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How to get the most out of your gym membership
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/ 18 January 2019

How to get the most out of your gym membership

Finally, go where you’ve always feared to tread at the gym with these four tips.

By Neil Gibson
Gym is post-festive self-torture
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/ 12 January 2017

Gym is post-festive self-torture

’Tis the season for shedding muffin tops, as society piles on the pressure for us to parade a perfect body.

By Carl Collison
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/ 9 October 2015

[From our archives] Bigger biceps aren’t always better

Men’s quest for the perfect body has reached the ‘bigorexia’ tipping point.

By Ina Skosana
Notes to selfie
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/ 23 December 2014

Notes to selfie

Richard Poplak on a day in the life of a modern-day narcissist.

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Frankie’s gym: Addicts, gangsters welcome
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/ 23 August 2013

Frankie’s gym: Addicts, gangsters welcome

The incredible story of Frank Hendricks who is changing the lives of gangsters and drug addicts in his community with his backyard gym.

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