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Side Step to the right, 20 yards
Backward Sprint, 20 yards
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10 Burpees
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head. Jump again and bring your legs together.
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Run forward, landing just behind the ball
of each foot on each step. Keep your torso
steady—don’t twist or bend to either side.
Side Step
Take a big step to your right and quickly
bring the left leg in to meet it so your feet
are together. Repeat the side steps to your
left side.
Backward Sprint
Run backward, leaning back as your feet land
in front of your hips.

Burpees
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feet back behind you so you land in pushup
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to standing. That’s one rep.
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6 MEN’S FITNESS APRIL 2014

Ben Watts
april
Breakthroughs
17 Top News
U-S-A! U-S-A! We’re back
on the rebound, baby!
18 Fitness
Turns out there
is
a perfect
workout playlist.
20 Nutrition
Energy drinks could trigger
unwanted side e ects.
22 Health
Those “sell by” dates aren’t
always what they seem.
24 Brain
Mary Jane could blow your mind.
26 Success
The Marriage E ect: Observe
the power of the ring.
76 ASHTON
KUTCHER’S
WINNING MOVES
How the actor, tech
investor, and Brazilian
jiu-jitsu enthusiast sets
himself up for success,
again and again.

BY DAVID KATZ
82 THE FITTEST
AND FATTEST
CITIES IN AMERICA
We took America through
a workout and then gave it
a physical. Which cities
triumphed—and which
were left huffing and
puffing in the corner? The
results are in. How did
yours do?
BY PETER KOCH
90 LIGHTEN UP
Denim doesn’t have to be
blue. This season, it’s all
about earth tones—and a
great fit, of course.
96 THE TRIBE WITH
THE GOLDEN GUT
Thanks to the isolated
Hadza people of Tanzania,
we’re beginning to under-
stand what’s going on
inside us.
BY ADAM BIBLE
101 ASK
MEN’S
FITNESS
All the latest tips and

expert advice on health,
fitness, nutrition, style,
and sex. Hey, you asked.
Features
76
“I tend to take on things
I have no business taking
on,” Ashton Kutcher tells
writer David Katz in this
month’s cover story.
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28 Gear
Drones aren’t just for
the military anymore.
30 Run Right
Hit the road (or trail,
or track) with our
spring running guide.
40 Boost
Build muscle and burn
fat with green juice.
44 Drive
You’re never too old
for a new toy.
46 Admire
The unbreakable
Petra Nemcova.
48 Trend
Meet DJ Ruckus.
52 Look Great
Get the hottest
hairstyle of 2014.
58 Adventure
Getaways for two.
60 Focus
More stress, please.

62 Get Smart
We bust a few com-
mon health myths.
64 Mix It Up
The world’s greatest
Bloody Marys.
Game Changers
10 Fitness on the Go
12 View from the Top
151 Where to Buy
152 #Fitwit
Fitness in 140 charac-
ters or less.
Regulars
68 Earn It!
The shrewdest
investment of 2014:
municipal bonds.
73 Burn It!
Why it’s a great time
to upgrade your
kitchen co eemaker.
Columns
102
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recipe for that vegan
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ON THE COVER
ASHTON KUTCHER
101
Need some extra
power? Yeah, we
know the drill.
112 No Muscle
Left Behind
Neglect nothing with
this complete plan to
build up your body.
124 His (and
Her) Muscle
Pastas
Five dishes tasty
enough for date night.
136 Pick Up
the Pace
Burn more fat with
this tried-and-true
workout strategy.
144 Scientifi c
Nutrition

These energy bars
meet our rigorous
standards.
46
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Nemcova
knows what
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(And it’s free!)
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10 MEN’S FITNESS APRIL 2014 SAM KAPLAN
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12 MEN’S FITNESS APRIL 2014 MATTHEW LASALA
VIEW FROM THE TOP
Try something new
W
ELL, THAT WAS FAST. THREE
months down and 25% of 2014 is
already behind us. You know what
that means, right? It’s time for your
quarterly review.

