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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: dyslexic on April 06, 2015, 03:29:50 PM
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Never seen Muscular Development mag so small in my life.. frickin delusional
This rag has about 178 pages and I have past issues generally around 335 - 400 pages.
No athlete sponsorships and Blechy has the balls to say this:
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why do you actually buy it?
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i bet is still has 175pages of ads, and only 3 pages of bodybuilding info
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I stopped buying that 10years ago man. Bullshit bullshit bullshit
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Bleechman, lol! That little dude with the photoshoped arms. Hey Steve, if you think you're foolin' anyone with that, perhaps you should think that over or make it somewhat believable as we all know
Oh yeah, your mag sucks,
Then end.
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why do you actually buy it?
This, I stopped my subscription 5yrs ago.
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CRAZY guns KILLER legs, plus the ULTIMATE Anabolic Stack :o :o :o
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No Valentino...no reason to even pick it up.
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No Valentino...no reason to even pick it up.
Yes, his baseball rants were so informative and relevant to making me better in the gym. After 5 of his rants, you've read them all.
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No Valentino...no reason to even pick it up.
no anyone from what I've heard....
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Yes, his baseball rants were so informative and relevant to making me better in the gym. After 5 of his rants, you've read them all.
After a paragraph of his rants you spew up from trying to read that typing
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Mags are dead...The Golf industry gives them away when you make a golf purchase. Those fruit cake mags should be free when you buy some fart powder and/or other assorted snake oil...
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The mag has none of the people who made it what it was now.
But even if they had an "all star" lineup, still would not buy it, all the training advice is complete shit and as usual, no real drug talk.
Forums beat the mags anyday.
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I have past issues generally around 335 - 400 pages.
Outed as Neymar Barca
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How many pages are ads?
It's gotta be an off season issue, that can't be the Arnold Classic issue. There was nothing going on in February right.?
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Hey Blechman u sack of shit
Your magazine is fucking garbage
Your content is shit
The pics are shit
Go fuck yourself
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I cannot believe they have to total stupidity to advertise advise on how to use illegal drug which are droppin' BB'ers from the '90's like flies lately. ?????? ???
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They have been on a steep decline - which includes their two other titles - for months now. This issue and it's underwear ad-looking cover is merely a microcosm of The World According To Blechy.
Pages are down as far as editorial and advertising goes and that is a direct indication of failure, the type that is hard to rebound from. Publications have a certain formula of a percentage of full page ads and editorial and when the former does not meet the quota, then the latter has to be cut.
But in the case of Brand X, the editorial that remains pales in comparison to what it was even a few years ago. And that has nothing to do with the overall print industry being down. This is a management issue and allowing people with absolutely zero prior experience be in supervisory positions and having their say become law, for lack of a batter word.
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why do you actually buy it?
Dude....
Did I make any indication that I bought it?
I've bought them in the past, but not since 2014 early in the year.
It's about the size of Men's Fitness... It's just funny. There's a coffee shop at the bookstore and I'm used to seeing his catalog sized mag with all the athletes...bodybuilders, whatever.
It's just funny.
It's going away, obviously, or he's going to change it to some kind of all Muscular Men's Fitness Mag... guaranteed he's schmoeing something up....
or he's gonna have to shut the doors just like everyone else.
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And Who in the hell is on the cover of such skinny pathetic pamphlet ?
They should follow in to Flex mag footsteps featuring Arnold and Dorian on the cover recently ..
..... sells could only get worse with current pros ...
WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH
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You can advertise for free online now or extremely cheap. Magazine ads for low circulation anyway are not worth it. You'd get more advertising from paying Goodram $50 to talk up how your products transformed him on here.
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I was a die hard MD fan back in the early and mid 2000s.
Still the best of all bbing mags but going down hill.
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They have been on a steep decline - which includes their two other titles - for months now. This issue and it's underwear ad-looking cover is merely a microcosm of The World According To Blechy.
Pages are down as far as editorial and advertising goes and that is a direct indication of failure, the type that is hard to rebound from. Publications have a certain formula of a percentage of full page ads and editorial and when the former does not meet the quota, then the latter has to be cut.
But in the case of Brand X, the editorial that remains pales in comparison to what it was even a few years ago. And that has nothing to do with the overall print industry being down. This is a management issue and allowing people with absolutely zero prior experience be in supervisory positions and having their say become law, for lack of a batter word.
