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Twenty-four hours into my first Death Race, in 2018, I was hacking away at poison ivy and tick-infested brush on a Vermont mountain vista. As the hours passed, I found myself repeating, ‘What the hell am I doing here?’ with every tedious swipe. Erica Schultz f The Unlikely Zen of Extreme Landscaping I had been warned [...]

Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. After a rush of BowFlex discounts during last month's Big Spring Sale at Amazon, the fitness brand has upped the ante. Shortly after the sale ended, BowFlex further discounted its [...]

Strength training has a host of benefits for both adults and children ranging from stronger bones and muscles to better mental and emotional health. So, it makes sense that many parents look to get their kids involved in some sort of exercise program, including lighting weights. “It’s important to expose young children to exercise and [...]

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A report recently published in The Lancet, using vast data from 1990 to 2021, has found that heart disease is now trailing behind neurological conditions in terms of commonality, but it remains our biggest killer. According to the statistical analysis more than 3.4 billion people, that’s 43 percent of the global population, suffered with a [...]

Many of us started out documenting our fitness transformation journey with a little notebook detailing every set, rep, and weight achieved during each gym session, but as the novelty wore off, we felt like we had a pretty good idea of how to proceed and ditched our written logs in favor of a rough mental [...]

Stretching is essential not only for optimizing your physical performance—whether going big or small—but also for preventing injury. Whether you're doing dynamic (movement-based) stretches or static (stationary) stretches, engaging your muscles and joints properly helps them to reset to their naturally functioning positions. And the timing of your stretch is just as important as the type [...]

As WrestleMania XL week kicked off in Philadelphia, PA, WWE Superstars Rey Mysterio and Charlotte Flair surprised 19 Make-A-Wish kids who were fulfilling the ultimate dream of making their very own superstar ring entrances. M&F was there with admiration for these young boys and girls and talked with the pro wrestlers to soak up the [...]

If the pandemic taught us one thing about dating and sexuality, it was the value of human connection. Many were forced to find ways to spend time together from afar, but there was still a missing component—intimacy. It forced couples to get creative during those first few months to maintain the spark without physical touch. [...]

Bryant Webber was a young man with a plan growing up. Unlike most high school kids, he had a pretty solid idea of what he wanted to do with his adult life. “I knew I wanted to be a physician in the military if it was possible,” he recalled. After initially wanting to apply for [...]