A lot can happen in just three months. Last summer,
it took us less time than that to completely transform
Men’s Fitness into the all-encompassing lifestyle manual
you’re holding in your hands today. It involved taking
some risks—and believing that you’d follow us in a bold
new direction. Fortunately, it’s paid o , and we have
you to thank for your support. But enough about us:
Right now, I want to talk about what you’ve risked lately.
Success isn’t a straight line. It’s about rerouting—even if
it means heading into parts unknown.
So, let’s do this. Re ection time. Sit down, take a mo-
ment, but please, don’t get comfortable. That’s kind of
the whole point: This spring, you can’t a ord to stay in
your comfort zone.
Take your body, for example: Training in just one way
is a sure path to plateau and injury. Taking a chance, like
our cover guy, Ashton Kutcher, who dove into the sport
of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, could lead to serious physical ben-
e ts. “I said, what the hell—I’ll do it,” Kutcher told David
Katz in his Men’s Fitness cover pro le. Kutcher got his
ass kicked—at  rst. But he got back up, kept training,
and now he’s climbing the sport’s belt ranks. That’s how
it works: You risk, you work, and you’re rewarded.
Kutcher is the kind of guy who reinvents himself
often, moving from TV and  lm upstart to major player
in the tech business. Anything that piques his interest,
he’ll take a chance on. He’s a builder, a breaker, and a
redoer—and one hell of a success story. Which is why
he’s the perfect cover guy for this issue.
Reinvention is a theme throughout this issue, and

we’re excited to bring back one of our favorite fran-
chises, “The Fittest and Fattest Cities in America.” Peter
Koch’s in-depth analysis of our country’s cities and
what they’re doing (or not doing) to set their residents
up for success isn’t derogatory—it’s aspirational. It
shows what we, collectively, are capable of doing when
we re ect on the state of our a airs and then take action
and, of course, risks. Koch took a chance, too, by the
way, throwing himself into Portland’s famed, muddy,
Cross Crusade cyclocross race to investigate the inner
workings of this year’s Fittest City. And he had a blast.
Without risk, there is no reward—and without failure,
no learning. T.S. Eliot wrote that April is the cruelest
month. To that I say, bring it on.
If you’re lucky, you might just get your ass kicked.
D J. P
Chairman, President, and
Chief Executive O cer
of American Media, Inc
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THERE IS NO
REWARD—AND
WITHOUT
FAILURE, NO
LEARNING.”

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STRENGTH TRAINING
Jay Cardiello Trainer;
creator, Jcore Accelerated
Body Transformation system
CJ Murphy, M.F.S.
Owner, Total Performance
Sports, Everett, MA
Jim Smith, C.S.C.S.
Owner, Diesel Strength &
Conditioning
Jason Ferruggia Owner,
Renegade Strength &
Conditioning LLC,
jasonferruggia.com
Ben Bruno Rise Movement,
Los Angeles,
benbruno.com
Zach Even-Esh

Owner, The
Underground Strength Gym,
Edison, NJ
SPORTS NUTRITION
Nate Miyaki, C.S.S.N.
Owner,
natemiyaki.com

Shelby Starnes
Nutrition consultant;
IFBB bodybuilder
SPORTS PERFORMANCE
John Meadows, C.S.C.S.
Owner,
mountaindogdiet.com
Jon Hinds Owner, Monkey
Bar Gym, Madison, WI
Kevin Lilly Former D1
football player; trainer of
actors and athletes in L.A.
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Jay Dicharry, M.P.T.,
S.C.S. Director of
biomechanics, Rebound
Physical Therapy; coach,
USA Track & Field; coach,
USA Cycling, Bend, OR
ISRAEL LEON
Master Barber at
The Art of Shaving,
New York City
“WHEN SHAVING,
I LIVE BY THREE
RULES: 1) USE
HEAT TO OPEN
YOUR PORES;
2) SHAVE DOWN
FIRST, THEN GO