I take it you're not a fan of fat Adina then.
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i bet is still has 175pages of ads, and only 3 pages of bodybuilding info
info I am sure that is impossible to find anywhere else,
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Hey Blechman u sack of shit
Your magazine is fucking garbage
Your content is shit
The pics are shit
Go fuck yourself
lool
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And Who in the hell is on the cover of such skinny pathetic pamphlet ?
They should follow in to Flex mag footsteps featuring Arnold and Dorian on the cover recently ..
..... sells could only get worse with current pros ...
WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH
He put a woman on the cover... and had to rationalize why he did it. I don't remember what he said, but it was lame.
Target the babies....
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They will be out of the print business very soon, doesn't mean they are done but the print mag will go away.
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And who the hell buys twinlab supplements these days?
So expensive...
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i bet is still has 175pages of ads, and only 3 pages of bodybuilding info
Bodybuilding info???? Like what haha ;D
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They will be out of the print business very soon, doesn't mean they are done but the print mag will go away.
So it's turning into an Internet schmoe circle jerk forum with some youtube videos that attract a few thousand views. Great business there.
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He put a woman on the cover... and had to rationalize why he did it. I don't remember what he said, but it was lame.
Target the babies....
Call me an Ironager, but the only way a bodybuilding mag can get few $$$ is pushing guys like Sergio,Serge,Lou frank,Dorian on the covers , with tons of pictorials ,and stories from the golden era ....they become instant treasure, collectors issue etc
...Late Rob Kennedy did a "Legends " not long ago, and it did quiet well on sales.
WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHHH
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So it's turning into an Internet schmoe circle jerk forum with some youtube videos that attract a few thousand views. Great business there.
It has changed alot recently and not for the better.
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The bodybuilding magazine business is quickly drying up.
MD hasn't long to go.
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I take it you're not a fan of fat Adina then.
No, I am not, and it is on both a business and personal level. She has single-handedly dismantled what took years to build over there and while we were considered equals with our respective positions at Brand X, she was able to do whatever the fuck she wanted with whoever the fuck she wanted regardless of the cost while I took it up the ass with no staff nor budget.
And I was the one that had prior experience and also was successful in my Brand X position, while she was not. Unfortunately due to a lawyer's gag order sent to me by Professor X when I was giving details of this on my website and radio show, I have to be coy with my posts.
My contention is if you have nothing to hide, then you don't need to have employees sign these type of forms before getting hired and then waive them in their face once they are no longer with the company.
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Call me an Ironager, but the only way a bodybuilding mag can get few $$$ is pushing guys like Sergio,Serge,Lou frank,Dorian on the covers , with tons of pictorials ,and stories from the golden era ....they become instant treasure, collectors issue etc
...Late Rob Kennedy did a "Legends " not long ago, and it did quiet well on sales.
WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHHH
Have to admit, his "Legend" series was a great way for him to go out, even though his demise is sad. That was an awesome idea. I have every one of those in sealed covers.
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Book has sucked since Steve bought it,and it steadily sucked more and moreover the years,and now it truly sucks big huge cock.
THANKS!!
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Book has sucked since Steve bought it,and it steadily sucked more and moreover the years,and now it truly sucks big huge cock.
THANKS!!
I'm in luck then.
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Book has sucked since Steve bought it,and it steadily sucked more and moreover the years,and now it truly sucks big huge cock.
THANKS!!
When Dave and John were running things, that magazine kicked ass. And Robbie kept the right formula there, as well. That outlaw mentality worked and the entire 'No Bull' attitude was a rallying cry for a fan base that felt the same way - bodybuilding is not pretty, so report it for what it is.
But it has not been the same for quite some time and this current issue seems to be that they are kind of at a crossroads. But the path that they have been on for a while has caused enough damage to their readership that putting a freak on the next cover will appear like a reach - and I know that the publishing industry is way ahead and that had already been decided long before the criticism of this issue was publicized.
Appearance is everything and the general public will be scrutinizing their next cover hard. The reason why this thread was started is a perfect example of that.
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Epic empty white trash bag, basic office carpet, and mall kiosk designer knockoff sunglasses.
Oh and cute wrist tat.
Oh brother
Outing pic of peace.
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When Dave and John were running things, that magazine kicked ass. And Robbie kept the right formula there, as well. That outlaw mentality worked and the entire 'No Bull' attitude was a rallying cry for a fan base that felt the same way - bodybuilding is not pretty, so report it for what it is.
