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Don’t put Harry Garside in a box

WHEN I ARRIVE on the set of Harry Garside’s cover shoot with Men’s Health at a studio in Sydney’s Botany, the first thing I see is Garside throwing jabs into the morning air. He’s light on his feet, gliding across the floor as if an invisible opponent is circling him....

Jy Simpkin and the price of victory

Jy Simpkin and the price of victory

LEGENDARY AMERICAN FOOTBALL coach Vince Lombardi, for whom the Super Bowl trophy is named, once said that “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder and give more than anyone else.” In sport, victory comes at a price. Jy Simpkin, captain of the North...

Khanh Ong and the changing face of fitness

KHANH ONG IS THE type of person that lights up a room when he walks in. He’s bright, earnest and unflinchingly honest. When I meet him, he’s posted up in his modern Melbourne apartment, surrounded by contemporary décor and what I assume, given his love of cooking, to...

Josh Heuston is chasing perfection

JOSH HEUSTON AND I are sitting on some low-slung white chairs at the back of a photographic studio in Sydney’s Brookvale, when the actor makes his first reference to logging his “10,000 hours”. It’s a pet phrase for Heuston, a riff on author Malcolm Gladwell’s...

Jy Simpkin
Jy Simpkin and the price of victory

Jy Simpkin and the price of victory

Since becoming captain at North Melbourne, Jy Simpkin has transitioned from a roaming midfielder to a half-forward flank, revamped his mental strategy and gone to great lengths to become a better leader. None of it has brought the Kangaroos much closer to playing finals footy. What it has done is instil a sense of hunger at the club, make Simpkin a better man and, for the first time in his career, give him reason to believe his all-consuming pursuit of glory will soon pay off

David Beckham
David Beckham: this is 50

David Beckham: this is 50

David Beckham is entering life’s second half, and he’s still in elite shape – physically and mentally. How does he do it? Working out daily (preferably with his wife, Victoria), tending to his garden, and feasting on jellied eels

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Uli Latukefu keeps on fighting

Uli Latukefu keeps on fighting

The Tongan Australian actor has had a trying year. First his show got cancelled, then came the actors’ strike. For the first time in a long time, Latukefu began to doubt himself. Fortunately, he was able to lean on two things: his faith and a new-found passion that helped him get in the best shape of his life: physically and mentally.