Muscle media was a great mag, it,s contributors were all bill philips drug associates when they ran the biggest black market steriod ring in the US, the turning piont for the mag was when bill philips turned his back on his roots and groundings (bodybuilding) and tried to elevate the EAS brand to a household mainstream brand , thus the editorial change in the mag, the original mag was aimed purly at hrdcor bodybuilding because at that stage that was where bill philips bread and butter was , this aided in the launch of eas,s first big money spinner, Phosphagen ( creatine) as time went on bill philips slowly moved away from this market and burnt alot of people along the way including his brother, to the piont bill philips hired full time security due to the numerous threats he received due to his higher than mighty attuded , he was also a very big GHB user and many a time collasped at parties and had to be carried out by his security detail , but yes the original mag was excellent !!
Believe it or not, Phillips had good intentions. There's more to life than catering a magazine to a steroid-ring-crowd, his new field was focused on general health, where all of ours should be in the first place. You shouldn't sacrifice your kidneys or your livelihood just to have more muscle, that muscle won't amount to shit when your older and your looking to live as long as possible, that's why bodybuilding is full of incompetent individuals.
Coicedentally, the number of competent individuals in the general health crowd far exceeded those in the steroid crowd, thus not only did Phillips make a change for the better, he also become more wealthy because of it.
People want to improve their performance and endurance, go rock climbing, etc, which is what Phillips catered to. "looking better" is one way street, what's going to happen when you age and you don't look the same?
That's why Phillips made the switch, he wasn't going to dedicate his life promoting controlled substances.
All of that Propaganda surrounding Phillips and his brother was pushed by Testosterone nation because of the distraught feelings they felt over their terminated relationship with EAS and Phillips. Instead of moving on and improving themsleves for the better, the writers chose to relive their past ways and create testosterone nation while flaming Phillips in the process. It's unfortunate those same writers and promoters of that website will come to the same conclusion Phillips made earlier when they refused to listen.... Steroids isn't the end-all-be all of the world. Bodybuilding means jack shit at the end of life, it's a stepping stone for other things. If you think having bigger biceps will make you a better individual than you'll never be satisfied...
