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Epicurus.com - Muscle & Fitness
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List Price: $83.88
Our Price: $34.97
Your Save: $ 48.91 ( 58% )
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
Manufacturer: Weider Publications, Inc.
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Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 12
Label: Weider Publications, Inc.
Magazine Type: Consumer magazine
Manufacturer: Weider Publications, Inc.
Number Of Issues: 12
Publisher: Weider Publications, Inc.
Release Date: 2001-11-23
Studio: Weider Publications, Inc.
Subscription Length: 365
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Editorial Reviews:
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This is a lifestyle magazine for men and women interested in building their bodies and minds. It contains advice on getting in shape and staying fit. Each issue includes articles on exercise routines, diet, nutrition, sexual fitness, psychology, sports medicine, kinesiology, physiology, weight control and personal appearance.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: I liked it better in the past
Comment: I subscribed to Muscle and Fitness Hers and really enjoyed a weighlifting magazine geared toward women. When they discontinued it was with the promise we'd get plenty of articles of our own in Muscle and Fitness. But this magazine has turned into one large ad. The articles are still useful, but there are too many ads now and not enough tips and advice for women bodybuilders.
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Summary: Take this back to the late 80's and early 90's!
Comment: I can only say, that I agree with some of the reviews referencing issues of M&F from years past. In my case, the late 80's and early 90's, cover to cover, nothing but tons of information, informative articles, cooking tips, exercise tips and routines, fewer ads and most importantly, it was inspirational!
I was always looking forward to reading the first few pages of this magazine, despite the fact that at the time I did not even know how to read, write or speak english.
It would take me hours to read and understand the articles, because I had to use an English / Spanish dictionary to understand everything and I use to pay a premium to have these shipped to me in Mexico! This is how good it used to be!
I picked one of these magazines the other day and my God, how its changed! It lacks the inspiration, magic and truthfulness that it once had! Now, it looks more like a MuscleTech brochure!
I am giving it two stars, just because if you look past the ads, there is still some good information, but definitely not as much nor as great as before and certainly, not worth a subscription.
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Summary: "One Stop Shopping" for everything workouts and nutrition!
Comment: Stop spending any more money on workouts and diet books! Muscle and Fitness keeps you up to date every month with new workouts, the latest info on cardio, fat loss, and muscle gain, and nutrition. My workouts never get stale and never plateau because I pull out my M and F magazine and choose a new routine or change cardio and diet when needed. If you want to look good then you will have to work hard and if you don't want to put the time into doing it then pick up a magazine like Men's Fitness or Exercise. The M and F workouts can be adjusted...generally atleast one hour per day working out several days a week. I don't always recoup that fast so I don't workout as often but I look damn good. I love Muscle and Fitness and I can't wait to get it each month. And I will be a subsciber for years to come. The only drawback is that there really are too many supplement adds.
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Summary: Those Were the Days, My Friend, We Thought They'd Never End...
Comment: I can remember the day like it was yesterday; I was at Thrifty Drugstore and I glanced over the magazine rack. There was a copy of Muscle & Fitness. On the cover was a glossy color picture of Dennis Tinerino and some blonde babe. I was so incredibly impressed by that body! Hers wasn't too shabby, either.
I felt kind of embarrassed buying that magazine because I was, at the time, 6'1" and weighed 106 pounds. I had real long, blonde hair and so I had to be really careful not to stand in corners because people might've mistaken me for a mop and used me to try and clean their floors.
I remember reading that magazine cover to cover. It was pure inspiration which was sorely lacking in my personal universe at the time. I was 15 years old and I felt abandoned by life. I really didn't feel like I fit in anywhere.
But after reading that magazine, I dragged out my dad's old blue plastic York barbells and dumbells and his old Sears weight bench and set up a little place in the garage and started working out. At first, I didn't want anyone to know so when everyone was fast asleep, I'd tiptoe to the garage, turn on my Realistic Stereo from Radio Shack to three and workout from 1-2 in the morning.
This magazine really offered some great advice at the time but what I really liked were the pictures. Bodybuilding wasn't the 'freakshow' that it is today. There were some massive guys, but there weren't guys walking around at 300lbs with 25" biceps. Bodybuilding back then still had style and class. I immediately took a liking to Frank Zane. He wasn't super huge, but his body looked like it was sculpted from pure granite. One time the Mr. Olympia was on ABC sports and I used the Beta-tape player (remember those?) to tape his posing routine. Every morning and every night I watched that tape until it literally disentegrated from so much viewing.
I finally "went public" with working out because people began to notice that something was different. In fact, I got to play on the football team instead of being used as a yardage marker. Muscle & Fitness was still my Bible and I ordered all kinds of Weider related products. I once saved up my allowance for a month to get a container of chocolate 'gain weight pills'...I bought them because the same guy that was oin the cover of the first M&F I bought, Dennis Tinerino, was also peddling these. I thought for sure that if I took those pills, I'd look like him in another six or seven weeks.
God, those pills were awful.
I graduated from the garage to a real gym when I was 16 and I kept making progress. Bodybuilding took over my life. Even though my self esteem improved somewhat, it was hard to let go of all those mean and horrible things other kids used to say to me. I thought if I could just get to 160lbs...if I could just get to 175lbs...if I could just get to 200lbs...then I would be happy.
But I was never happy.
I started taking steroids right after I graduated high school and I still wasn't making the gains I wanted to.
One night, in a "roid rage" I was involved in a pretty horrible car accident. My right arm was almost completely torn off. My arm was spared but I was despondent because I couldn't go to the gym.
When I was finally able to go back to the gym, I returned to the same old tricks. I began to notice that Muscle & Fitness was saying the same old thing. I began to get really disillusioned about bodybuilding. I stopped lifting altogether. I distanced myself as much as possible from the sport.
About ten years ago, I gradually got back into it. Not to where I once was, but I decided to make it fun and have a good time doing it. I even bought a copy of M&F....
Same old stuff. I mean, all the people that are in the magazine now are different, but it's the same old stuff that I read 25 years ago. The 'champions' now are HUGE and grotesque. There are people like Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman who are weighing close to 300lbs at 5'11".
What the hell, man?
I think what really gets me now is all the advertising. You are paying six bucks for a magazine that is 80% ads. The ads these days even 'disguise' themselves to look like training articles, but they're still ads.
My suggestion is to look on e-bay and maybe buy some older versions of the magazine. Give yourself the opportunity to look at the 'golden days' of the sport. Yes, steroid use was happening even back then but it wasn't so obviously blatant as it is now.
Working out should be fun. I believe that the more fun it is, the more productive you will be. I know I'll never be Mr. Olympia, but so what...I won a bigger prize...I won my own self-appreciation.
Here's hoping you appreciate the gift that is the body.
Peace and Blessings,
john 'the Light Coach'
Customer Rating:
Summary: Exactly what it says it is about 'Muscle' & 'Fitness'
Comment: I have subscribed to this magazine for three years and can say without a doubt, this delivers exactly what I expect - well organized and readable workout nutrition and supplementation articles supported by the latest research. I think too many people expect this magazine to be more than that - it's not and that is why I love it! They never stray from their core goal of providing great programs to help build your body.
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