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Title: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: pumphard on May 08, 2006, 01:09:27 PM
Which bb magazine do you guys think is the best one out there?  How's Planet Muscle, is it worth buying?
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: michael arvilla on May 08, 2006, 01:10:26 PM
There is only one good one

Muscular Developement
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: gordiano on May 08, 2006, 01:10:55 PM
MD.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: pumphard on May 08, 2006, 01:18:07 PM
How about the two newer ones, one is Planet muscle, I forgot the second one?
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: onlyme on May 08, 2006, 01:22:42 PM
Planet Muscle is very good.  Jeff has no outside influences on his writings.  He writes it like it is.  He s very knowledgable in this industry.  His magazine has really grown over the last few years
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: pumphard on May 08, 2006, 01:24:22 PM
Does he own Beverley Nutrition?
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 08, 2006, 01:30:12 PM
I never seen Planet Muscle ???
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Karl Kox on May 08, 2006, 01:42:21 PM
MD RULES !!!!!!!!!!!







JUst not as much as it used too.



I must say that there contest coverage latly has not been what it used to be. The Arnold pics this past issue sucked comparied to last year.  And the Olympia coverage sucked as well
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 08, 2006, 01:45:10 PM
I was gonna buy the new MD but like KK said it sucked and wasn't worth buying in my opinion. :-\
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Deadpool on May 08, 2006, 01:47:47 PM
I like MD

women's physique world used to be good, haven't seen it in a while
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Dnizneer on May 08, 2006, 01:49:48 PM
MD
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Karl Kox on May 08, 2006, 01:51:25 PM
I was gonna buy the new MD but like KK said it sucked and wasn't worth buying in my opinion. :-\


WeLL I collect them so even if they suck I buy them.

One thing that gets me is Palumbo's Anibolic Freak is starting to suck.  I could care less about seeing pics of guys in jail.  Hello they are in jail here.
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Post by: hillbilly on May 08, 2006, 01:53:24 PM
MD all the way!

only thing is i cant get it in the UK anymore without goin into central london  >:(
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Post by: onlyme on May 08, 2006, 01:55:38 PM
I never seen Planet Muscle ???

No he doesn't own them but he does do allot with them.  Beverly is about the best quality products you can buy.  They have been around the longest and every top pro takes Beverly including Ronnie.  Roger and Sandy are great people and support BB 100%.  They don't lie on ads and just deliver a great product.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: pumphard on May 08, 2006, 01:57:50 PM
No he doesn't own them but he does do allot with them.  Beverly is about the best quality products you can buy.  They have been around the longest and every top pro takes Beverly including Ronnie.  Roger and Sandy are great people and support BB 100%.  They don't lie on ads and just deliver a great product.

Any specific product of their's u recommend?  what is their website.....?
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 08, 2006, 01:59:27 PM
I have subcriptions to Flex and M&F and they have like no posters anymore, posters are like the reason i signed up for Flex cause they always had them but now you just get like 2 calenders a year and maybe 1-2 other posters:-\
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Dingleberry on May 08, 2006, 02:05:16 PM
No he doesn't own them but he does do allot with them.  Beverly is about the best quality products you can buy.  They have been around the longest and every top pro takes Beverly including Ronnie.  Roger and Sandy are great people and support BB 100%.  They don't lie on ads and just deliver a great product.

I agree with this, the only problem is they are rather pricey. The amount of protein I consume in a day would put me in the poor house if I bought strictly Beverly.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Blockhead on May 08, 2006, 02:05:46 PM
 I'd go with MD.

 I have to admit though...I'm getting a little bit jaded w/ MD. I used to be really geeked about getting the new issue now I can take it or leave it. My gripes with MD now is the 'Q/A' with the PROS...besides Charles Glass and Dave Palumbo...I take what everyone els has to say w/ a grain of salt. Lee Priest is the only pro's column I respect...definitley not Gustavo's crap.

 Ramblin Freak is getting boring...his fictional girlfriend Mercedes and the whole ghetto piggy girl credit card my limp dick stuff is tired.

 As w/ all BB mags I may pick up...before I comb through it I tear aout all the MuscleTech ads...then it makes it more enjoyable and easier to read.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Deadpool on May 08, 2006, 02:07:16 PM
those muscletech ads, seems like they make up the bulk of MuscleMag.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Dingleberry on May 08, 2006, 02:08:00 PM
those muscletech ads, seems like they make up the bulk of MuscleMag.

Same with MD, Flex, etc.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Crusher on May 08, 2006, 02:12:00 PM
This has always been, and forever will be a STUPID thread!!!
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: onlyme on May 08, 2006, 02:13:53 PM
I agree with this, the only problem is they are rather pricey. The amount of protein I consume in a day would put me in the poor house if I bought strictly Beverly.

