Richard Dorment
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 11
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Menshealth
- Top 5K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 10, 2026
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I Hiked with a £1,700 Robotic Exoskeleton – Here's What it Did to My Legs, Power and Fatigue (opens the original)
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This is what happens when you strap into the Hyper shell X Ultra exoskeleton. You buckle a small, hard lumbar pack around your waist – the battery sits there, along with your body's centre of gravity – while two motorised discs roughly the size of soft drink cans sit on your hips, each connected to an articulated brace that extends down to just above your knees. Strap the braces into place, power up the device and take a step into the semi-bionic future of your childhood dreams. Not dramatically
What Happens When You Let a Robot Help You Hike? (opens the original)
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This column first appeared in the Men’s Health email newsletter. The Optimized Man is a biweekly series from our editorial director as he tries out the latest, greatest, and weirdest health and wellness innovations so you don’t have to. Sign up here to get the next one. THIS IS WHAT happens when you strap into the Hypershell X Ultra exoskeleton. You buckle a small, hard lumbar pack around your waist—the battery lives there, along with your body’s center of gravity—and two motorized discs the siz
What Happened When I Put My Own Stem Cell Secretions on My Face (opens the original)
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The Optimized Man is a biweekly email column from our editorial director as he tries out the latest, greatest, and weirdest health and wellness innovations so you don’t have to. Sign up here to get the next one. I HAVE, AT this moment, a small blue vial in my refrigerator that contains what I can only describe as a liquid distillation of the best version of my own biology. (It’s behind last night’s leftovers, next to a jar of mustard. Can’t miss it.) It’s called a secretome, and it’s made up of
He Put Brain-Reading Earbuds in Before Bed. Here’s What Happened. (opens the original)
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The Optimized Man is a biweekly email column from our editorial director as he tries out the latest, greatest, and weirdest health and wellness innovations so you don’t have to. Sign up here to get the next one. I’ll be lying there sleeping, with my eye mask on and my mouth taped shut, when I start to hear them. They’re faint tones, subtle beeps, maybe closer to taps. The exact texture of the sounds escapes me, but I hear them and fully understand what they mean. Remember, though: I am not awake
'I Microdosed a GLP-1 for 3 Months Without Needing to Lose Weight – Here’s What Changed' (opens the original)
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In the past two weeks alone, I’ve been encouraged to microdose the following: psilocybin for lightening my mood; Accutane for shrinking my oil glands (and, supposedly, my pores); doxycycline for treating my rosacea; and plyometric jumps for supercharging – apparently even shortening – the objectively worst day at the gym. I’m generally happy to humour people when they tell me how to optimise my body or my mind, but there are limits to what I’m willing to do. Some light tripping on my daily commu
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