AGAINST THE
GRAIN; AND 3)
NEVER PRESS
TOO HARD ON
YOUR RAZOR.”
WEIGHT LOSS
Bob Harper Fitness expert;
best-selling author; trainer,
NBC’s
The Biggest Loser
Chris Powell, C.S.C.S.
Trainer; author; transfor-
mation specialist, ABC’s
Extreme Weight Loss
Jim White, R.D.
Dietitian; owner, Jim White
Fitness & Nutrition Studios;
spokesperson, Academy of
Nutrition and Dietetics
Frank G. Bottone Jr.,
Ph.D., R.D., Dietitian;
medical writer; author,
The Diet Denominator:
Fill Your Tank for Less
MALE HEALTH
Steven Lamm, M.D.
director, Men’s Health
Center, New York University
Medical Center
FOOD

Devin Alexander
New York Time
s best-selling
author; chef, NBC’s
The
Biggest Loser
Danny Boome Celebrity
chef; host, ABC’s
Recipe
Rehab
and the Cooking
Channel’s
Donut Showdown
Joshua D. Lambert, Ph.D.
Assistant professor, depart-
ment of food science, Penn
State University
MOTIVATION
Martin E. Ford, Ph.D.
Professor and senior associ-
ate dean, George Mason
University, Fairfax, VA
PSYCHIATRY
Michael A. Grandner,
Ph.D. Instructor in psychia-
try, Penn Center for Sleep
and Circadian Neurobiology,
University of Pennsylvania
WILDERNESS SURVIVAL
Thomas Coyne, E.M.T.

President, Survival
Training School of California,
Tehachapi, CA
FINANCE
Roy Cohen Career
counselor; executive coach;
author,
The Wall Street
Professional’s Survival Guide
Chris Bart, Ph.D. Business
consultant; author,
A Tale of Two Employees
DERMATOLOGY
Jeffrey Benabio, M.D.,
F.A.A.D. Physician
director of health-care
transformation, Kaiser
Permanente, San Diego, CA
ENDURANCE
Pete Jacobs
2012 Ironman world
champion, Sydney, Australia
Dean Karnazes
Ultramarathoner,
New York
Times
best-selling author
FASHION
Jorge Valls Men’s fashion
director, Nordstrom

GROOMING
Anthony Sosnick Founder
and CEO, skincare and
grooming brand Anthony
Israel Leon Master barber,
The Art of Shaving, NYC
DENTISTRY
Stuart J. Froum, D.D.S.
President, American
Academy of Periodontology
NUTRITION
Elizabeth M. Ward,
M.S., R.D. Award-winning
writer; nutrition consultant;
spokesperson
WINTER SPORTS
Pete Swenson Head
coach, U.S. Ski Mountaineer-
ing, Breckenridge, CO
RELATIONSHIPS
Nick Savoy President,
Love Systems; author,
Magic
Bullets Handbook
and
It’s
Your Move
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Breakthroughs
HARD-HITTING
NEWS FROM THE
CUTTING EDGE
OF SCIENCE
CLAIRE BENOIST APRIL 2014 MEN’S FITNESS 17
EDITED BY NINA COMBS
Food styling by Jamie Kimm
and making smarter food choices. USDA data collected
from nearly 10,000 working-age adults show that our average
daily intake has been trending downward—by close to 118 calories,
or 5%—since 2005, and that we’re eating less fat and more fiber.
We’re also hitting fewer fast-food joints, making more meals at
home, and paying greater attention to nutrition labels. “I found
more awareness that individuals feel they have some control over
their weight,” says study big Jessica Todd, Ph.D. “And suppliers
helped by reformulating products or offering healthier choices.”
Remember, though: One Cronut and it’s all downhill from there.
BYE, BYE,

AMERICAN
PIE (HELLO,
HEALTHIER
HABITS!)

