Runner's Forum With Polar In this workshop, learn how to pick and best utilise the right gadgets to improve your run. You'll also learn how to fine-tune your training programme in this sharing session. Registration closes September 26.
Marathon Guide Planning on conquering the marathon? We've prepared a gamut of topics from nutrition tips to getting in tip-top form so you'll be ready for race day.
Her Say: Taking Yoga Together Won't Make You Girly Joining your wife or girlfriend for yoga or dance class won't make you any less of a man, says Ana Isaac. Take her word for it, your girl will love you even more for doing so.
Her Say: Uh-Oh – She Wants A Boob Job... Whether it's cosmetic surgery or long hours in the gym, women have their own ways to find the perfect look. Us guys can play a part by simply being a caring and understanding partner, says our female columnist, Anna Isaac.
Her Say: Finding Miss Right If you're looking for Miss Right, our female columnist has this advice - Stop looking. But that doesn't mean you won't find love with that special girl.
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Tip the scales with a dose of fish. Researchers at the Laboratoire de Biologie de la Nutrition in France found that men who replaced 6g of fat in their diet with 2g of fish oil boosted their metabolism and lost an average of 1kg in 12 weeks. Use it as mouthwash and lose unwanted friends too.
Use The Afterburn
Smashing out a session of intense exercise triggers afterburn - when your body cools off and recovers from muscle micro-trauma. Afterburn alone, says Dr John Berardi, author of The Metabolism Advantage, can dissolve 100 to 200 calories. More than carpet burn, according to our tests.
Max Your Protein
“Proteins burn hotter than other food sources,” says Dr Mark Hyman, author of Ultrametabolism. In fact, protein-based calories will be torched roughly twice as quickly. Jumpstart your metabolism early with two scrambled eggs for breakfast. Smokin’.
Sizzle Snacks
Spicy food, spiky metabolism. A study from Universite Laval in Canada found that men who ate red pepper-packed snacks and meals, washed down with coffee, burnt 1,000 more calories a day than those who ate cooler food. Go steady, mind you, unless you want a fire-engine-red complexion.
C The Light
Sitting around eating green peppers, tomatoes and other foods rich in vitamin C fans the flames of your fat-burning furnace. A University of Colorado study found that vitamin C can juice up your resting metabolism by almost 100 calories a day. Easier than weights, but it’s unlikely to give you big arms.
30 Foods That Will Save Your Life Heart attacks, cancer, obesity and poor immunity can put your life at risk. Thankfully, preventive medicine is on your local shelf.
MH Recipe: Caesar Salad The standard restaurant-fare Caesar Salad is seldom as healthy as it sounds but a few tweaks can turn this tasty meal into one loaded with protein.
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