Men's Fitness South Africa January - February 2018

52 Mondays, right? Yup, it’s that time again. Time to dust off the resolution notebook from the year that’s passed, see what the scoresheet reveals and just exactly how many of the goals were met in 2017. This ritual will then be followed-up by writing an even more ambitious list of goals for 2018. Personally, I have found it a lot more manageable to actually keep these under “notes” on my phone; at least it’s easier to track – not necessarily easier to follow and meet said goals. A year seems like a long time, but essentially we only have 52 Monday mornings to make the most of the week ahead. Most of us, myself included, will only be back in the office on the second Monday of 2018 and…

STRENGTH TRAINING CJ Murphy, M.F.S. Owner, Total Performance Sports, Everett, MA Jim Smith, C.P.P.S. Owner, Diesel Strength & Conditioning Zach Even-Esh Owner, Underground Strength Gym, Edison, NJ WEIGHT LOSS Bob Harper Fitness expert; trainer, NBC’s The Biggest Loser Chris Powell, C.S.C.S. Trainer; author; transformation specialist, ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss Frank G. Bottone Jr., Ph.D., R.D. Author, The Diet Denominator: Fill Your Tank for Less FINANCE Roy Cohen Career counselor; author, The Wall Street Professional’s Survival Guide; careercoachny.com Chris Bart, Ph.D. Business consultant; author, A Tale of Two Employees DERMATOLOGY Tina West, M.D. Board-certified dermatologist; founder of the West Institute, westskinlaser.com Annet King, Director of global education, the International Dermal Institute and Dermalogica PHYSICAL THERAPY Jay Dicharry, M.P.T., C.S.C.S. Director of biomechanics, Rebound Physical Therapy FOOD Danny Boome Celebrity chef, currently on…

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Vin Diesel, may not be a kid anymore (he turns 51 this year), but he’s still got arms the size of armoured tank cannons — to shame guys half his age. Hell, to shame guys of any age. So how does he keep them perpetually loaded for battle? He attacks the biceps and triceps from all sides and often holds moves for teeth-grittingly long periods of time to really tease out the size and feel the burn. Turn to page 22 to check out his moves. Pray that when you put a few years on, you’ll still be packing even a fraction of the heat he is. LOCKED AND LOADED: VIN DIESEL’S ARM-BUILDING WORKOUT IS ONE FOR THE AGES.…

1) EZ-BAR CURL Sets: 3 Reps: 8–10 Rest: 60 sec Hold an EZ-curl bar with a shoulder-width grip. Keeping your upper arms against your sides, curl the bar until your biceps are fully contracted. 2) DUMBBELL HAMMER CURL Sets: 3 Reps: 10–12 Rest: 60 sec Hold a dumbbell in each hand with your palms facing your sides. Keeping your upper arms against your sides, curl the weights up. 3) EZ-BAR REVERSE CURL Sets: 3 Reps: Work for 60 sec. Rest: 60 sec Hold an EZ-curl bar with an overhand grip, hands spaced shoulder-width apart. Don’t allow your elbows to drift forward as you curl the bar. 4) TRICEPS PUSHDOWN Sets: 3 Reps: 12–15 Rest: 60 sec Attach a rope handle to the top pulley of a cable station and hold an end…

Morning guys get out at the butt crack of dawn. Day guys try to squeeze something in at lunch. (Good luck with that.) Late guys hit it once the work whistle blows. But it’s all good as long as the workouts are consistent, right? Maybe not. According to a new study out of Northwestern University USA, muscle tissue runs on the same circadian clock — the internal 24-hour timer that regulates cell functioning — that the rest of the body does. If true, that means there’s an optimal time for muscle cells to use oxygen to create energy and allow for better performance. The study found that when the muscles in mice were genetically altered to ignore the little rodents’ circadian clock, they lost their ability to use sugar for…