MAGAZINE: Nov/Dec 2008 Fitness

I bought the November/December 2008 issue of Fitness today  🙂  This is a monthly magazine aimed at women in their 20s and 30s who are interested in fitness and living a healthy life.  Focused on publishing timely, well-written non-fiction articles, I love buying this magazine sporadically and mainly for doses of writing inspiration.  Being so entrenched in fitness, health, and well-being, what is common sense for one person can be completely foreign to somebody else.  There is such a wide spread range of health literacy it’s almost fascinating ( you can be sure I’ll be writing on this topic).

So when I pick up magazines like Fitness, I get a feel for what issues, concerns and events the average woman my age are thinking about and participating in.  It’s dubbed “reading with intention”. Writers influence one another and this capacity to nourish and be nourished by other writers is truly the great gift of the reader’s writing life.  And with Fitness Magazine, I feel confident that I can find many interesting articles to read and just as many article ideas to query on…

Source:  http://www.fitnessmagazine.com

Fitness Magazine Nov/Dec 2008 Cover

Topics I am interested in writing about right now include:

• Sleep disorders (Why Can’t I Sleep?). I’ll be checking out the feature on “The New Way to Never Feel Tired” on p. 80
• Energize & motivate me.  I’m hoping that the stress free 20 minute meals on p. 89 will give me the kick in the ass I need to go to the gym
• Balancing a Busy Life (How to Juggle Different Hats). I’m looking forward to reading how 4 writers learned to manage negative self talk and love the skin their in on p. 121
• Antibiotic resistant organisms (AROs). With winter around the corner, I am interested in the growing number of AROs such as E.Coli, C.Diff and MRSA.  (I’m still trying to figure out the difference!)  There’s no mention in this mag… hmmmm…

MAGAZINE: Sept/Oct Issue of Muscle and Fitness Hers

I am a big fan of fitness magazines.  I like to subscribe, buy them, keep them and read them over and over for motivation.  A staple in my collection are issues of Muscle and Fitness Hers.  It’s focused on fitness and health and the women that grace the pages of the magazine are in beautiful shape — not too skinny like fashion magazines and not too muscular to turn you off.  They are toned, feminine and sexy.  One Ohio reader raved, “Thanks for using models who epitomize the beauty of a naturally toned and muscular body.”

Aimed at “women who want more out of fitness“, the common theme is that you CAN fit fitness into your lifestyle and you SHOULD.  There’s no excuse they don’t provide solutions for.  The layout is great with a balance of pictures, content, graphics and advertisements.  The information is varied, interesting, helpful and clear.   And instructions are easy to follow, straight forward and motivating enough for me to want to try recommendations at my next meal and workout.

Source:  http://www.muscleandfitnesshers.com/features/19

muscle & fitness HERS cover

 

Bored with your cardio routine?  Check out p. 50 for steps on how to run with true purpose

Do you really kill it at the gym?  Test your strength and endurance against the workouts on p. 72

Keep working at it but you just can’t lose any weight?  Be sure to review the 5 possible medical reasons why this may be on p. 84

Think that white meat is better than dark?  So did I until I read p. 70

The magazine is available in at major chain stores and retails in Canada for $6.99.  If you pick up the Sep/Oct issue, there’s a savings voucher.  Get 6 issues for $14.97.