good men's fitness magazines

Calliope610
Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
edited September 2016 in Fitness and Exercise
My son is 19 (20 in December) and newly into lifting. He got really into it when he joined the Air Force last year. Apparently there isn't much to do on base but his technical job and gym time. I would like to send him a magazine subscription or two for men's health and fitness publications. But a good publication - no bro-science rags. Any suggestions?

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  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    Send him a copy of Starting Strength and Practical Programming along with a tub of Optimum Nutrition Rocky Road.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    @LazSommer, he already has MY copy of SS lol
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    IMO, most of the magazines have some broscience. I do subscribe to Men's Health, Men's Fitness and Muscle and Fitness. A fair amount of crap, but these will have some good points if you can pick them out from the BS.

    I subscribe to them through:

    https://www.discountmags.com/?SSAID=621573

    If you get on their mailing list and hit their specials you can often find these for less than $1 per issue (I would not be paying full subscription price). Also, going through them, you don't have the automatic renewal as a "curtsey" that many publishers are using now
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  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    IMO, most of the magazines have some broscience. I do subscribe to Men's Health, Men's Fitness and Muscle and Fitness. A fair amount of crap, but these will have some good points if you can pick them out from the BS.

    I subscribe to them through:

    https://www.discountmags.com/?SSAID=621573

    If you get on their mailing list and hit their specials you can often find these for less than $1 per issue (I would not be paying full subscription price). Also, going through them, you don't have the automatic renewal as a "curtsey" that many publishers are using now

    This. I have a sub to M&F ($5/year). There are some good training and nutrition nuggets here and there. I treat a lot of it as entertainment.
  • vms4evr
    vms4evr Posts: 106 Member
    I agree, mostly BS and marketing, a few good articles. I do get Men's Health. Don't pay news stand prices! I also agree on Starting Strength. That should be mandatory reading for weight lifting training.

    We just started getting TRAIN. It's cool in that it has Train Men then flip it over and Train Women. That's about where the cool ends. This magazine comes from bodybuilding . com. They pimp stuff from their store all over the mag. Lots of bro-science and opinion. Funky layout that is confusing and looks thrown together. They couldn't afford proof readers as the grammar and spelling is crap. Very unprofessional.
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  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Truth be had, much (ok, most) of my desire to send him the mags to so he was something to look forward to receive in the mail.
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  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    Calliope610 wrote: »
    Truth be had, much (ok, most) of my desire to send him the mags to so he was something to look forward to receive in the mail.

    I still say some ON Rocky Road.
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  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    VegetaSKJ wrote: »
    Calliope610 wrote: »
    Truth be had, much (ok, most) of my desire to send him the mags to so he was something to look forward to receive in the mail.

    https://jackedpack.com/signup/default.aspx ?

    This is great! thanks
  • rileyes
    rileyes Posts: 1,406 Member
    I'd consider something more toward his career path or other interest.
  • RoseTheWarrior
    RoseTheWarrior Posts: 2,035 Member
    Meh, I find magazines are just books of ads with usually undocumented, silly articles like "if you train like this athlete you can be JUST LIKE THEM". At least that's my experience with ladies mags. I believe books would be better. I like New Rules of Lifting for the info, but I'm sure SS is awesome too, and there's likely many others that people will recommend.
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    edited September 2016
    I use the magazines to somewhat screen authors. Often if I read something by someone who seems like they know what they're talking about you can search for more in depth articles by them on their website or another source

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