Men's Fitness Magazine

The Luckiest Unluckiest Person Alive

Forty-four year old Luke calls himself the unluckiest, yet luckiest person alive, after his incredible health journey culminated in a life-saving heart transplant two years

What is this Super Supp?

Athletes are reporting improvements in triathlon times, 2 mile runs, push ups, sit ups and overall fitness because of the next big thing: Pycnogenol

The Ultimate Home Workout Set-Up

Worried about another lockdown? This is an entire gym in one piece of technology.

How to Do the Dragon Flag

Bruce Lee made the Dragon Flag one of his signature moves, and it’s now part of fitness pop culture. Sylvester Stallone also helped

Harley-Davidson Iron 1200 Sportster: Review

Enjoy the thrill of riding stripped to its bare essence. In 2018, Harley-Davidson added to the long legacy of the Sportster motorcycle line

Healthy Drinks

Do healthy drinks lift your overall health to the next level? We try the current top three selling healthy drink categories.

15 Ways To Dominate

Top trainers in pro sports tell you how to build muscle, lose fat and avoid injury.

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Master Obstacle Course Racing

Adventure Obstacle course races are coming back later in the year. Dan Cooper speaks to the best in the business to find out

What is GHRP-6?

Growth hormone is the hashtag hogging the supplement limelight but its high-tech cousin GHRP-6 might offer fewer negative side-effects and significantly more rewards.

Boost your Immunity

Health You can’t live in a bubble, but you can follow these smart tips for giving your immunity system a fighting chance to

How to Increase Motivation

Sometimes working out is the last thing you want to do, especially in winter. When motivation wanes, use these tactics to get moving.

1000-rep home workout challenge

Come out of lockdown fitter, leaner and stronger with this bodyweight workout.

99 Cans of Beer on the Wall

Pabst Blue Ribbon have launched a 99 Cans pack. Just in time for those long-awaited holiday getaways and weekend BBQs with mates.

Want To Be a Powerlifter?

Cameron Mackenzie is an Aussie Powerlifter and Bulk Nutrients ambassador. We caught up with Cam to discuss how he got involved with the

Work(out) From Home: 5 pro tips for nailing your fitness goals

Chaos, as they say, breeds opportunity. And for fitness fans, one of the few bright spots of COVID-19 has been the explosion of

Mental Fitness

There’s alarming statistics surrounding suicide in Australia, with eight people taking their life every day, a majority are blokes. Alarmingly, this is on

Supercharge Your Post-Isolation Routines with this Simple DNA Test

Knowing about your DNA can help you adapt and optimise your fitness, while strengthening your immune system. Just ask USA’s #1 Celebrity Trainer Luke Milton

Top Whiskies From Around the World

Take a whisky-fuelled journey all the way around the globe, from the rolling hills of Ireland to the gum trees of our homeland.

Win a $1,200 Bottle of Whisky!

A chance to win one of the World’s Best Whiskies.

Lockdown relief

If lockdown left some grooming casualties, we have the relief package.

Your Guide to Drinking Whisky

We shared a wee dram with Brand Manager for Whisky at Southtrade International Andrew Milne, who told us everything you need to know

A Top Tipple for World Whisky Day

A couple weeks ago Westward, the highest-rated American Single Malt Whiskey, created the perfect Virtual Happy Hour Cocktail. This week they’ve just announced

Free 12-Month Health and Fitness Program for Vets

The DVA (Department of Veteran Affairs) is providing a free 12-month health and fitness program that can be delivered to eligible veterans anywhere in the country.

The 5 Healthiest Home Meal Delivery Services

Nutritional home meal delivery services take the hard work out of hitting your nutritional goals. Here’s our top 5.

Top Gift Ideas For Mother’s Day.

A card and flowers? You can do better than that… Does your mum deserve to be spoiled this Mother’s Day? As we know,

Matthew Hauser

MF chats to young gun triathlete Matthew Hauser about training in lockdown and how the pandemic is affecting his chances for the Tokyo

The Big Boxer: BMW R 18

After a 16-year hiatus, BMW has burst unabashed onto the cruiser market with the first-ever R 18 and staked a claim firmly in the territory of Harley-Davidson.

Sore?… Nah. The Surprising Benefits of a Regular Sauna

The Finnish are clearly onto something. Regular sauna trips may benefit you in many ways including help you live longer, a Finnish study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found.

Steak & Broccoli Nacho Penne

Pasta Power: Crucial fuel for your brain and muscles, with that comfort food feel. What’s not to love about this cracker of a carb?

Two Dumbbell Workout

Think an effective workout requires a gym full of kit? This workout, featuring just one pair of dumbbells, shows you otherwise.

FREE downloadable Workout Poster. The 30 Top Upper Body Exercises

So, here you have the top 30 Upper Body Exercises. Download the FREE pdf and design your own upper body workout.