But it has not been the same for quite some time and this current issue seems to be that they are kind of at a crossroads. But the path that they have been on for a while has caused enough damage to their readership that putting a freak on the next cover will appear like a reach - and I know that the publishing industry is way ahead and that had already been decided long before the criticism of this issue was publicized.
Appearance is everything and the general public will be scrutinizing their next cover hard. The reason why this thread was started is a perfect example of that.
It was a big loss when Robbie left.
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Bodybuilding mags were all around 80 pages in the 70s, didn't pass the 200 page mark until the mid 90s. There was never any more information in them, just more ads. I have over 2500 mags prior to 1993 but gave up collecting them when they became nothing more than supplement catalogues.
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Bodybuilding mags were all around 80 pages in the 70s, didn't pass the 200 page mark until the mid 90s. There was never any more information in them, just more ads. I have over 2500 mags prior to 1993 but gave up collecting them when they became nothing more than supplement catalogues.
Ads are what makes a business successful and have to be a part of any magazine or website for it to turn a profit. You need to have a formula for pages in each and every issue regarding editorial versus ads and then use that as part of the equation that includes printing costs and - if your magazine is sold on newsstands - distribution.
So while it may have seemed if the additional pages were mostly ads, it was probably more like three or four out of 10.
More importantly, the editorial must be something worth reading. I had the chance to peruse through this Brand X "gem" at a Branes & Noble and it lacks in so many of the areas that made this publication the one to read years ago. In this case, one can judge a book by it's cliche-laden cover.
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When Dave and John were running things, that magazine kicked ass. And Robbie kept the right formula there, as well. That outlaw mentality worked and the entire 'No Bull' attitude was a rallying cry for a fan base that felt the same way - bodybuilding is not pretty, so report it for what it is.
But it has not been the same for quite some time and this current issue seems to be that they are kind of at a crossroads. But the path that they have been on for a while has caused enough damage to their readership that putting a freak on the next cover will appear like a reach - and I know that the publishing industry is way ahead and that had already been decided long before the criticism of this issue was publicized.
Appearance is everything and the general public will be scrutinizing their next cover hard. The reason why this thread was started is a perfect example of that.
Bingo. They should have stayed as a team, but as soon as anyone gets kinda popular, they all wanna do their own thing. Bad mistake, look where it led them.
Had they stayed together, they would not be hurting as much, not to say I'd buy the mag anyway, just no information in there, we all know the stuff is ghost written, so what's the point?
Used to get motivated by pics, but they're all photoshoped so much now, meh...
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It was a big loss when Robbie left.
Fuck, yeah. I was freelancing for them when Robbie was there and he wanted to bring me in for a more permanent role but Blechy blocked it. At the time, he did not allow the person in Robbie's position to form his own crew of people for the magazine, site and show coverage. (For some unknown reason, he has done so with the current online EIC.)
When Robbie left and went to FLEX, he brought me in and I was writing one feature and four columns every issue, as well as being part of their road crew. I only left to go to Brand X a year or so later because Blechy offered me double the money and their office was about a half hour ride for me.
Oddly enough, Robbie and I are working together again with him being a MuscleSport Magazine columnist. I have the utmost respect for Robbie and feel that he brings so much to the table in terms of intelligence and experience.
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Fuck, yeah. I was freelancing for them when Robbie was there and he wanted to bring me in for a more permanent role but Blechy blocked it. At the time, he did not allow the person in Robbie's position to form his own crew of people for the magazine, site and show coverage. (For some unknown reason, he has done so with the current online EIC.)
When Robbie left and went to FLEX, he brought me in and I was writing one feature and four columns every issue, as well as being part of their road crew. I only left to go to Brand X a year or so later because Blechy offered me double the money and their office was about a half hour ride for me.
Oddly enough, Robbie and I are working together again with him being a MuscleSport Magazine columnist. I have the utmost respect for Robbie and feel that he brings so much to the table in terms of intelligence and experience.
Blechman should have let Robbie run things as he knew what he was doing. He is a very hard worker and all round nice guy. I met him at the ny pro in 2009. Joined him a few others for breaky.
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Blechman should have let Robbie run things as he knew what he was doing. He is a very hard worker and all round nice guy. I met him at the ny pro in 2009. Joined him a few others for breaky.
