Author Topic: What do you guys want in a bodybuilding magazine? (Read 2288 times)

GHGut · « **on:** March 16, 2007, 08:27:46 PM »

Periodically someone starts a thread here asking what magazines people read and most people use it as an opportunity to bash existing magazines.

So let me ask...what do you guys want from a magazine that the current mags might not be giving you at this moment?

I'm gonna guess contest coverage and gossip isn't all that important becase the internet gets it to you YESTERDAY and the mags get it to you 2-3 months after the fact.

CARTEL · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:29:53 PM »

Fitness hos and plenty of them.

Buttsuck · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:31:47 PM »

Quote from: CARTEL on March 16, 2007, 08:29:53 PM

Fitness hos and plenty of them.

Go buy a porn magazine dipshit

Ozzy · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:34:19 PM »

How about more timely publishing?

Cause I love reading about the Olympia or Arnold Classic 2 months after the show.

CARTEL · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:35:11 PM »

Quote from: Buttsuck on March 16, 2007, 08:31:47 PM

Go buy a porn magazine dipshit

You buy gay porn. Nice pics of Ronnie in some booty shorts working out.

Go suck on Adonis' ass slim jim.

Buttsuck · « **Reply #5 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:40:38 PM »

Quote from: CARTEL on March 16, 2007, 08:35:11 PM

You buy gay porn. Nice pics of Ronnie in some booty shorts working out.

Go suck on Adonis' ass slim jim.

Brilliant!!

beatmaster · « **Reply #6 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:45:36 PM »

remove the ads

GHGut · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:45:48 PM »

Quote from: Ozzy on March 16, 2007, 08:34:19 PM

How about more timely publishing?

Cause I love reading about the Olympia or Arnold Classic 2 months after the show.

The soonest a magazine seems to be able to get contest coverage out is a month and a half after the fact if not longer. Certain magazines go to print on the first but don't hit newsstands until the 27th or so. So if contest coverage is going to be 2-3 months after the fact, do you still want to see it?

GHGut · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:46:33 PM »

Quote from: beatmaster on March 16, 2007, 08:45:36 PM

remove the ads

Would you guys be willing to pay $15-20 for a single issue sans advertisements? What if it was a quarterly?

beatmaster · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:48:58 PM »

of course i will, i know its impossible to remove all the has cause they need to make money, but they can remove all the bullshit ads........... damn there will be nothing left $:-\$

Buttsuck · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:50:52 PM »

They shouldn't recycle the same garbage over and over. I really like the questions section for pros in MD's magazine and i like little tid bit articles about what nutrients are good for you and what recent studies are showing etc... without all the shit and filth. I think the language in MD's mag is a bit much. They try to hard to be hardcore and they always over hype shitty physiques. I don't mind the advertisments too much though. They make excellent toilet paper.

GHGut · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:54:08 PM »

Quote from: Buttsuck on March 16, 2007, 08:50:52 PM

They shouldn't recycle the same garbage over and over. I really like the questions section for pros in MD's magazine and i like little tid bit articles about what nutrients are good for you and what recent studies are showing etc... without all the shit and filth. I think the language in MD's mag is a bit much. They try to hard to be hardcore and they always over hype shitty physiques. I don't mind the advertisments too much though. They make excellent toilet paper.

Do you ever get bored of reading what so-and-so supposedly does for biceps or chest every month? I say supposedly because most of the guys in the magazines don't write their own columns. They call them in to a writer who writes them up, dresses them up, or when so-and-so turns out not to be reliable about deadlines, makes them up. Personally I'd rather see different athletes answering different questions every month.

Buttsuck · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:59:05 PM »

Quote from: GHGut on March 16, 2007, 08:54:08 PM

Do you ever get bored of reading what so-and-so supposedly does for biceps or chest every month? I say supposedly because most of the guys in the magazines don't write their own columns. They call them in to a writer who writes them up, dresses them up, or when so-and-so turns out not to be reliable about deadlines, makes them up. Personally I'd rather see different athletes answering different questions every month.

Thats what i am talking about. I like the mail in questions from readers to the pros. Very entertaining to read in my opinion.

Captain Equipoise · « **Reply #13 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:03:06 PM »

You know what would sell real number as far as mags go?.. the fucking TRUTH..
real honest shit, diets, stacks, workouts.. not exaggerated b.s like FLEX.. but real world truth.

also, I think contest coverage is a waste of paper in mags.. nobody that buy mags really cares.

Buttsuck · « **Reply #14 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:12:53 PM »

Quote from: Captain Equipoise on March 16, 2007, 09:03:06 PM

You know what would sell real number as far as mags go?.. the fucking TRUTH..
real honest shit, diets, stacks, workouts.. not exaggerated b.s like FLEX.. but real world truth.

also, I think contest coverage is a waste of paper in mags.. nobody that buy mags really cares.

That too... They should go in depth about health problems and inform the public.

chainsaw · « **Reply #15 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:19:55 PM »

Quote from: beatmaster on March 16, 2007, 08:45:36 PM

remove the ads

Yeah, cut them down,

And stop repeating articles in Flex from Muscle and Fitness from months earlier.
Every magazine is a recycle. There is hardly anything new, and when 1 new study comes out, they say it is gospel and don't wait for other ones comes reprove their theories.

Ozzy · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:25:32 PM »

I got my first issue of Musclemag and I enjoyed the training articles.

But it seemed like there were a lot of "SPECIAL 4 PAGE AD ALERT" and that garbage.

240 is Back · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:47:20 PM »

i just got kaged tonight. pwns just about anything out there.

GoneAway · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2007, 10:16:11 PM »

Training tips, uncensored articles from any given pro, contest coverage (pics, review, backstage info, comments from pros), nutrition tips, upcoming 'stars' section where it previews guys from NPC or new pros, less product advertisements.

amoney86 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 16, 2007, 10:39:42 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on March 16, 2007, 09:47:20 PM

i just got kaged tonight. pwns just about anything out there.

Im not saying it doesnt but you do design the web page lol.

240 is Back · « **Reply #20 on:** March 16, 2007, 10:41:41 PM »

Quote from: amoney86 on March 16, 2007, 10:39:42 PM

Im not saying it doesnt but you do design the web page lol.

lol yeah, so i'm obviously biased. but it's very cool to see a BBing mag not by one of the big companies. I wish there were 10 or 20 small bodybuilding mags popping up each year - keeps things new and keeps the big mags on their toes.

amoney86 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 16, 2007, 11:12:38 PM »

Is kaged at any retailers yet or just online?

G o a t b o y · « **Reply #22 on:** March 16, 2007, 11:18:41 PM »

Quote from: GHGut on March 16, 2007, 08:27:46 PM

So let me ask...what do you guys want from a magazine that the current mags might not be giving you at this moment?

I'm gonna guess contest coverage and gossip isn't all that important becase the internet gets it to you YESTERDAY and the mags get it to you 2-3 months after the fact.

Contest coverage and gossip were the entire point of the magazines. The internet has taken away their reason for existing. The only people who still buy them are fags needing spank material and kids dumb enough to think they can get useful advice on how to get "hyooooooge" from them.