Yes that is the problem they have.  And that is a major reason why you don't see them in allot of stores.  Their margins are so small it really isn't worth a store to carry them.  I had allot of there products in my store on Oahu and they sold very well.  I got a good price for them though.  All their proteins are top of the line.  You can a can of Muscle Provider on Ronnies countertop in one of his videos.  Their Liver Tabs are best ever made.  Very concentrated.  Thise are priced very good for how many you get and the strength.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: pumphard on May 08, 2006, 02:28:18 PM
How about Ironman magazine?  What do u all think about this mag?
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: HERACLES on May 08, 2006, 03:25:44 PM
I find those little comic in MD - especially he slightly X rated ones funny.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: gordiano on May 08, 2006, 04:11:24 PM

WeLL I collect them so even if they suck I buy them.

One thing that gets me is Palumbo's Anibolic Freak is starting to suck.  I could care less about seeing pics of guys in jail.  Hello they are in jail here.

Same shit every month. It's like 2/3 of his column is dedicated to the felons.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: amoney86 on May 08, 2006, 04:11:56 PM
MD..
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Post by: 3Dkiller on May 08, 2006, 04:12:11 PM
make a poll so we can vote
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: WOOO on May 08, 2006, 04:15:02 PM
sadly it is MD
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Blockhead on May 08, 2006, 04:16:52 PM
 I dont have much of a problem w/ Palumbos columd despite the prison bodies...at least its educational.

 I have a problem w/ Hanys writings...OMG its embarrassing...I'll never forget when he wrote in reference to Ronnie...'...mountain of ebony muscle'. hahaha! Dork!

 Gustavos self proclamation of his greatness is tired and insulting. Hearing diet/cardio advice from Dexter/Dave Henry is an oxymoron. I wish Chad/Hany would keep it real w/ Q/A...real advice from real questions like Charles Glass does...despite his MuscleTech plugs.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: gordiano on May 08, 2006, 04:34:37 PM
I dont have much of a problem w/ Palumbos columd despite the prison bodies...at least its educational.

 I have a problem w/ Hanys writings...OMG its embarrassing...I'll never forget when he wrote in reference to Ronnie...'...mountain of ebony muscle'. hahaha! Dork!

 Gustavos self proclamation of his greatness is tired and insulting. Hearing diet/cardio advice from Dexter/Dave Henry is an oxymoron. I wish Chad/Hany would keep it real w/ Q/A...real advice from real questions like Charles Glass does...despite his MuscleTech plugs.

Sadly, MD is the best. But that ins't saying much. You're right. Gustavo's column is nothing but a complete stroke job to himself. I do enjoy reading Dexter's column, if only so I can laugh every time he calls himself a pro athlete. Hany is a joke. Just do Ronnie already and get it over with.  Ron Harris is such a kiss ass, and it seems like 2/3 of the mag is written by him. They really need at least another writer.  Oh btw, it's that time of year again. Weekend at Ronnie's review. Get ready for 8 weeks of the same shit from Harris.


I do enjoy Charless Glass. Dude is smart and very knowledgeable. Despite the plugs, he doesn't come off as a jackass. Valvolino, well, that shit has ran its course. I don't know how many times you can write the same exact fucking column and just change the shout outs., without getting pulled from the mag. Great move Blechman.  ::)

Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Deadpool on May 08, 2006, 04:36:11 PM
Valentino was funny for a while, I haven't picked up the magazine lately
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: pumphard on May 08, 2006, 04:44:57 PM
make a poll so we can vote
How do you do that?
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Deadpool on May 08, 2006, 04:47:00 PM
MD is the best (dont see it too much in Aust. >:( ) .. Musclemag is a Muscletech infomercial.



yes, that's exactly what it is.  I don't see women's physique world anymore, I wonder if they still publish it.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Blockhead on May 08, 2006, 04:56:22 PM

 I agree with you Gordiano...

 It's obvious how much Hany wants a piece of that 'ebony muscle' as is Ronnie.

 Gustavo's self-stroking babbling is really really boring. I laugh when Dexter tells us how to do cardio/ab work...it doesnt apply to real people with real genetics!! Same w/ Dave Henry. The whole 'I got food poisoning thing right before the show' tale isnt selling with me at all...

 Right, the 'Train w/ Ronnie weekend' will take up 6 months of space. Gregg Valentinos really has nothing to say anymore...the whole 'wooof, its getting hot in hear...I hope she doesnt read this...shes a ghetto pig...sorry baby, I love you heres my credit card, I was singing britney spears...oh no I mean metallica...woof, I need to jerk off okay Im back where was I, oh yes...mercedes and my dick markus' SUCKS! If I was 13 I might find that entertaining...but it sucks!!!

 Also...since finding getbig.com I get all the scoop as it happens not 3 months later. We shoul take a poll on who the next pro BB who MD will drop...my money is on Cook or Cormier.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: 240 is Back on May 08, 2006, 05:00:01 PM
I couldn't decide this month.  I almost bought MD.  But then I saw Playgirl and bought it because it was LESS GAY.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Blockhead on May 08, 2006, 05:02:33 PM

 240,

 Was everybody's favorite gay for pay synthol filled toupee wearing freak in it this month??? Cuz if he is...I'll go pick it up right now...7-11 is right down the street!!!
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: 240 is Back on May 08, 2006, 05:04:28 PM
240,

 Was everybody's favorite gay for pay synthol filled toupee wearing freak in it this month??? Cuz if he is...I'll go pick it up right now...7-11 is right down the street!!!