Local Au version is out ;), nice story about Robert Nailon 8)
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Local Au version is out ;), nice story about Robert Nailon 8)
I have to check it out.
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Local Au version is out ;), nice story about Robert Nailon 8)
Omg I just googled him and I found Tbombz in there. :-\
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When Dave and John were running things, that magazine kicked ass. And Robbie kept the right formula there, as well. That outlaw mentality worked and the entire 'No Bull' attitude was a rallying cry for a fan base that felt the same way - bodybuilding is not pretty, so report it for what it is.
But it has not been the same for quite some time and this current issue seems to be that they are kind of at a crossroads. But the path that they have been on for a while has caused enough damage to their readership that putting a freak on the next cover will appear like a reach - and I know that the publishing industry is way ahead and that had already been decided long before the criticism of this issue was publicized.
Appearance is everything and the general public will be scrutinizing their next cover hard. The reason why this thread was started is a perfect example of that.
Hate to tell you this Joe but the magazine would still be in the same position even if Dave and John were around. Simply put, printed publications are going the way of the dinosaur. People nowadays read books on tablets because its more convenient and you can read a lot more.
All print publications from Playboy to Hustler to Ebony Magazine is in severe decline. It won't disappear entirely but there's going to be a lot of nip and tuck in some areas.
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Only retards buy BB mags.
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Only retards buy BB mags.
Lol...
I peruse them when I'm bored in stores.
Other than that, what better place to find out about BBing than GB???
Youtube.....yeah
How about a Bodybuilding ...oops, I mean 'Men's Fitness' show?
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Did MD ever offer "lifetime subscriber" price? MM2K had that back in the day. Imagine buying into that to see the mags become what they have? Fuck...
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Hate to tell you this Joe but the magazine would still be in the same position even if Dave and John were around. Simply put, printed publications are going the way of the dinosaur. People nowadays read books on tablets because its more convenient and you can read a lot more.
All print publications from Playboy to Hustler to Ebony Magazine is in severe decline. It won't disappear entirely but there's going to be a lot of nip and tuck in some areas.
I totally agree with you about the decline of the print industry as a whole. But their entire product has become a shell of its former self. The online portion - especially their forum - went from being a shit-slinging and juice talking fest to what it is now, which is a complete joke run by inexperienced people censoring and filtering out anything that would be worthy of reading.
Yes, I am a publisher of a bodybuilding print magazine, but realize that the online part of the business is the main aspect. My magazine is also available online, but I am really referring to the website itself - articles, videos, photos, forum, podcasts, etc. The magazine is merely a conduit to the site, but it does represent what you are doing overall.
The Dave and John (and Robbie) days included crazy videos, interesting ones, service-oriented and legitimate 'No Bull' content. MD Radio was kicking ass, too. It was the entire theme and flavor that those people gave off and the crew that they had working with them.
What you're getting now are fan boys and girls running it like a fan would and not professional journalists. Leave that shit for newsletters and blogs, not multi-million dollar companies.
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Bingo. They should have stayed as a team, but as soon as anyone gets kinda popular, they all wanna do their own thing. Bad mistake, look where it led them.
Had they stayed together, they would not be hurting as much, not to say I'd buy the mag anyway, just no information in there, we all know the stuff is ghost written, so what's the point?
Used to get motivated by pics, but they're all photoshoped so much now, meh...
sounds like you're talking about the Beatles ;D
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Never seen Muscular Development mag so small in my life.. frickin delusional
This rag has about 178 pages and I have past issues generally around 335 - 400 pages.
No athlete sponsorships and Blechy has the balls to say this:
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it's going to shrink down to nothing.... it was so much better , when i was young, cue eric burdon and the animals...cut out the ads and your lucky if you have 30 pages of actual content.
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it's going to shrink down to nothing.... it was so much better , when i was young, cue eric burdon and the animals...cut out the ads and your lucky if you have 30 pages of actual content.
MD was a Bob Hoffman/York Barbell publication back then, along with Strength & Health.
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sounds like you're talking about the Beatles ;D
So does that make Adina the Yoko Ono character?
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I totally agree with you about the decline of the print industry as a whole. But their entire product has become a shell of its former self. The online portion - especially their forum - went from being a shit-slinging and juice talking fest to what it is now, which is a complete joke run by inexperienced people censoring and filtering out anything that would be worthy of reading.
