Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I USED to love reading this magazine from cover to cover.
Yes, a year or two ago to anyone that is seriously into following healthy eating habits and getting the best coverage on fittness, I would have pointed to Men's Health w/no hesitation. I always try to explain to my friends that reading Flex and other muclebound magazines that feature roid pumped BB with their unrealistic exercise regimens is a waste of time. But now I don't necessarily direct them to MH because it has fallen off. At first I didn't mind the articles about fashion and etiquette, who can't use a tip on those categories! But everyday more space is wasted on nonsense articles that have less to do with fitness or nutrition. Now don't get me wrong, I still like the magazine. And to be honest you still get some good information from it, matter of fact it is still a bargain for the price of the subscribtion. But time is money and I have too many things going on in my life for me to read MH. I recommend Men's Fitness...it does what MH used to do and it is even more practical than MH ever was. And that is what I need now a days, info that I can put to use...not a feature on briefs/boxers or sex secrets.
Rating:  - Better For Both Sexes
Men's Health is practical, entertaining and unapologetic for its views (anti-pc or not...!). Its articles are always fresh and innovative. As a woman, I buy this magazine for laughs but also for the really practical fitness tips inside--things that other 'Women's Health' magazines cannot provide without adding horrible bits of fluff and strange alliterative phrases like, "sporty spunks" (i.e. hot guys)or "babe-me-over beauty contest" (erm, stop it). Men's health is humorous, its writers are always working to find a different perspective, and there's a balance between fantasy and real-life in its articles. I'd buy this magazine for my father, my mother, my boyfriend, my brother, my sister etc. I'm sure more women are buying this magazine than are letting on.
Rating:  - Not as good as it used to be
I don't know if it's that my weight lifting has taken me to more of an advanced stage, but I no longer find myself as eager to dive into "Men's Health" each month as I used to be. The magazine has changed somewhat over the years. Sure it still has some good articles about training, and so on. In fact, it has just about everything "Playboy" has going for it, except the nude pictorials and fiction. But "Men's Health" has become a little bland. It is not aimed at hardcore weight lifters, and often of late it seems to be aimed at people in the upper echelon of subscribers, pushing high-priced gear and clothing that someone who works in the real world may not be able to buy. The magazine's publishers used to point with pride to the fact that they were based in rural Pennsylvania and as a result in touch with the average man. You don't get that feeling anymore. Also, some of what they tell you has to be taken with a grain of salt. Little training tips they'll drop in may have merit, but need to be part of a much larger picture. Doing a squat will help get larger legs, but there's more to it than that, and sometimes in the interest of brevity, the magazine falls short. Still, you'll find a lot of interest in each issue. Here's hoping it will one day be a five-star magazine again.
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