As most of you all had said, it seems all covers are photo-shopped this days...and why not, it's what the consumer sees first, catches their eyes, etc....it's a good marketing ploy, but deceiving nonetheless. I remember Jamie Eason said some time ago where she's been on some covers of women's fitness magazines and she noticed they softened her up quite a bit on those covers. In the eyes of Mr. Joe and Mrs. Jane Average...cartoonish muscles on men are acceptable only in magazines and women should always be...well, completely feminine.