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Want list – Nike+ SportWatch GPS

Want list – Nike+ SportWatch GPS

Nike has been integrating athletics and technology for a little while now (their Nike+iPod app introduced the concept of uploading your workouts for the approval/derision of an online community), but this GPS sport watch is a big step forward. Using TomTom technology, it logs your every movement – even sending you motivational messages when you start to flag. You might even go on those promised runs now (or the watch will shout at you). £179.99, store.nike.com/gb/

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The Esquire Body MOT #4 – core values

The Esquire Body MOT #4 – core values

A washboard stomach you can smash a brick on. Perfect posture. A lower back that doesn’t do ‘that thing’ every time you sleep on it weirdly. These are all physical attributes a man might aspire to possess at various points in his life, and they all come back to one area of the body: the core. [Read more...]

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The Esquire Body MOT part 3 – food rules

The Esquire Body MOT part 3 – food rules

So far in our summer program we’ve looked at two different workouts – one for fat-loss and one for adding muscle. Of course, it’s not much use following the right program and putting the hours in at the gym if you aren’t paying closer attention to what you’re eating at the same time. We’ve once more enlisted the expert advice of trainer ( www.petefraser.com) to lay down some golden rules on how to use your diet to boost your metabolism and burn more fat:  [Read more...]

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The Esquire body MOT – part 2

The Esquire body MOT – part 2

Over the weekend it finally happened. Summer arrived, albeit briefly, and England’s men responded in time-honoured fashion by sitting around drinking with their shirts off. For a triumphant few it was the moment they had been waiting for – the chance to finally reveal their toned biceps and summer-ready torsos. But for many others, it was a painful reminder that there is work to be done.  [Read more...]

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The Esquire body MOT – part 1

The Esquire body MOT – part 1

Let’s be honest, you’re running out of time. We’ve had a little taste of hot weather this year but the real good stuff is still to come. In short, it’s only a matter of time before you’re going to need to expose your criminally neglected physique in public. But it’s not too late. Whether you’re carrying too much around the middle or could do with adding some strength and size to your atrophied office-boy limbs, help is at hand in the form of our summer fitness plan. [Read more...]