Category Archives: Weight Loss For Men

Watch the video above to see Maillard Howell, a Mens Health Trainer of the Day and owner of CrossFit Prospect Heights demonstrate the Kang squat, a powerful assistance exercise that combines a traditional back squat with a good morning. By rolling up the full-body benefits of the squat with the added focus on the hamstrings that comes with the good morning, the Kang squat is a full-body movement if ever there was one, and working it into your program can translate to noticeable gains in exercises including the squat, deadlift, and certainly Olympic lifts Now, when you set up to try the Kang squat, remember that this isnt an ego exercise. Start light to first get a feel for the movement, and even then use those weight plates sparingly Continue reading →

The Daily Mail reported on nine Australians who have credited their total-body transformations to F45, including the female global winner of the last challenge, Lisa Young. The 25-year-old lost about 14 pounds by upping her amount of classes from about four times a week to almost every day, and following the programs meal plantwo weeks of detoxing, four weeks on a high-protein diet, and two weeks on a high-fat dietdesigned to help get rid of water retention, nix sugar cravings, and build muscle. Another participant, the mens global winner, dropped 23 pounds, and credits the support network of the challenge to his transformation. Continue reading →

Mens Health is trying to hack the high cost of video. So in June, the Rodale publication designated a room in its New York offices as a social video studio and outfitted it with a leather sofa, dumbbells and an air hockey table. Continue reading →

But when they looked specifically at some health conditions, they discovered that the Parkinsons risk was even stronger. Guys with diabetes and ED were nearly three times as likely to be diagnosed with Parkinsons, and those with high blood pressure and ED had just over double the risk of Parkinsons, compared to healthy men. So whats going on? Continue reading →

In fact, a two-point increase in diet adherence was associated with a 61 percent drop in heart issues for people in the highest income group, while there was no relationship found among those with lower income. There was also a similar link seen between diet benefits and people with a higher education level, too. So why was the diet helping some but not othersespecially when the groups were sticking to it to the same extent Continue reading →

Of course, whats a race without a bit of friendly competition? Our stakes were high: public humiliation for the loser, who had an embarrassing picture of themselves taped around the office Continue reading →

The researchers discovered that the drug caused human melanoma cells to die, and hampered melanoma tumor growth in the mouse models by 69 percent. Because the drug is easily eliminated from the body, it should help reduce possible toxicity effectsa problem with past drugs tested for melanomaand fight the cancer with little harm to nearby healthy cells. (Here are four things most guys get wrong about skin cancer.) How it works still isnt exactly clear, but the researchers believe the compound targets a process involved in cell division and growth, they explain in a statement. Continue reading →

The findings are consistent with a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which found nearly the exact same percentages for both men and women. Continue reading →

Ive seen amazing things happen when men share together. As a clinical psychologist,I have run support groups for men in a variety of contexts and have seen what men can do for other men and for themselves just by opening themselves up.I currently lead a monthly support group for men who have been diagnosed with cancer. Continue reading →

In particular, sperm concentration declined about 1.4 percent each year, for a total drop of 52 percent over that time period. Total sperm count declined 1.6 percent each year, for an overall drop of 59 percent. This shows that there was no leveling off of the decline in recent years, the study authors write. Continue reading →