Men's Journal

Best Aging Athlete to Look up to: Dara Torres, seen here after winning a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Photo originally posted to Flickr Photo credit: Bryan Allison

Our Editors picked the best advancements in workouts, exercise gear, and more.

Best Sex Innovation
Bremelanotide, a drug that’s injected or sprayed up your nose, increases libido in men and women. While it’s not FDA approved, it is available online. Just know that you’re taking it at your own risk.

Best Energy Supplement
FRS, a drink that uses quercetin — a flavanoid found in the skins of fruit — to naturally boost energy without a crash.

Best Training Application for the iPhone
THI Personal Trainer, which taps trainers from pro sports teams to deliver step-by-step video workouts.

Best Hotel Gym
The Hilton overlooking the Orioles Camden Yards, where you can run on a treadmill and watch a live game.

Best Recovery Tip
The contrast shower, alternating hot an cold showers that dilates and contracts your blood vessels, facilitating circulation, a key to recovery.

Best Exercise Discovery
Lifting heavy weights and doing less reps increases bone and joint longevity. This was discovered by NASA, by accident, when they were trying to figure out a way to keep astronauts fit in space.

Best Tip to Live Longer
Having three orgasms a week, certain studies say, floods the body with hormones that increase longevity.

Best Aging Athlete to Look Up To
No, not Brett Favre. Dara Torres, the 41-year-old swimmer who used resistance stretching to help her win three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. Turns out there’s a better way to stretch.

Best “Real Guy” to Look Up To
Ed McCall, who balances making multi-million investments with competitive paddleboarding.

Best News
We don’t have to do sit ups. They injure your back and they’re not effective for creating the washboard abs you crave.

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