Author Topic: New MD (Read 5229 times)

pumphard · « **on:** March 31, 2007, 12:25:34 PM »

Anybody checkout the new Muscular Developement mag for this month? They are now using cheaper paper, and its noticeable. It was such a turnoff, that I didn't even purchase it.

youandme · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2007, 12:41:58 PM »

Haha no I'm going to have to go check it out, printing a 600 page advertisement book must be expensive had to switch to the newspaper paper.

columbusdude82 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2007, 12:44:54 PM »

I got the April issue free at the Arnold Expo. Starting this month I will have to go back to paying for my MD's...

240 is Back · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:16:45 PM »

i haven't seen the newest issue. But that would be a drag if quality drops.

flexingtonsteele · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:17:42 PM »

too many f'n advertisements.

columbusdude82 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:31:28 PM »

I love how MD has articles that say that so many supplements out there are pure crap, followed by 20 pages of ads for those same supplements.

And don't get me started on those "special six page ad reports"... No one reads that crap!!!

tu_holmes · « **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:33:30 PM »

Quote from: columbusdude82 on March 31, 2007, 02:31:28 PM

I love how MD has articles that say that so many supplements out there are pure crap, followed by 20 pages of ads for those same supplements.

And don't get me started on those "special six page ad reports"... No one reads that crap!!!

You know what's funny... I just picked up the new issue of MuscleMag with Priest on the cover and they had LESS 6 page special reports than MD did... Which I found funny, because isn't Robert Kennedy a head wig of MuscleTech also?

I found that more than just a little curious.

columbusdude82 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:34:52 PM »

All those mags insult our intelligence in that regard, but there is no BS-free mag out there, so these will have to do...

Pollux · « **Reply #8 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:37:23 PM »

Quote from: pumphard on March 31, 2007, 12:25:34 PM

Anybody checkout the new Muscular Developement mag for this month? They are now using cheaper paper, and its noticeable. It was such a turnoff, that I didn't even purchase it.

Wow! Paper must be really important for you.

youandme · « **Reply #9 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:45:26 PM »

Quote from: columbusdude82 on March 31, 2007, 02:34:52 PM

All those mags insult our intelligence in that regard, but there is no BS-free mag out there, so these will have to do...

Right, Planet Muscle used to be the only non BS magazine out there. Funny how Jeff would always tell the reader how he does not accept advertiser and puts a limit on the number of advertisement allowed in his magazine. Then next year he sated writing about Optimum nutrition, then praised viraloid, and it got out of control. Oh well nothing good last for long

Alex23 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:45:52 PM »

Get the electronic copy.

tu_holmes · « **Reply #11 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:49:00 PM »

Quote from: Alex23 is Back on March 31, 2007, 02:45:52 PM

Get the electronic copy.

I agree... get that shit from zinio, it's a better looking read than what you get from the store... If you get a tablet PC, you can read it page at a time... It's nice.

columbusdude82 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2007, 03:04:53 PM »

In the April issue of MD, page 197, there's an ad with before/after pictures claiming "10% loss in body fat" and"300% increase in size" (emphasis added) in just ten weeks... On page 272 or so, there are before/after pics of Johnny Jackson that are supposedly 6 weeks apart, in which his physique changed tremendously thanks to "Celltech and other Muscletech supplements"...

Couldn't they at least try to make their lies more believable?!

Speaking of ON, as far as I know, they haven't employed this kind of advertising technique, with all the outrageous claims...

pumphard · « **Reply #13 on:** March 31, 2007, 03:45:34 PM »

Quote from: Pollux on March 31, 2007, 02:37:23 PM

Wow! Paper must be really important for you.

Yes, If I'm going to spend 10 bucks on a mag, I want it on nice solid paper with a good gloss on it.

finurface · « **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2007, 04:23:27 PM »

Quote from: pumphard on March 31, 2007, 03:45:34 PM

Yes, If I'm going to spend 10 bucks on a mag, I want it on nice solid paper with a good gloss on it.

first, you must really be stupid to spend money on a "bbinbg" mag.

Matt C · « **Reply #15 on:** March 31, 2007, 04:30:06 PM »

Quote from: columbusdude82 on March 31, 2007, 02:31:28 PM

I love how MD has articles that say that so many supplements out there are pure crap, followed by 20 pages of ads for those same supplements.

And don't get me started on those "special six page ad reports"... No one reads that crap!!!

Actually I was talking about this with someone and he was looking at this in a relative sense: people just beginning to workout may actually like having more ads in a magazine, rather than less. I know when I first got started I spent more time reading the ads than the actual magazine. These days I skip over them though.

pumphard · « **Reply #16 on:** March 31, 2007, 05:13:18 PM »

Quote from: finurface on March 31, 2007, 04:23:27 PM

first, you must really be stupid to spend money on a "bbinbg" mag.

Why?...... you think your Playgirl is a better investment.

IronMagazine.com · « **Reply #17 on:** March 31, 2007, 05:22:06 PM »

MD was a good mag 3-4 years ago, it has gone straight to the shitter, it is about 80% supplement ads now.

Pollux · « **Reply #18 on:** March 31, 2007, 05:35:06 PM »

Quote from: IronMagazine.com on March 31, 2007, 05:22:06 PM

MD was a good mag 3-4 years ago, it has gone straight to the shitter, it is about 80% supplement ads now.

That's what makes it their Biggest Issue Ever!

The Squadfather · « **Reply #19 on:** March 31, 2007, 05:41:00 PM »

Quote from: pumphard on March 31, 2007, 12:25:34 PM

Anybody checkout the new Muscular Developement mag for this month? They are now using cheaper paper, and its noticeable. It was such a turnoff, that I didn't even purchase it.

i never buy mags anymore, i have a Borders half a mile from my house and i sit in a nice comfy chair, read it and put it back.

bigkubby · « **Reply #20 on:** March 31, 2007, 06:06:23 PM »

Quote from: The Squadfather on March 31, 2007, 05:41:00 PM

i never buy mags anymore, i have a Borders half a mile from my house and i sit in a nice comfy chair, read it and put it back.

yea last month was the first time i actually didnt purchase a md magazine im normally excited for the new issue but now with such half rated unproven bodybuilder columns i quit buyin them but i gotta say i miss when lee and cormier were with md now the magazine is full of rookies who havent won a major professional show and now the quality of construction is goin down? bright future ahead of them.

AVBG · « **Reply #21 on:** March 31, 2007, 07:34:54 PM »

I am still awaiting my sub.. The Trey Brewer cover..

gordiano · « **Reply #22 on:** March 31, 2007, 07:35:49 PM »

Quote from: bigkubby on March 31, 2007, 06:06:23 PM

yea last month was the first time i actually didnt purchase a md magazine im normally excited for the new issue but now with such half rated unproven bodybuilder columns i quit buyin them but i gotta say i miss when lee and cormier were with md now the magazine is full of rookies who havent won a major professional show and now the quality of construction is goin down? bright future ahead of them.

Welcome to the club.

I gave up on MD months ago..........

ribonucleic · « **Reply #23 on:** March 31, 2007, 07:43:07 PM »

Quote from: Matt C on March 31, 2007, 04:30:06 PM

people just beginning to workout may actually like having more ads in a magazine, rather than less. I know when I first got started I spent more time reading the ads than the actual magazine.

100% absolutely spot-on.

Great post.

columbusdude82 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 31, 2007, 07:49:33 PM »

Quote from: AVBG on March 31, 2007, 07:34:54 PM

I am still awaiting my sub.. The Trey Brewer cover..

The feature on Trey is good, so is the training article on Evan Centopani. I haven't read much of the rest of the mag...