18 MEN’S FITNESS APRIL 2014 TERRY RICHARDSON
Daft Punk: Art Partner Licensing; Jump Rope: Matt Hawthorne
fitness
Breakthroughs
Lifting with a trainer
proves there’s
strength in numbers
Working out with a qualiied trainer
builds more muscle than exercising
solo, a UCLA/Equinox study found.
Guys who did 12 weeks of super-
vised resistance training gained 23%
and 13% more chest- and leg-press
strength, respectively, than lone
lifters, and upped their VO
2
max 7%
more. “Unless you train in a system-
atic way and can self-motivate, it’s
harder to get as good a result as with
a coach,” says study VIP Thomas
Storer, Ph.D.
— MARK BARROSO
SPEED READ: The simplest thing you can do to improve your health?
Stand up. Less sitting time means less risk for heart disease, diabetes, stroke,

and colon cancer, among other ills,
BMC Public Health
reports.
QUICK FIX
TO UP YOUR
BENCH REPS,
REST MORE
BETWEEN SETS
■ Want to crank out
a couple extra reps
on the bench press?
Rest at least two
minutes between
sets. Research-
ers found that men
doing three-rep-max
presses completed
an average of two
more reps after rest-
ing at least two min-
utes between sets,
compared with one.
SOURCE: JOUR NAL O F
STRENGTH AND
CONDITIONING RESEARCH
GOOD IDEA
WORK (MUCH)
LESS, GET MORE
■ In a new study,
guys who did high-

intensity inter-
val training (HIIT)
for just 13 minutes
burned more calo-
ries per minute on
average and upped
their maximal oxy-
gen consumption, or
VO
2
max (which gov-
erns aerobic endur-
ance), by 12.5% more
than those who did
normal cardio for
40 minutesÑthat is,
more than twice as
long. ÒWe suggest
three [high-inten-
sity] three-minute
sets with a two-min-
ute, middle-intensity
active rest between
sets,Ó says study
co-author Tomoaki
Matsuo, Ph.D.
SOURCE: MEDICINE & SCIENCE
IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
HIIT pay dirt.
High-intensity

interval training
burns calories
faster than
steady-state
cardio.
■
To turn your training up to 11, listen to tunes proven to
make you work harder, research says. “Increase workout
intensity by raising the tempo by one or two beats per minute
beyond your comfort zone,” says Costas Karageorghis, Ph.D.,
who teamed with Spotify to create an “Ultimate Workout”
playlist. There’s another advantage, too, he says: “Listening to
music reduces how hard you think you’re working by about 10%.”
For the complete playlist, visit
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2. Asparagus
3. Mushrooms
4. Carrots
5. Cabbage
Cabbage: Sam Kaplan
20 MEN’S FITNESS APRIL 2014 YASU + JUNKO
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Breakthroughs
EYE-OPENER
IT MATTERS
WHICH END OF
THE BUFFET
YOU START AT
■ Buffet-goers fill
two-thirds of their
plates with the first
items they come to,
new research says.
What’s more, when
those first items are
THAT ENERGY
DRINK MEANT TO
WAKE YOU UP
COULD REALLY
SHAKE YOU UP.
■
Energy drinks may trigger depression and anxiety in young men,
says a study in the (aptly named) journal
Depression and Anxiety.

Among the thousand-plus 20-year-olds questioned, those who drank
at least one 8.4-ounce energy drink a day reported higher anxiety—and
as downing them became chronic and more frequent (six to eight serv-
ings daily), the anxiety worsened. Are energy drinks causing stress,
or are already anxious drinkers just self-medicating? “We can’t yet say
with certainty,” says study VIP Georgina Trapp, Ph.D., but “high caf-
feine consumption has been shown to be significantly associated with
anxiety and panic disorders.” Plus, she adds, “other ingredients such
as guarana and ginseng have also been linked to anxiety, irritability,
nervousness, restlessness, tremors, and mania.” So keep an eye out,
and adjust your intake accordingly.
—HOLLIS TEMPLETON
ENERGY
DRINKS—
OR SPEED
TRAPS?
less healthy—think:
cheesy scrambled
eggs and sausage—
diners pile their
plates with 31%
more food. If possi-
ble, load your plate
with healthier items
before hitting the
fattier stuff—you’ll
eat less overall.
SOURCE: CORNELL U.
FOOD & BRAND LAB