Adam Reich? 

Yes.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Blockhead on May 08, 2006, 05:08:09 PM

 Hahahahahaha!!!

  No no no...you misunderstood...I didnt say ' gay for pay I have a head big enough for ad-space with a haircut like 'Kid', freak..."

 I was refering to DA...

Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: thisiskeith12 on May 08, 2006, 05:13:28 PM
Hahahahahaha!!!

  No no no...you misunderstood...I didnt say ' gay for pay I have a head big enough for ad-space with a haircut like 'Kid', freak..."

 I was refering to DA...



They both are rowing in the same boat. Adam can get all the good advice possible from people on this board but he is going to throw his life away by getting involved with the bad things that will end up hurting him.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: gordiano on May 08, 2006, 05:24:31 PM
I agree with you Gordiano...

 It's obvious how much Hany wants a piece of that 'ebony muscle' as is Ronnie.

 Gustavo's self-stroking babbling is really really boring. I laugh when Dexter tells us how to do cardio/ab work...it doesnt apply to real people with real genetics!! Same w/ Dave Henry. The whole 'I got food poisoning thing right before the show' tale isnt selling with me at all...

 Right, the 'Train w/ Ronnie weekend' will take up 6 months of space. Gregg Valentinos really has nothing to say anymore...the whole 'wooof, its getting hot in hear...I hope she doesnt read this...shes a ghetto pig...sorry baby, I love you heres my credit card, I was singing britney spears...oh no I mean metallica...woof, I need to jerk off okay Im back where was I, oh yes...mercedes and my dick markus' SUCKS! If I was 13 I might find that entertaining...but it sucks!!!

 Also...since finding getbig.com I get all the scoop as it happens not 3 months later. We shoul take a poll on who the next pro BB who MD will drop...my money is on Cook or Cormier.

I find David Henry to be more tolerable while using these..........

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=70508.0;attach=77741;image)
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Blockhead on May 08, 2006, 05:28:40 PM

 Hahaha! There you go!

 Remember how awful Mat Duval's column was? It was trecherous to read. Holy crap!
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: phyxsius on May 08, 2006, 05:29:30 PM
What is MD? Flex? Planet Fitness?


I only read Penthouse and Playboy
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: mizmo on May 08, 2006, 07:34:15 PM
The mags are all owned by supp companies,or the other way around...  MuscleMag is owned by  Muscletech....Muscular Development is twinlab.. ironman...muscle link   flex..weider.

Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: pumphard on May 08, 2006, 07:41:05 PM
The mags are all owned by supp companies,or the other way around...  MuscleMag is owned by  Muscletech....Muscular Development is twinlab.. ironman...muscle link   flex..weider.


Your off buddy!  MD doesn't own Twinlab, Flex doesn't own Weider, not sure about Ironman.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: mizmo on May 08, 2006, 08:15:35 PM
Its the other way around,the company that owns twinlab prints md and weider  owns flex.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: gordiano on May 08, 2006, 08:49:41 PM
I forgot to mention, but Penile Development and Aging Thug are pretty good mags. Also, Fat Bastard is a good pick if you wanna "bulk" up.


Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Crusher on May 08, 2006, 09:02:44 PM
MD is owned by Advance Research Press, which has been wholly owned by Steve Blechaman since buying it from Twin Lab in 2001, the year he resigned from Twinlab. 

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: the shadow on May 08, 2006, 11:46:59 PM
i think so flex magazine is the best ever.the photos in flex magazines r mind blowing and i don't give a shit if any 1 says they repeat their articles over and over cuz i don't care if they repeat their articles.their contest coverage is the best ever. and FLEX MAGAZINE RULZ...and also their training articles r informative.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Cara from MD on May 09, 2006, 07:58:55 AM
Branch Warren loves MD  ;D
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: Lift Studios on May 09, 2006, 08:54:23 AM
MD might have more readers if the magazine was designed with them in mind. Hundreds of pages set with white type on black ??? Design 101 - don't have reversed type for your entire magazine.  :o
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: amoney86 on May 09, 2006, 08:56:25 AM
doesnt bother me at all.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: gordiano on May 09, 2006, 08:56:42 AM
MD might have more readers if the magazine was designed with them in mind. Hundreds of pages set with white type on black ??? Design 101 - don't have reversed type for your entire magazine.  :o

I have to agree with you on that. White on black is awful.
Title: Re: Best Bodybuilding Mag.
Post by: blondmusclhunk on May 09, 2006, 08:59:25 AM
Im so sick of those muscletech ads!!
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Post by: gordiano on May 09, 2006, 09:06:35 AM
Im so sick of those muscletech ads!!

My favorite ones right now:

David Henry adds 1,000,000 lbs of muscle using MT products.

Was Branch Warren Robbed?

And who could forget the always informative MT research and development team articles...... ::)