Bodybuilding mags

[tikalosh]

i gots 2 questions:

1. Do you reckon bodybuilding magazines are worth buying?

2. If yes, what mags are the best in terms of info about training techniques/nutrition/supps etc?

coz i know heaps of the mags are biased due to supplement company influence and advertising.

[Gym rat]

I would say yes bodybuilding mags are worth buying and Flex is great mag to buy because of all the latest training tips,results from the pro shows etc and the Flex swimsuit edition as well with photo's of some very fine and lovely hot chicks.

[samoan_muscle]

Waste of time and money IMO.

[wgtnmuscle]

the best mag .....Hardcore aussie muscle

and if wasnt to dear MD

or go to there webmag

[Varven]

Waste of time money.

Their training/nutrition stuff all seems like absolute BS.

Lets face it, what is out there on nutrition, you can learn from the net - from proper published sources.

Muscle mags just use glossy photos and gloss over some basics.

Then they hash over every single goddamn pro's training routine.

However, if you spend time on the toilet, they can make for light entertainment reading.

[goinhard]

They just repeat the same information, give you several crappy workout templates and eating plans and the rest is either not bodybuilding related, useless studies or adverts.

[biggurl27]

Cor blimey every home needs a FLEX on the coffee table. I often pick it up and have perv at the pics

[boostinggtir]

Yea I've made the change from reading "muscle and fitness" to "flex", it's a much better read.

[teamfatboy]

They're owned by the supplement companies, so they're mostly advertising, but there's some good news in them - however a lot of the content's available on the websites, perhaps just not straight after the mags hit the streets.

The more I read them, tho, the more I realise the advice on here's often just as good...at a much better price!

Flex ftw, then Ironman 2nd, and Muscle Development dead last..

[Nato]

Man, I can't belive all the bad comments on flex and other mags. I myself have learnt alot from them over the years!!!! These are the best guys and girls in our sport telling you how they do it. How can that not help?

OK, you do need to sort through a little bit of shit and i don't belive in the before and after photos :^o but who is that stupid :pfft: :pfft: .

Also......... these mags sponsor athletes which is a good thing in my book. I will keep buying them

AND like big girl said the pics are soooo cool :nod:

[Luigi]

flex is ok... the one i buy most because they sell it heapsa places but i think MD is a better magazine.

[Gym rat]

I agree as well that is one of the many reasions I enjoy buying Flex with lots of very cool photos of the Pro's guys like Dexter,Melvin,Cutler and when see a programe in Flex that would I like to try .I copy it and email it off to my trainer to put into my programe that is also a good thingh in my book as well which is it help spounsers the athlets plus extra money in pro athlete wages as well.

[two_phat]

However, if you spend time on the toilet, they can make for light entertainment reading.

Thats one of the reasons I buy them - for toilet reading; nothin better than readin a muscle mag while pushing out a nugget

[mr natural]

yeah flex is not bad for tip bits ect.... its much better for body building and has more info on pro shows ect... muscle and fitness is a bit gay. MD is good where the pro's talk about steriods ect but its full of crap ad's.

[Gym rat]

I have notice that myself when I have a look through a issue of MD I thought the add were crap but I thought the mag was good expect for the crapy adds.

[1day]

Thats one of the reasons I buy them - for toilet reading; nothin better than readin a muscle mag while pushing out a nugget

bahahahahahaha :clap:

shud make that ur signiture line :pfft:

[knock knock]

I find them good for motivation and finding out new workouts to mix up your routine.

[mr natural]

i like seeing the show photos, i.e arnnie classic,mr olympia, iron man ect... my favourite articals are the arnold ones from when he was body building and seeing all his old school training and comp photo's.

[michaelk]

They have always been a source of inspiration for me (the pics) and I enjoy their contest analysis and article on the up and comers.

[Gym rat]

I also enjoy reading about the articles writen by Arnnie and all those old school photos of Arnine when he was a bodybuilder and the photos of his training and comp as well those are very inspering those photos and the photos from diffrent various shows likes of the Olympia, Arnold ,Ironman etc.

[Optimass]

i like seeing the show photos, i.e arnnie classic,mr olympia, iron man ect... my favourite articals are the arnold ones from when he was body building and seeing all his old school training and comp photo's.

:ditto:

[Optimass]

They have always been a source of inspiration for me (the pics) and I enjoy their contest analysis and article on the up and comers.

When are we going to see you in the mags big fella?

[mr natural]

flex seems to cover those subjects the best.

[disasterpiece]

I also enjoy reading about the articles writen by Arnnie and all those old school photos of Arnine when he was a bodybuilder and the photos of his training and comp as well those are very inspering those photos and the photos from diffrent various shows likes of the Olympia, Arnold ,Ironman etc.

So basically every kind of bodybuilding photo of Arnold?

[Gym rat]

I enjoy looking at photos of Arnold what ever that may be off for example photos of Arnold training,photos of Arnold when he was competing etc.