GOOD IDEA
STEAM (DON’T MICROWAVE)
BROCCOLI TO UNLOCK ITS
CANCER-FIGHTING BENEFITS
■ Three to four minutes of steam-
ing—the time it takes for broccoli to
turn bright green—ups its cancer-
preventing potential. Scientists com-
pared boiled, microwaved, and steamed
broccoli and found that steaming it
for several minutes was the best way
to retain myrosinase, an important
cancer-fighting enzyme. Boiling or
microwaving it for even a minute or
less actually destroyed myrosinase.
Not a broccoli fan? You can make up
for it elsewhere on your plate: “Mustard,
radish, arugula, and other uncooked
cruciferous vegetables [like cauliflower
and kale] all contain myrosinase,” says
study author Elizabeth Jeffery, Ph.D.
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

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older. And regu-
lar smokers can tri-

ple their death risk.
“People don’t real-
ize how damaging
even light smoking
[Half a pack, “light”?
Oh, Australia.] is for
your health, for can-
cer, heart disease,
lung disease, and
many other condi-
tions,” says study co-
author Freddy Sitas.
If you’re on the road
to quitting, great—
just keep it up till the
ashtray’s in the rear-
view mirror.
SOURCE: SAX INSTITUTE
Bacon: Stocksign/GettyImages
health
Breakthroughs
SOME DATES CAN
AC TUALLY SAV E
YOU MONEY
BAD IDEA
Don’t mix Tylenol and
alcohol (even a little!)
Combining acetaminophen with
even light amounts of alcohol regu-
larly can raise kidney disease risk by

123%, according to a study of more
than 10,000 people. Researchers
suggest that alcohol interferes with
the gene that regulates the way the
body processes the painkiller.
If you’re worried about a head-
ache the next day, stick to NSAIDs
(nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs) like aspirin or ibuprofen
before bed. Better yet, ease up on
the elbow-bending altogether: As
we’d all agree, the best hangover
is no hangover at all.
SOURCE: PARKER UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
■
Up to 90% of us toss food prematurely because we think
“sell by,” “best before,” “best if used by,” and “use by”
dates all indicate food safety—a mix-up that sends $165 billion
worth of food to trash cans every year, says a new report by the
Natural Resources Defense Council and Harvard Law School.
“Most ‘best by’ and ‘use by’ dates are manufacturers’ recom-
mendations for best quality, not safety,” says Marianne Gravely
of the USDA. “For most foods, you can tell if it’s gone bad by its
look or smell: If a refrigerated food is past its ‘best by’ date but
looks and smells OK, it’s fine. If it smells bad, shows mold, has
a slimy feel, or looks odd, that’s a sign it’s spoiled.” Combine
date info with common sense and you’ll be cool.
—HOLLIS TEMPLETON
EYE-OPENER
EATING BACON

FRIES YOUR
SPERM COUNT
■ Men who eat pro-
cessed meat like
sausage and lunch
meat—even as lit-
tle as one slice of
bacon daily—have
lower sperm counts
than those who eat
them sparingly, says
a study on the diets
of men in couples
who were having
trouble conceiving.
On the bright side,
the research also
suggests that eat-
ing a piece of white
fish (like cod or hal-
ibut) every other
day could improve
sperm quality.
SOURCE: HARVARD UNIVERSITY
SMOKE 10
CIGS A DAY,
TAKE 10 YEARS
OFF YOUR LIFE
■ The risk of death
for smokers who

puff 10 cigarettes—
half a pack—a day is
still double that of
nonsmokers, says
a study of 200,000-
plus Aussies 45 and
Out of the frying pan,
ready to sire: Bacon’s bade:
for baby-making.
22 MEN’S FITNESS APRIL 2014 SAM KAPLAN
SPEED READ: Fish oil actually keeps your brain from shrinking (which is linked to aging
and even Alzheimer’s), says a study in the journal
Neurology. S
ubjects with higher omega-3
levels had bigger brains and a larger hippocampus, a brain area important for memory.