Supersets: A Beginner’s Guide

Supersets sound super hard. They’re not. But there is some confusion among newcomers as to what a superset actually is. Read more.

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Home Tabata Workout

Keep the family in shape during these difficult times. Here’s a bodyweight workout for guys and girls and older kids.

A Perfect Cocktail for your Virtual Happy Hour.

A simple cocktail for your virtual happy hour

Swiss Ball Core Workout

Online PT Luke Grainger guides you through a Swiss ball core workout to work your abs from every angle.

Be a Meal Prep Master

NUTRITION Because proper meal prep is one of the cornerstones of a healthy diet. If the first time you think about what you’re

Internet Overload: Switch Off

Are you addicted to the internet? What can you do about it?

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The Perfect St Patrick’s Day Meal

Celeb Chef Colin Fassnidge shares his favourite dish to pair with Irish Whiskey

So What is a Dexa Scan?

There is a much more accurate way to measure than a tape or callipers. It’s called DEXA and the most important aspect of DEXA is that users can measure ‘true’ change in fat and lean muscle mass.

Diet, Stress and Heart Health: How your gut acts as your second brain

Good diet can help manage stress levels. Find out why having a healthy gut is linked with better mood, stress management and more.

Can You Go 12 Rounds?

Taylor Adams, an AFL player and recent franchisee of the exploding 12Round gyms shares his top fitness tips

The Best Golf Watch To Improve Your Game

There is no golf technology out there that can swing the club for you, but the best trackers and GPS Golf Watches can offer useful insight into both the course you’re playing on and your own game.

Eddie Hall Smashes CrossFit ‘Isabel’ WOD at European Championships

CROSSFIT The 2017 World’s Strongest Man set a new world record for the CrossFit WOD, Isabel Strongman Eddie Hall has smashed CrossFit legend Rich

Under Armour HOVR Machina Review

These shoe comes with an embedded chip that allows runners to connect with the MapMyRun app to access a host of features, including cadence and gait tracking, audio-coaching, interval training, and more.

A Crafty Way to Tackle Mental Health

Sydney based social enterprise, Craft Beer Coopery, is a craft beer subscription service with the aim of bringing mates together to tackle the growing isolation many Aussies experience, which can often lead to mental health issues.

This Guy is Obese: BMI alone is not the answer for weight managment

This guy is clearly ripped, but he’d probably be obese by BMI measures. There are better ways to assess your weight.

Perfect Body-Weight Finisher

Abs finishers are notoriously hard for trainers to put together. Some are too easy, some are way too hard, and it’s tricky to tread the fine line between progress and pain.

Mazda BT-50 Boss Review

I’m not sure how Mazda came up with Boss as the badge for its top-shelf BT-50 variant, but it suits it: Like a Boss.

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5 reasons to start meditating in 2020

We all know that we are the masters of our own fate and if meditation hasn’t made it onto your list to learn in 2020 – Here’s 5 reasons why it should.

Get Big Fast with German Volume Training

There aren’t many things that old school body builders and modern sports scientists agree on but one of them is that volume is a key variable in the quest for muscle growth.

Alexander Ludwig: Born to be King

This summer, the biggest action film to watch will be Bad Boys For Life – the third instalment in the Bad Boys film franchise. But while the film reunites top stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for plenty of shoot-em-up action and witty banter, it also features another face that many would recognise – Alexander Ludwig.

On Your Marks!

If you’re serious about performance, recovery and results, you need to be monitoring your biomarkers.

12 TRAINING PRINCIPLES FOR MASTERS ATHLETES

Think participating in organised sports games is just for kids or elites? Think again.

5 steps to running your first marathon on the Gold Coast

New decade, new goals. If you’ve set your sights on going the distance at a marathon, make the Gold Coast your place to shine.

Why You Need Vitamins and Minerals, Today!

The conversation around vitamin and mineral supps can be a murky one.With so many brands to choose from, and celebrity ambassadors endorsing their use, it can be a minefield working out what’s relevant to you and your lifestyle.

What it takes to be… An ultra runner

Galen Reynolds’ effort at this year’s Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race cemented his status as one of the world’s premier ultra-distance runners.

The Rowed Less Travelled

Four friends from Bondi Beach have clinched second place in the world’s toughest rowing race – the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – finishing only behind British team, Fortitude IV.

10 weight Lifting Myths: Busted!

Gym myths are the modern weightlifter’s confusing version of “fake news”. Despite unprecedented access to pro expertise and scientific research, the everyday gym-goer now also has to contend with waves of online pseudoscience…

Are plant-based nutraceuticals the answer to our nation’s health woes?

Aussies are living longer than ever, but we’re also sicker than ever – 50% of us now have at least one chronic health

#summerlife

Everything seems to taste fresher and more delicious during the summer months. So make the most of all the good stuff on offer.

