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What if we’re thinking about willpower all wrong?

What if we’re thinking about willpower all wrong?

GARY LOCKWOOD DOESN'T believe in motivation. He didn’t get the body he has today (lean, gristly, a bit scary) simply by being motivated. He didn’t become the CEO of 24/7 Fitness because he wanted it enough. And he says as much to his clients. ‘It doesn’t matter how...

Therapists explain the surprising depression symptoms for men

Therapists explain the surprising depression symptoms for men

ABOUT ONE IN 10 men experience depression or anxiety. But only about half ever receive treatment, often because men can feel a stigma related to having a mental health condition. “We've all been trained to believe that we have to be strong and that depression is not...

Manoj Dias on sowing the seeds of softness

Manoj Dias on sowing the seeds of softness

ONE SCORCHING MEMORY from my teenage years was of my father, every Sunday morning, donning his raggedy gardening gloves, overalls, and a bodega-bought bucket hat – chugging down a cup of strong black coffee and spending the entire day tending to his roses, flannel...

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8 Men On What Modern Masculinity Means To Them

8 Men On What Modern Masculinity Means To Them

Notions of gender, sex and social roles have been subject to closer scrutiny in the past few years than perhaps ever before. So, what does ‘masculinity’ mean in 2022? And how does it shape our sense of who we are – or who we feel we’re supposed to be? Men’s Health spoke to eight men, each with very different stories, about what modern masculinity means to them.