February-March 2020

Men's Fitness South Africa

The new measure of success

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Men’s Fitness
They teach us from a very early age in the media game that you never discuss politics, but the way things are looking at the moment that hardly seems possible. As I am typing this we just got word that the ANC will push for a vote of no confidence in
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What Winners Know
Informed sport certified. Alpha-lipoic acid. 4:1 carb: protein ratio. Whey protein hydrolysate. High in BCAAs. The 30-45 minute window period after strenuous training or events is a crucial time during which the body aims to recover as quickly as pos
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Rest Your Muscles!
1 Do you use your bed for sleeping (not TV, reading, or sex) 85% of the time? 2 Do you fall asleep in 30 minutes or less? 3 Do you sleep through the night or wake up no more than once? 4 If you wake up during the night, do you go back to sleep in no
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Hunger For Life
Can cutting calories really extend your life? Yes, say a bunch of very old, very hangry monkeys. For years, scientists at the American University of Wisconsin-Madison and the National Institute on Aging ran duelling calorie-deprivation tests on prima
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On The Right Track
Wearables are packed with tons of sensors that can track everything from skin temp and blood oxygen to steps taken and sleep quality. But what if they could actually tell us when we’re getting sick? Well, apparently they can — or, at least, soon will
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Sweet Nothings Get You Something
To stay close with your significant other, share upbeat, positive stories or encouragements about the day’s events at bedtime, not carping, criticisms, or complaints. A study at Oregon’s Gonzaga University, USA, onpost-9/11militarycouples’ emotional
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How It Works
Guys often forget to include a power component in their training programs. Power, for those who flunked physics, is the ability to express force over time — or, for our purposes, the ability to complete a weighted movement rapidly (and, occasionally,
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Now Trending
The 60s ushered in the era of Tiki drinks like the mai tai. In the late 90s, Sex and the City had all the girls you dated ordering Cosmos. Last year, the Manhattan re-emerged on every trendy restaurant’s cocktail menu. We asked some of our favourite
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Ask The Trainer
What’s the deal with that colourful tape I see runners and CrossFitters wearing on their legs, arms, knees, and elbows? Does it really do something or is it a stupid fad? LEN S. JOHANNESBURG It’s Kinesio tape! And if you’re nursing an injury but cont
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Bull Fit
Whether you’re looking to score big in the PBR or dominate a mechanical bull, training-wise, your best bet is to place more emphasis on exercise variety and volume than hypertrophy based bodybuilding-style training routines, advises nine-time bull ri
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Step Right Up
Your mom’s antiquated spring loaded home scale isn’t the most accurate or best way to measure progress. If you like the way your body looks, but the scale flashes a higher number than expected, it can seriously mess with your head. That said, mining
Men's Fitness South Africa3 min readDiet & Nutrition
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nice going: You’ve sworn off processed and fast foods and are now a card-carrying member of the superfood fan club, stocking up on enough health-boosting, illness-thwarting edibles to make a nutritionist weep sugar-free tears of joy. But even super h
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Chew The Caff
Caffeine, the most widely used “drug” in the world, has been shown in study after study to help athletes run faster, lift more, bike harder, and jump higher. But gone are the days of waiting in line for a barista to shout your name for you to retriev
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I Am A Champion
Carrie Goforth IFBB Pro Bikini Fitness model Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Nutrition Consultant Super Mom Carrie Goforth is not a newbie when it comes to the discipline of being an athlete. Starting gymnastics at just five years of age, she
Men's Fitness South Africa3 min readAutomotive
S’Charged Thunder
Mostly, it must be said, by inheriting the five-liter supercharged V8 which is a doyen of the JLR family with the same power and torque as in the recently launched F-Pace SVR. I won’t pretend that this doesn’t have the single biggest effect on the Ve
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Cheat Sheet
Whether you had a one-night stand, a long-term affair, or an online fling, if you want to rescue your relationship, expect the road to redemption to be the emotional equivalent of Frodo’s trek to Mordor. But you can win back her trust if you have pat
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The Sex Files
I like having sex with the lights on so I can see her body. She says that’s not romantic. What should I do? JACK N. JOHANNESBURG You like doing it with the lights on because you like to watch; she wants the lights off because she feels insecure and k
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This Bud’s For You
Confession: I once used a dating site to find tennis partners. I trolled OkCupid and searched for profiles that included the words tennis or Federer or Djokovic, and then I messaged women to see if they wanted to play. They didn’t. Apparently “Hi, I’
Men's Fitness South Africa4 min readRelationships
Child, Please
Who would have thought that the greatest piece of parenting advice would come from the never respected Rodney Dangerfield: “The best thing about kids… is making them.” I may not remember when I made mine, but since he was born, fatherhood has been on
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Let’s Get SWOLE
“It’s not just a goal, it’s a lifestyle” is the first message to people visiting your website 365alf.com. When it comes to lifestyle training and nutrition, what is your approach? My approach to my clients is to listen to their goals and needs, and t
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When Stress Doesn’t Suck
No, it’s just a message from the five centimetre long gravy orb attached to the waistband of my jeans, called Spire, which monitors my respiratory rhythms and alerts me whenever it senses a period of rapid, shallow breaths. Spire was invented by Neem
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Monitoring My Stress Monitor
Countless new gadgets advertise the ability to monitor your stress. Some log heart rate; others record electrical impulses. Granted, the only 100% bombproof method would be collecting saliva and blood samples to chart your stress hormones. Even so, w
Men's Fitness South Africa5 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Ice Picks
People frequently dismiss the idea of frozen foods being better for you than fresh food. The boxes and bags of nutritional landmines found in the freezer aisle — goopy Hot Pockets, freezer-burned fish fingers and pizza buried under a tsunami of sodiu
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30 Ways To Get Lean
If you have yet to shed the comfy layer of adipose you acquired over the past few months, relax: There’s still plenty of time to do it — and to add some muscle while you’re at it. We’ve compiled 30 of our most effective get-lean tips to kick-start yo
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Cluster Sets For A Superstrong Back
DAY 1 60 min Sets: 3 Reps: 10 Rest: 0 sec Set up the suspension trainer so that the handles are at about waist height. Using an overhand grip, beginning with the arms at a 90-degree angle to the body, pull the handles up toward the shoulders while mo
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Cluster Sets For Superstrong Legs
DAY 3 60 min Sets: 3 Reps: 10 Rest: 0 sec Grasp the handles of a suspension trainer at chest level. Lower your hips down and back. Drive through your heels as you extend your hips and stand upright. Squeeze your glutes at the top. Sets: 3 Reps: 10 Re
Men's Fitness South Africa3 min readBiology
Gauge Your Growth
Hands up if any of the following describes how you feel or look lately: Your energy and vitality have been drooping; you’ve seen an unexplained increase in body fat (“What’s that inner tube doing under my shirt?”); you’ve lost muscle mass and/or stre
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The Doctor Is In
Jason George is on the treadmill in the fitness room of his LA home, a space with a 79-inch TV, a sofa, and exercise equipment, including an elliptical, the aforementioned treadmill, and a much-used Weider Crossbow. The seven-season Grey’s Anatomy st
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Built To Perform
A cursory glance at the photos of Jay Maryniak, A Mike Vazquez, Scott Mathison, and Andy Speer demonstrate something obvious — all four guys possess the self-motivation to train hard and live fit. Yet what the photos don’t tell us is that, beyond out
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The 40-20 Challenge
Sure, the hour or so we spend in the gym should be spent concentrating S on getting strong. But who doesn’t occasionally waste a few reps — or entire workouts — fretting over a work e-mail that didn’t get sent, a bill that didn’t get paid, a right sw

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