To lose fat, you have to eat less calories and/or burn more calories. That’s what it will always come down to: create a caloric deficit and you’ll lose fat. Even the 8 nutrition rules create a caloric deficit for fat loss by limiting starchy carbs. But if losing fat is that simple, how come so many [...]
January 30, 2010
Don’t torture yourself for two to three hours in the gym. This express routine from Jericho will have you on your way in less than half that time. How to Do It: Pick a rep range between 50 and 100 and do each exercise that many times without stopping… Read Full Article
January 28, 2010
Too busy to work out? “No time” is no excuse anymore. The Weekend Warrior plan, developed by Craig Ballantyne, C.S.C.S., is designed to help busy guys stay in shape with one long weekend workout and a midweek, 15-minute session that can be done at home. Read Full Article Photo: Menshealth.com
January 27, 2010
Since I turned 40, I’ve discovered that I drool a lot more in my sleep. Sometimes it looks like I just took a sip of a sudsy beer. What’s up? Nice. According to Dr. Clete Kushida, director of the Stanford University Center for Human Sleep Research, the lip leakage could be the result of your sleeping [...]
January 26, 2010
There’s no such thing as one pair of shoes you can wear everywhere, all the time, with tuxedos and track pants. We’ve looked, and trust us, they just don’t exist. What we have found, though, is one pair of shoes that you can wear almost everywhere: these chestnut-brown derbies from the undisputed champion of Swiss [...]
January 24, 2010
Not getting enough deep, non-REM sleep inhibits production of growth hormone, which might lead to premature middle-age symptoms—abdominal obesity, reduced muscle mass and strength, and diminished exercise capacity. You become Homer. Fix your head: “Mentally disengage yourself before you hit the sack,” says Jim Karas, author of The Business Plan for Your Body. Don’t plot a [...]
January 23, 2010
Companies need cash, so they’re willing to deal. “Retailers are better off selling something rather than nothing,” says Cynthia Jasper, Ph.D., a professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. We dispatched hagglers across the country to unearth deals, and then showed their stories to G. Richard Shell, the author of Bargaining for [...]
January 22, 2010
Fashion is a progressive industry that changes with the wind and the tolerance of the people. Though women continually stretch the boundaries in the name of style, men’s fashion trends commonly remain in the safe zone – most of the time. Occasionally, however, men become courageous en masse, and the end results were typically disastrous. [...]
January 21, 2010
Ted Danson and I are wearing ties and talking about oceans. I asked him to meet me in the Grill Room of the Four Seasons, because this is exactly the sort of old New York power nexus where Arthur Frobisher (Danson’s swaggeringly malevolent ex-billionaire on FX’s Damages) and George Christopher (his winningly goofy magazine editor [...]
January 9, 2010
Most successful people are early risers. Think of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison. One reason why waking up early is correlated with success is that you get more work done in the morning. That’s one benefit of waking up early. But how do you build the habit of waking up early without feeling like a mess [...]
February 1, 2010