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[ScottWelch]

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[mikediesel]

Naked B1tches
More Gear Talk
Less Ads
More stories on the stupidity of pros
Naked B1tches

[chris_mason]

Include some coverage of strength sports.  Iron Man should cover all aspects of the iron game as Peary Rader did from the beginning. 

[The Coach]

More ads and half naked women



J/K

[Matt C]

The magazine is fine.  Print magazines are on their way to death.  Just let it be.

This reminds me of those posts where people ask how to make bodybuilding marketable.  As if people believe there is anything that can be done. 

[LatsMcGee]

Less ads.  Bring back Larry Scott's column. 

[timfogarty]

staple down the center (that is, make it 120 pages or less), fewer ads, more photos of up and coming amateurs, more contest coverage, including non-IFBB and NPC events, coverage of other strength and fitness events.

[gordiano]

The magazine is fine.  Print magazines are on their way to death.  Just let it be.

This reminds me of those posts where people ask how to make bodybuilding marketable.  As if people believe there is anything that can be done. 

You mean there's no demand by the masses, for man in thongs?

[Max_Rep]

If you had the chance to improve any aspect of Iron Man to make it a better mag, what would you do to improve it?  I'm meeting with the owner John Balik this week and I would love to collect your constructive feedback and pass it on to him as he's always looking for ways to improve his magazine.

Thanks guys,
Scott Welch

I've already met with John Balik last week and discussed this.

[AVBG]

- Improvement is needed in the contest coverage.


-Move away from the men's health style of articles.

- More articles from Rob Thoburn.

- More new photo's, the mag has used to death it's 90's libraries.

- Interactive info with it's website is the way to go.

[kyomu]

You can get rid of all the fitness models and put freaky mass monsters only instead.
If I want to see some hot chic,i prefer to buy some porno mags.

[funk51]

sell it back to peary rader, he knew how to put out a quality mag. too bad he's dead so i guess they should just fold it.

[kyomu]

Wow. The guy is huge. Are there gear already or natural?

[War-Horse]

staple down the center (that is, make it 120 pages or less), fewer ads, more photos of up and coming amateurs, more contest coverage, including non-IFBB and NPC events, coverage of other strength and fitness events.

Yeah return it to its roots, with peary rader.....cover powerlifting, calisthenic workouts, look back in history of mag to make it stand out....

In fact there is a big part of the sport that is older now and would love to see old articles from past re-published.........the old mags from the 50's 60's 70's.  This is agreat idea!!!!   And return it to original size too, these are thinga that would catch on in a hurry.   Most guys want the good ol days back,,,,,,

[tommywishbone]

Tits.

[Mars]

if you want girls in a bbing mag just buy a porn mag.

[Stavios]

You guys need to change everything.
Seriously, that's the last mag that I would read

if I had to buy a Mag, it would be Flex, then MD, then MuscleMag, only then I would buy an Ironman Mag.

The magazine needs more contest coverage/bodybuilding talk

[technokc]

YES!  Or this pic without the bikini

I'd like to turn my hand sideways and give her an unexpected shocker.

[technokc]

if you want girls in a bbing mag just buy a porn mag.

Yeah but then you'd have to buy 2 magazines, I know 99.9999976% of getbig are millionaires, but magazines prices aint cheap anymore.

[Mars]

Yeah but then you'd have to buy 2 magazines, I know 99.9999976% of getbig are millionaires, but magazines prices aint cheap anymore.

i dont see why theres a need for a porn mag anyway since theres internet but that  goes the same for bodybuilding mags which are filled with the same crap every month.

[MCWAY]

The magazine is fine.  Print magazines are on their way to death.  Just let it be.

This reminds me of those posts where people ask how to make bodybuilding marketable.  As if people believe there is anything that can be done. 

Folks have been saying that for the last 5 years; yet FLEX, IronMan, MuscleMag, Planet Muscle, Muscle & Fitness, Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness, etc. are still here.

In fact, over the years, Planet Muscle has grown from a magazine that GNC used to give away, whenever you made a purchase, to a full-blown bodybuilding publication.

[MarvinEderFan]

What's wrong with Ironman? I haven't read it much but why would other mags be better? My impression was that Ironman was better.

[Matt C]

You mean there's no demand by the masses, for man in thongs?

We have a winner!

As if this is some conspiracy theory.  When YouTube crushed the bodybuilding DVD market and resulted in a personal loss to myself or 40% of my revenue, did I fight it?  No...I realized the market was gone and tried to catch the next wave.  In my case, I decided to focus more on supplements since you can't download them.

This is like an elevator operator trying to maintain his job once the system became automated.  It's actually quite unintelligent thinking in my opinion.  Quit trying, and join up with the Megalodon that is bodybuilding.com.  That is a sure way to make money.  Or keep trying your own way, fail, and I will be here to say I told you so.  Hope this helps.

[Matt C]

Folks have been saying that for the last 5 years; yet FLEX, IronMan, MuscleMag, Planet Muscle, Muscle & Fitness, Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness, etc. are still here.

In fact, over the years, Planet Muscle has grown from a magazine that GNC used to give away, whenever you made a purchase, to a full-blown bodybuilding publication.

Sure, there are exceptions, but as a general trend, magazines are going the way of the dodo.  Not exactly a conspiracy theory.

[Hurricane Beef !]

Go with the old format, just make it the same size as other mags on the shelf ( so it won't get lost.)

Do a 50% -50% first half new articles on real workouts. Use Kris from kegged muscle for your photos he has unique and beautiful shots. The second half, reprint old articles from 60's 70' and 80's, with same pics, just format the page a little different. The second half should be like the stuff over on IronAge ( a great site.)

have old school adds, if Muscle tech ( or anyone ) wants an ad, work with them to make a specific retro ad for IronMan.

Get behind Vince Taylor as an editor / monthly contributor. Get him on the staff make him a part of things, he has a loyal following.

The beef