Health and fitness, Music

A fitness regime for cheese-lovers

A fitness regime for cheese-lovers

For those of you who haven’t yet abandoned your new year’s resolution to get fit (come on, you can at least see out January), and haven’t been dissuaded by the Nordic conditions on the pavements, there’s nothing quite like running in the open air to start the blood pumping. And there’s nothing like high-energy/cheesy dance music to keep it that way — a fact being cleverly exploited by Running Trax, a new compilation from Ministry Of Sound. [Read more...]

Health and fitness, The list

Lethal sniffle – Top-10 cold cures

Lethal sniffle – Top-10 cold cures

Esquire’s Twitter followers are a caring, sharing bunch. On Monday, still suffering from the weekend and the effects of Arctic snap, we asked them for their best cold and flu remedies. Here’s what they came up with… [Read more...]

Competitions, Health and fitness

The maximuscle reader challenge

The maximuscle reader challenge

Kick-start your new year fitness regime by entering our competition to go head to head with a member of the Esquire team. [Read more...]

Food & Drink, Health and fitness

The juice you probably should be drinking but aren’t

The juice you probably should be drinking but aren’t

There have been many claims to the male health benefits of pomegranate juice including lowering blood pressure, protection against cholesterol, improving erectile function, even slowing prostate cancer. Now, specialists POM Wonderful has announced a partnership with Bradley Wiggins’ Team Garmin-Slipstream, runners-up in this year’s Tour de France, where they will research its potential benefits for sports recovery, inflamation and ability to combat oxidative stress. Reports that it will soon be used in the battle against knife crime are unsubstantiated. £2.93 from Ocado, also available in supermarkets nationwide