fastpacking packing list • You want to be streamlined, so only carry the bare necessities

Big Narstie • The rapper talks cutting down on bread and getting his head kicked in four to five times a week

Do I really need to monitor my metabolism? • Scientists have harped on about the perks of good metabolic health for decades. Now influencers, podcasters and biohackers are getting in on it, too. Is it time to listen up?

I over-caffeinate? • Chugging flat whites might get you through the day, but is it doing more harm than good? Registered sports nutritionist Dr Sinead Roberts breaks down the science

‘Hey Bixby, what’s for dinner?’ • Samsung’s AI-powered smart fridge is here to optimise your eating habits

‘I was screaming from the rooftops, “Endurance athletes have to do strength training”’ • For GOAT endurance athlete James Lawrence, aka the Iron Cowboy, hours-long training and recovery sessions are par for the course

Hyrox gyms are coming • The viral fitness-racing phenomenon is entering the gym space with Hyrox Performance Centers

The two most dangerous birthdays • The latest research suggests humans age rapidly in two bursts – once in your mid-forties, once around 60. Unless, that is, you go in with a plan…

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ROX STAR • NO BRITISH ATHLETE HAS TAKEN TO THE BUZZY FITNESS RACE HYROX QUITE LIKE JAKE DEARDEN. HOW DID HE BECOME THE SPORT’S POSTER BOY? TALENT? YES. HARD WORK? CHECK. BUT, AS HE EXPLAINS TO MEN’S HEALTH, HE’S ALSO TRIAL-AND-ERRORED HIS WAY TO ELITE STANDARD

PUSH YOUR UPPER LIMITS • Hyrox may be a runner’s game by percentage, but you’ll be hard pushed to get to those runs if you don’t have the upper-body strength to carry you through each station. Dearden’s upper-body workouts are all about trunk-strengthening circuits and old-school heavy lifting, designed to make those wall balls feel light.

MATCH-DAY MILEAGE • ‘Hyrox sims’ – training days where you simulate a full Hyrox event – are all the rage at the minute. But you don’t need to replicate a full race every week. All you need is a purposefully designed circuit...