Muscle & Fitness Hers - Page 2

lfcjasp · 08-16-03, 01:07 PM

Shape has really disappointed me...I should have known when I checked out the website. It's too cute and I just don't see it promoting half as much a healthy lifestyle as fitting into society's standards of being perfectly thin and sexy. I won't be renewing either. And Muscle & Fitness Hers didn't grab me either when I saw it in a supermarket this am. Thank God for VF!!!

Kathryn · 08-16-03, 01:37 PM

Never mind...I just got mine in the mail. Don't the advertisers and publishers know this magazine is geared towards women? Or maybe they think that they'll get a male audience this way too.
At least she seems to have real breasts.

What's next? An ad about a banana-flavored protein bar that has a naked woman eating a banana in a suggestive way?

Though talk about subliminal advertising: on about page 5, there is an ad for skintimate shave gel, and an image of a mound of angelfood cake? (I don't know what it is, but some breast-shaped dessers) with pink icing running down from the top and a raspberry poised on top, in a very " nipple-like" fashion.

ARTYGIRL · 08-16-03, 02:00 PM

OH HURL!

So let's just change the name of this magazine right now to "Want to F*%# Me, Big Boy?"

What year is this again? Is it REALLY the 21st century?

Marie
angry militant fitness feminist

nappentass · 08-16-03, 02:03 PM

I don't know if this is any help to anyone, there's an excellent magazine in the UK called UltrFit - it is also used by those in the fitness trade here in the UK

http://www.ultra-fit.org.uk/

also I doubt its available to the US but there is a UK version of Shape that is (and still seems to be) IMHO one of the better magazines

J

Joni O · 08-16-03, 02:11 PM

I haven't seen the Sept/Oct issue - I looked today, but it's still the July/August issue.

I don't know why I keep buying all these fitness magazines. I'm down to about 15 minutes with each one now, since there's not much new - as someone already pointed out.

I did come across Fit the other day - haven't read it yet though. That's the one that we never know if it's out of business or not!

Vintage VFer · 08-16-03, 02:40 PM

I liked M&F HERS for a while. There were some good articles. And the wall charts for workout rotations were a nice touch. I feel that they actually tried to feature a few fitness models who didn't have implants.

I just couldn't take all the ads. If I pay that much for a magazine I don't need to have to see so many ads!

I remember Cory Everson tried to start up a fitness mag called "Gotta Sweat!". It folded after a few issues. It had potential.

dani21496 · 08-16-03, 02:49 PM

I just got the copy in the mail today. The back cover is disgusting. Gross!!!!! It's really nasty!

It's OneWay Peanut Butter Protein Energy Bar Ad. A topless girl is eating peanut butter out of a jar and her boobs are covered in peanut butter. Well, the peanut butter is painted on over her boobs.

I'm just ripping the page off and throwing it out.

Reeeeeeeeeaaaal classy!!!! :rolleyes:

Dabbadooey · 08-16-03, 02:50 PM

I quit buying magazines-too much money for too little info. Now I just buy Woman's World at the grocery store each week

doskymom · 08-16-03, 05:16 PM

Danielle,

Did you see the what the ad says, too? It starts out "What a perfect pair!" My, how clever...

Rivercat · 08-16-03, 05:29 PM

Oh, yuck!

It's worth sending an e-mail or snail mail addressed to the publisher telling him/her that you intend to not buy or renew the mag because of ads like this. I used to work for a software mag that took ads for, um, "gentlemen's" software and pressure from the readers eventually convinced them to stop.

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08-16-03, 01:07 PM
lfcjasp Exchange Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, VA	Shape has really disappointed me...I should have known when I checked out the website. It's too cute and I just don't see it promoting half as much a healthy lifestyle as fitting into society's standards of being perfectly thin and sexy. I won't be renewing either. And Muscle & Fitness Hers didn't grab me either when I saw it in a supermarket this am. Thank God for VF!!! __________________ Lydia

08-16-03, 01:37 PM
Kathryn VF Supporter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Illinois	Never mind...I just got mine in the mail. Don't the advertisers and publishers know this magazine is geared towards women? Or maybe they think that they'll get a male audience this way too. At least she seems to have real breasts. What's next? An ad about a banana-flavored protein bar that has a naked woman eating a banana in a suggestive way? Though talk about subliminal advertising: on about page 5, there is an ad for skintimate shave gel, and an image of a mound of angelfood cake? (I don't know what it is, but some breast-shaped dessers) with pink icing running down from the top and a raspberry poised on top, in a very " nipple-like" fashion. __________________ Kathryn ^. .^ > ^ < 2010 season speed-walking 5K PR: 35:47 2011 season race-walking 5K PR: 34:42

08-16-03, 02:00 PM
ARTYGIRL VF Supporter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Berkeley, CA	M&F Hers ... now T&A Hers OH HURL! So let's just change the name of this magazine right now to "Want to F%# Me, Big Boy?" What year is this again? Is it REALLY the 21st century? Marie angry militant fitness feminist __________________ Marie* (Artygirl) "A trimuph of art over logic" (Manic Street Preachers)

08-16-03, 02:03 PM
nappentass Join Date: Feb 2002	a suggestion I don't know if this is any help to anyone, there's an excellent magazine in the UK called UltrFit - it is also used by those in the fitness trade here in the UK http://www.ultra-fit.org.uk/ also I doubt its available to the US but there is a UK version of Shape that is (and still seems to be) IMHO one of the better magazines J

08-16-03, 02:11 PM
Joni O VF Supporter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities, MN	I haven't seen the Sept/Oct issue - I looked today, but it's still the July/August issue. I don't know why I keep buying all these fitness magazines. I'm down to about 15 minutes with each one now, since there's not much new - as someone already pointed out. I did come across Fit the other day - haven't read it yet though. That's the one that we never know if it's out of business or not!

08-16-03, 02:40 PM
Vintage VFer VF Supporter Join Date: Nov 2001	I let my subscription lapse... I liked M&F HERS for a while. There were some good articles. And the wall charts for workout rotations were a nice touch. I feel that they actually tried to feature a few fitness models who didn't have implants. I just couldn't take all the ads. If I pay that much for a magazine I don't need to have to see so many ads! I remember Cory Everson tried to start up a fitness mag called "Gotta Sweat!". It folded after a few issues. It had potential. __________________ Goal:250 / Done:91 POSTURE CHECK!

08-16-03, 02:49 PM
dani21496 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago suburb	I just got the copy in the mail today. The back cover is disgusting. Gross!!!!! It's really nasty! It's OneWay Peanut Butter Protein Energy Bar Ad. A topless girl is eating peanut butter out of a jar and her boobs are covered in peanut butter. Well, the peanut butter is painted on over her boobs. I'm just ripping the page off and throwing it out. Reeeeeeeeeaaaal classy!!!! :rolleyes: __________________ Danielle "When you're busy comparing one person to another or one experience to something else, you often miss out on what's right before you." Richard Carlson, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

08-16-03, 02:50 PM
Dabbadooey Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SC	I quit buying magazines-too much money for too little info. Now I just buy Woman's World at the grocery store each week

08-16-03, 05:16 PM
doskymom Join Date: Oct 2002	Danielle, Did you see the what the ad says, too? It starts out "What a perfect pair!" My, how clever...

08-16-03, 05:29 PM
Rivercat VF Supporter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Northern Calif	Oh, yuck! It's worth sending an e-mail or snail mail addressed to the publisher telling him/her that you intend to not buy or renew the mag because of ads like this. I used to work for a software mag that took ads for, um, "gentlemen's" software and pressure from the readers eventually convinced them to stop.