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Wondered Where People Get Some of These Ideas?
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Appealing to vanity does wonders for the bottom line.
I used to buy Men's Health and one or two others back in the pre-internet days and they were pretty decent sources of information. I picked one up a couple of years ago just for something to read not screen based and it seemed every other page, or every page in some sections, had a fitness model with this hygiene product or that supplement. Very little in the way of actual fitness related information.
Last weekend my wife and I were cleaning out the basement and found a DVD my youngest had purchased a few years back. It had a slim, muscular woman on the front with that "You can look like this" tag. Heh - she's already strong and beautiful.
It's easy to see where the ideas come from. Women and men of all ages and body types, even mindsets are massively targeted, and it's working. Shareholders portfolios have never been healthier lol.
I would love to see a day when everyone interested suddenly realized their own intrinsic worth without feeling they have to look like this fitness model or that ripped and shredded person. Get that down and start from there. I imagine it would be very refreshing.
Doing so would require individuals to reject narcissism, greed, and envy. This would collapse the establishment in multiple industries.
Bring it on.11 -
Appealing to vanity does wonders for the bottom line.
I used to buy Men's Health and one or two others back in the pre-internet days and they were pretty decent sources of information. I picked one up a couple of years ago just for something to read not screen based and it seemed every other page, or every page in some sections, had a fitness model with this hygiene product or that supplement. Very little in the way of actual fitness related information.
Last weekend my wife and I were cleaning out the basement and found a DVD my youngest had purchased a few years back. It had a slim, muscular woman on the front with that "You can look like this" tag. Heh - she's already strong and beautiful.
It's easy to see where the ideas come from. Women and men of all ages and body types, even mindsets are massively targeted, and it's working. Shareholders portfolios have never been healthier lol.
I would love to see a day when everyone interested suddenly realized their own intrinsic worth without feeling they have to look like this fitness model or that ripped and shredded person. Get that down and start from there. I imagine it would be very refreshing.
Doing so would require individuals to reject narcissism, greed, and envy. This would collapse the establishment in multiple industries.
Bring it on.
So true. Can you imagine the fallout? I'm not sure anyone would escape it. I consider myself a fairly well balanced yet older and funny looking dude, and I STILL struggle with vanity.
The human condition? Maybe, all we can do is try.4 -
Very interesting thread/topic!
The reality seems to be that as the fitness industry grows, so do people's waistline. I think most fitness people and probably some publishers are well intentioned. But so much of it is about generating revenue and having repeat customers (i.e. people that never lose weight or yo yo diet)0 -
Also I would be so annoyed if I was Lisa Rinna, looking great as a cover model, and they cover her up with Keto WooWoo text. Rude!!7
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Easy sells.. this cover would not sell as well.
EAT MORE VEGGIES9 -
Once a week my mom calls to tell me about something new she is going to try to lose weight from Women's World.
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This is why I don't like keto. The marketing for it makes it sound like a woo-ful scam. I can't even walk into the As Seen On TV store at the mall without facing a giant display of keto supplements.
I know, the core program is a totally valid lifestyle etc and people do great on it but I'm SO tired of seeing it everywhere.16 -
I find it amusing comparing mags from the same publisher but aimed at men vs. women (such as Men's Health and Women's Health).
In the taglines, men usually get "ripped", women "toned". Men get "rock hard abs", women "a flat belly". And so forth.
There was even a set of special issues (photo below) put out by that publisher, one for men and one for women, that were aimed at bodyweight fitness. Inside, based on a flip-through, there were pretty much exactly the same exercises. They just were photographed with models of the appropriate sex. Taglines on the cover slanted very diffently, though.
These are so archaic. Completely failing to recognize the other 67 genders.
I gave you a woo for that.
How can you not know that it's 68?
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ladyreva78 wrote: »I find it amusing comparing mags from the same publisher but aimed at men vs. women (such as Men's Health and Women's Health).
In the taglines, men usually get "ripped", women "toned". Men get "rock hard abs", women "a flat belly". And so forth.
There was even a set of special issues (photo below) put out by that publisher, one for men and one for women, that were aimed at bodyweight fitness. Inside, based on a flip-through, there were pretty much exactly the same exercises. They just were photographed with models of the appropriate sex. Taglines on the cover slanted very diffently, though.
These are so archaic. Completely failing to recognize the other 67 genders.
I gave you a woo for that.
How can you not know that it's 68?
Hanging my head in shame...I'm so not woke.
If possible I'd woo myself.13 -
I want to know why men can lose their gut in 10 minutes a day but it takes women 15 minutes a day to blast their belly fat.
To be fair, the women's cover does just say "in 15 minutes" and doesn't specify per day. So I just have to exercise once, for 15 minutes, and all my belly fat will be completely blasted, right? Right...?
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I want to know why men can lose their gut in 10 minutes a day but it takes women 15 minutes a day to blast their belly fat.
To be fair, the women's cover does just say "in 15 minutes" and doesn't specify per day. So I just have to exercise once, for 15 minutes, and all my belly fat will be completely blasted, right? Right...?
Or is it 15 minutes, 10 times a day?? We might never know. Quick, someone run out and buy the magazine! You know, for science.4 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »I find it amusing comparing mags from the same publisher but aimed at men vs. women (such as Men's Health and Women's Health).
In the taglines, men usually get "ripped", women "toned". Men get "rock hard abs", women "a flat belly". And so forth.
There was even a set of special issues (photo below) put out by that publisher, one for men and one for women, that were aimed at bodyweight fitness. Inside, based on a flip-through, there were pretty much exactly the same exercises. They just were photographed with models of the appropriate sex. Taglines on the cover slanted very diffently, though.
These are so archaic. Completely failing to recognize the other 67 genders.
I gave you a woo for that.
How can you not know that it's 68?
gender count ??
and.....
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Besides, everyone knows the best diet was printed in Vogue, circa 1970's.
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3 cups? That just gets me out the door in the morning lol. Love the stuff...a little too much maybe.Motorsheen wrote: »
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3 cups? That just gets me out the door in the morning lol. Love the stuff...a little too much maybe.Motorsheen wrote: »
yeah, my dear old mother's physician told her that she needs to cut down to just 2 cups of coffee a day.
I told my mom: " pffft.... no problem, just go out and buy two very, very large coffee mugs. "
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Motorsheen wrote: »
3 cups? That just gets me out the door in the morning lol. Love the stuff...a little too much maybe.Motorsheen wrote: »
yeah, my dear old mother's physician told her that she needs to cut down to just 2 cups of coffee a day.
I told my mom: " pffft.... no problem, just go out and buy two very, very large coffee mugs. "
That is literally the other part of my coffee problem My mug holds about a 3rd of a pot lol.
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Motorsheen wrote: »
3 cups? That just gets me out the door in the morning lol. Love the stuff...a little too much maybe.Motorsheen wrote: »
yeah, my dear old mother's physician told her that she needs to cut down to just 2 cups of coffee a day.
I told my mom: " pffft.... no problem, just go out and buy two very, very large coffee mugs. "
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Besides, I don't see where it limits the cups to 1 per meal; it just says black coffee. I'd think that make it the "free food" item on the list, so you're good! lol4 -
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