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Boogie Fights

Mark Wahlberg is featured on the cover of Men's Health (June 2008). It's interesting to me that his cover line is, "C'mon, man, take a swing!" and that he's photographed in a boxing ring given his propensity for beating people up:

Strapping Jocks

Fencer Aldo Montano is the hot coverguy on Italian Men's Health (Maggio 2008):

He also poses with fellow athletes Andrew Howe Besozzi and Filippo Magnini:

The same issue offers these hot jocks:

Nacho Polo

Sultry Nacho Figueras is the coverstar of Ocean Drive En Espanol (Abril 2008). He's an Argentine polo player who, to my eye, appears to be a thoroughbred:

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Also, check out Argentine popstar Martin Ricca (from here) while we're at it:

Two more of him after the jump, too...

Do Or Diet

Men's Health has a great, pocket-sized nutrition book out called Men's Health Celebrity Diet Secrets 2008. Yes, men diet, too! Actually, the best way to watch your weight is to carry around a book full of half-naked pictures of the likes of Ryan Reynolds, The Rock, Mike Vogel, Jason Statham, Matthew McConaughey and...

Gerard Butler:

...and Brady Quinn:

And for those of you keeping score at home, I've lost 22.5 pounds since January. Though I might be backsliding a hair with my sister visiting and so many restaurant visits. But only a hair!

Guydar: Arm-y Dreamers

Countless more after the jump...

Musculo Relaxant

Nice cover on Men's Health En Español (April 2008)—guapo! Inside, there's a repeat of that Matt McConaughey spread that has appeared in the U.S. and U.K. editions, but it includes this shot, which I had not seen:

Also, I loved this illustration for an article on overachievers who don't sleep. (Note: I'm posting this around midnight on a Sunday.)

The U.S. edition of Men's Health (May 2008) features Lost star Matthew Fox:

After the jump, several Matt Fox shots, plus much more from this issue of Men's Health...

Make 30-Love To The Camera

Tennisballer Novak Djokovic shows off some Gucci threads in GQ (May 2008). Shooter Alex Lubomirksi's work is a net gain:

Two more after the jump...

Chasin' Jason

Jason Lewis graces the cover of Men's Fitness (May 2008), granting only a few covered-up photos. The most you get to see is his feet. It's like a day at the beach in the 1890s. But he's still cute, of course, and has this to say about paparazzi:

"I think it's a weird, fucked-up thing to do. Photography's a beautiful art, but hunting and being a vulture isn't. Yeah, we all need money, but we all make conscious decisions about how we go there. I'm not selling small children into the slave market, I'm not dealing drugs and I'm not a paparazzo."

Kind of an overstatement. (And is slavery okay if the children are large?)

One more shot of Jason after the jump...

Health Platter

Men's Health: Best Life (May 2008) has Laird Hamilton on the cover, but he looks even Men's Healthier on the inside. The eye-catching pull-quote is:

"When you're training, you eat better, sleep better, think better, and have better sex."

Speaking of Men's Health, the Italian edition (Aprile 2008) has handsome racecar driver Nelson Piquet Jr.:

And then there is Men's Health's British Edition (April 2008), which has a really explicit lay-out proposing various places to seduce your chick to get the maximum results. Like straight men read this stuff:

Surfer's Up

From OK! (April 14, 2008), Koby Abberton is a surfer who stars in a documentary called Bra Boys narrated by Russell Crowe. "I treat people the way I like to be treated," he says. Great, that means he's versatile.