Men's Health

Beware. Don’t dare set foot in Bo Jackson’s crib without knocking. A loud knock, too, that announces your presence. It doesn’t matter if your entrance is a my-bad that happens after you rap the door, albeit tap it light, and twist the handle to see i

“OUR BODIES ARE quite clever,” says Jack Gilbert, Ph.D., a microbiologist at UC San Diego and the director of the Microbiome and Metagenomics Center. Enzymes our bodies make help us digest what we’re able to, then we rely on microbes—mainly bacteria

WHEN MATT BACH WAS 28 and training for the Ironman World Championship in 2015, he suddenly felt sluggish in every workout. “I’d trained hard for five years and had never felt this way,” he says. Even weirder: no interest in sex. He discovered that hi

My sense of men’s measurements has been badly warped by height inflation on dating apps—anything above five-foot-eight is a mystery to me—but I know Alan Ritchson is tall. Tall tall. I meet the 41-year-old in the basement of a house where he’s doing

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TEN MINUTES BEFORE my dog tried to kill me, we went on a peaceful walk. Rollie, a nine-year-old, 80-pound pit-bull mix with coconut-white fur and a ginger spot on his left eye, strolled calmly by my side under a bright evening sky. When we returned h

MEAL PREP IS a pain in the ass, takes a super-long time, and hogs your fridge. Snack prep is none of that—it fights mindless chowing and can target areas of your diet where you might need a little help: protein, produce, good fats. Here’s your snack

ANDY FANG IS one of the four young people who founded DoorDash in 2013. The online food ordering and delivery platform, which began as a class project in the Startup Garage course at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, has grown into a $40 bill

Try: A (helpful) bot. Most genres of therapy rely on pattern recognition in yourself and others, so it makes sense that AI would inevitably come for mental health. Text-based chatbot apps like Woebot and Wysa help you work things with rudimentary beh

• If you’re using a rucksack, it’ll likely fit just right. But if you ruck with a backpack, use one that can sit high on your back. Put it on, then loosen the straps, says Goruck’s Nichele Cihlar. Bend over, tighten the straps, and stand. This pack p

AFTER JOE BIDEN was sworn in as the oldest president in American history in 2021, at age 78, questions swirled about whether there should be an upper age limit for the executive office. Now that we’re doing a different kind of math—Biden would be 86

In between starring in movies like Anyone but You, Hit Man, and Twisters, actor GLEN POWELL bared it all, literally, for our December issue. The Internet responded. (And if you’re interested in his workout, that’s on MensHealth.com, too.) @JayJurden

AGE: 59 OCCUPATION: Emergency-room physician LOCATION: Gonzales, Texas MEN’S HEALTH MVP members have access to the best health, fitness, and entertainment coverage on the entire Internet. And each month, we survey our MVPs to choose one guy who is ch

AT 18 YEARS OLD, Zach Reitano was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition after his heart rate dropped to zero during a stress test. (His father, who’s a doctor, helped revive him along with a cardiologist.) After a heart procedure, the cardiolog

ONE MOMENT, THEY’RE hiking through Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve on a slightly chilly San Diego morning, rucksacks weighing an average of 30 to 40 pounds strapped tightly to their backs. The next, 15 or so members of the San Diego Triton Ruck Cl

WHEN I SIGNED UP for a movement and musculoskeletal assessment with a new performance-optimization company in Austin called 10 Squared, I was dreading the VO2 max test, when you’re strapped into headgear that measures how much oxygen you breathe in a

We’re looking for foods that are high in protein, healthy fats, and/or fiber while also containing a sensible amount of calories and added sugar. Organic and sustainable products—along with those that have short ingredient lists—are all valued. And t

THERE’S A STORY THAT MANY PEOPLE TELL themselves about aging, and it goes something like this: As they get older, their physical health span declines precipitously when approaching the final decades of life. They lose speed, strength, reaction time,

IF THERE’S ANYTHING as prevalent as the idea that men should be strong and silent, it’s the world telling guys they need to talk about their feelings more. These contradictory messages are being cranked out at max volume, so it’s not surprising that

The elastane waistband, relaxed seat, roomy thighs—Ralph Lauren’s jeans are warm enough for the morning commute and versatile enough for weekend errands. The indigo wash works with most casual gear. Tank ($45) and jeans ($148) by Polo Ralph Lauren; s

WHAT YOU EAT is who you are. What you eat affects your mind, your spirit, your emotions, and your physical well-being—even though as you’re eating, you are not necessarily thinking about if that food may put you in a certain mood. When we eat somethi

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM says don’t mess with the classics, but Ed Krenz did anyway. He’s the chief engineer for the new Ford Bronco. Since its 2021 return to the market after a 25-year hiatus, the vehicle has claimed some major awards. Here’s how the hea