Better Pacing, Better Results

Once you’re a little more experienced – starting to sign up for races or taking part in your local parkrun regularly – proper pacing becomes absolutely crucial to a controlled, successful run.

Work Up a Sweat

Summer is a great time to mix up your training. And if you time it right, the heat won’t hold you back. Dive in to these sunny training ideas.

The Case for Keto

Sugar and grains are harming your health and the only smart way to eat is to follow a ketogenic diet, says The Keto Reset Cookbook author Mark Sisson.

Why You Need A Skin Check The Summer

New research reveals majority of Australians aren’t taking their own advice about skin safety, leaving millions at risk of cancer Elliot (25) noticed

Recover from a Run

The part of running people often get wrong is actually the recovery, rather than the run.

Seiko’s Strange Watch Names

The watch pictured is unofficially called the Turtle. There’s another Seiko watch called the Alien; another called the Darth Tuna and another dubbed the Tuna Can. These are all the Seiko fan-boy names for timepieces in the Seiko line of divers’ watches.

Four Steps to Get Shredded for Summer

Getting shredded isn’t rocket science. It’s just a matter of following some simple steps. Here they are from someone who knows.

5 Tips to Train like an Athlete

Athletes have learnt throughout their careers that to perform at their best, they need to get their bodies ready to perform. Here’s 5 pro tips to increase athletic performance.

5 ways to deal with anxiety and stress

It’s completely normal to stress out before a new client meeting or fret over how you’ll finish in your next 10k, but here’s what to do when things get out of hand.

What Men Can Do About Hair Loss

A new innovative start-up is changing how Australian men deal with hair loss. Hair loss in males all around the world is common,

Can a Fighter Leave his “work” at the gym?

UFC champion Robert Whittaker talks about how he compartmentalises his work life and his home life.

Can too much protein powder make you fat?

Here’s the thing, your body has a harder time converting protein into a non-protein substance, and no study has yet conclusively shown how much protein you can eat before your body starts changing it to fat. Chances are, though, that the protein-to-fat ceiling is pretty darn high, because tons of studies have researched what happens when people eat lots of protein, and none has reported changes in body fat composition.

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Leg Day Workout

Generally speaking, leg day is most guys least favourite day. It’s big muscle groups so it’s taxing and painful, which is exactly why it’s good for you. It stresses the body out and causes it to release growth hormone, which benefits your whole body. Add this tried-and-tested legs and back workout to your routine and you’ll be well on your way to full-body strength. Now, that’s done, it’s chest and arms next, probably most guys favourite days.

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Change Your Body Shape

Most people have a pretty clear idea of the results they’re after with their exercise and how they’d like to look, but is achieving an ideal body an option for everyone?

Star power transformation

You’ll know Uli Latukefu from Netflix shows such as Marco Polo and the new movie Danger Close, but for his latest role in action flick The Legend of Baron To’a, Latukefu had to undergo a serious transformation to reinvent both body and mind.

Train like the Green Machine

Danny Green is proud to say he’s never started a fight, but we all know he can finish them. The four-time world champion boxer has a record of 36 professional wins and has been fighting for belts, pride, purses, family and country for nearly 20 years.

Can you Go Meat Free for a Week?

Maybe you should give your bowel a break from meat. Really, you should give it a crack. Studies show that bowel cancer risk increases by 17% per 100g of red meat consumed per day and by 18% per 50g of processed meat consumed per day.

The 2-in-1 kettlebell leg workout

If you’re comfortable with your usual leg routine, you could be missing out on some big-time gains, whether it be in strength or

Robert Whittaker on UFC 243

UFC 243 is scheduled to take place on October 6, 2019 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. It will see Robert Whittaker pitted against Israel Adesanya for the World Middle Weight championship.

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10 at-home workouts to get six-pack abs

Home is actually a great place to hone your abs—after all, a six-pack is mostly made in the kitchen. “There’s no such thing

Bear Grylls – Man vs Goat Testicles

Burnt barbecue? Dodgy kebab? Wombat eyeball? TV survivalist Bear Grylls tells you how you can eat almost anything.

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The Rock’s Workout

From his glory days in the ring as the WWE’s biggest draw to starring in a recent slew of box office smash hits, Dwayne Johnson, aka, The Rock, has always been a born entertainer. But in spite of his reputation as Hollywood’s resident gym-freak, there’s more to The Rock’s success than weights and workouts alone.

Review: Rip Curl Search GPS 2 Watch

We had the opportunity to test the Rip Curl Search GPS 2, a watch for surfers. It has legitimate ground-breaking technology, that analyses your session live, to show all manner of interesting stats.

Review: JBL/UA Sport Wireless Headphones

JBL make loudspeakers. Under Armour makes training clothes and runners. Both companies have come together to make head- and earphones. It’s like two good friends hooking up who you never thought would. It’s cool, but a bit strange a little unsettling nonetheless.