Yes, I am a publisher of a bodybuilding print magazine, but realize that the online part of the business is the main aspect. My magazine is also available online, but I am really referring to the website itself - articles, videos, photos, forum, podcasts, etc. The magazine is merely a conduit to the site, but it does represent what you are doing overall.
The Dave and John (and Robbie) days included crazy videos, interesting ones, service-oriented and legitimate 'No Bull' content. MD Radio was kicking ass, too. It was the entire theme and flavor that those people gave off and the crew that they had working with them.
What you're getting now are fan boys and girls running it like a fan would and not professional journalists. Leave that shit for newsletters and blogs, not multi-million dollar companies.
Well said.
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Well said.
Thank you.
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He put a woman on the cover... and had to rationalize why he did it. I don't remember what he said, but it was lame.
Target the babies....
Here is Blechy's forum post/editor's letter from the current mini-issue:
NEXT MD COVER SIZZLES
I put sizzling hot Dianna Dahlgren on the cover this month because I wanted to get your attention! I think it worked! This month’s issue is packed with tons of information on getting ripped and building muscle. Getting ripped is the theme of this month’s issue of MD.
Ron Harris gives you the complete nutrition and fat loss plan to get sliced in “Get Ripped in 8 Weeks.” Nick Trumminello gives us the lowdown on why it’s best to focus on strength training and watch your diet instead of doing lots of cardio in “The Science Behind Strength Training for Fat Loss.”
Nothing says “ripped” quite like a shredded midsection. It’s one thing to lose body fat, but when you have a six-pack, you are telling the world you mean business. “Your Ultimate Ab program: 30 Days to Razor Abs” is your master plan to build and carve a midsection that will show the world what you’ve got.
Several of our science departments report on cutting-edge research about shedding body fat while maintaining muscle. Daniel Gwartney, M.D. examines “The Fat Incinerating Powers of Brown Fat” in his Fat Attack column. In Muscle Growth Update Michael J. Rudolph, Ph. D., MD’s Senior Science Editor, looks at “Controlling AMPK and mTOR for Maximal Muscle and Fat Loss.” And “Does Fasted Cardio Maximize Fat Loss?” is the topic of this month’s M.A.X. Muscle Plan by Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CSCS, FNSCA. Dr. Gwartney gives readers “The Ultimate Get Ripped Anabolic Stack” in his Testosterone column. In Supplement Performance, Victor Prisk, M.D. talks about “Fat-Loss Supplements: What Works and What Doesn’t.”
Being big, strong and ripped is something that we truly believe in at MD. The magazine contains more cutting-edge science content on training, nutrition, fat loss, performance-enhancing drugs, bodybuilding science and muscle growth to complement the hardcore feature articles than ever before! We continue to deliver the best bodybuilding magazine in the industry with the best writers and industry experts, and are grateful for your continued support.
In last month’s issue of MD, Dan Solomon presented his findings after polling various industry experts and legends to see who they felt had the best arms of all time. The winner was Lee Priest, and in “How I Built the Best Arms of All Time” Ron Harris tells us how Lee built those massive Priest guns that exuded raw power, and were the epitome of freakish. Lee was outrageous and more so outspoken to a fault, which eventually tanked his pro bodybuilding career. But that shouldn’t negate what he accomplished as a bodybuilder.
A few weeks after Lee Priest won the arm race, MD’s panel of industry legends and experts reconvened to answer the question, “Who Has the Best Legs of All Time?” Eight-time Mr. Olympia Lee Haney had this to say “As far as I’m concerned, there were only two bodybuilders that possessed the greatest legs of all time. Tom Platz and Paul DeMayo. The rest is eeny, meeny, miny, moe.” The results of Dan Solomon’s special report is in this month.
In the 80’s, when he was in his competitive prime, Tom Platz was the most popular bodybuilder in the world. He was hailed as the uncrowned Mr. Olympia and the People’s Champion. In this month’s MD, Tom Platz is voted to have the best legs of all time, of any bodybuilder who ever stepped on a stage. In “Tom Platz: the Pride and the Passion,” an exclusive interview with Peter McGough the most inspirational bodybuilder ever talks about his unique time and place in the sport.
The rest of the book is packed to the binder as usual – making MD your one-stop, most authoritative source for optimizing muscular development with the latest cutting-edge research on training, nutrition, fat loss, performance-enhancing drugs, muscle growth and bodybuilding science – and exclusive information from the industry experts, insiders and bodybuilding legends who make it all happen. See you next month!