Two years ago I was 285 lbs. At 5'8", that was morbidly overweight as my doctor would write on his checklist of me.
I made a conscious decision to change myself. I read Men's Health and followed the articles' suggestions. I followed the eating lifestyle they suggested. I exercised using various exercise they suggested.

Eventually, I bought the "Book of Muscle" they also published.
Today I am 160lbs and fit. Playing baseball, playing with my kids.
Men's Health is filled with great articles about fitness, health, healthy eating, exercise, sex, etc... I only gave it four stars since there is generally a good portion of fluff in there that I don't read. For example, I really don't care to know what drinks attract women at a bar. But if you pass over the fluff and read the substance, and actually DO some of the things they suggest, you can look like the guy on the cover.

Like anything else in life, nothing is free, hard work and dedication are required.

Men's Health magazine would be a great publication if it was a bit more practical in the information that it distributes. A majority of the articles and columns "seem to assume" that most of its readership already lead active, healthy lifestyles. Most men (myself included) do not, but are seeking practical advice. Believe it or not, I get more help reading an issue of Maxim or Esquire, than I did with my Men's Health subscription. The magazine fills a niche I suppose, but if you already look like those photographed in any given issue, then you don't need to read it. Impracticle if you ask me, Just once, I'd like to have felt as though it was targeted to average guys like me and my pals. Reading this publication does nothing to motivate me to improve my life.

MEN'S HEALTH would have to be my favourite fitness magazine. The magazine offers articles on health, diet, lifestyle, stress management... (Everything is pretty much covered by this magazine, including fashion and sex life management).

A magazine that targets both the beginner and the advanced reader.

I do not like this magazine, I have tried to like it but find it to full of junk, lot of ads, to few infomation regarding exercise routines and sometimes I found two very different advise of the same thing in the same issue so I am left confused, go at take a look if you like it get a subscription if you don't buy instead Men's Workout or Exercise for Men Only, more stuff in less pages and more to the point.

The magazine has a nice blend of Fitness, Style, Nutrition, Self-Improvement, and Sex related articles. I have been a reader for several years now, and the magazine seems to have improved with time. The only flaw I see is that it is good at everything, and great at nothing.