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A 1953 issue of Tomorrow's Man, an early physique magazine ostensibly dedicated to health and bodybuilding. Physique magazines or beefcake magazines were magazines devoted to physique photography—that is, photographs of muscular "beefcake" men—typically young and attractive—in athletic poses, usually in revealing, minimal clothing.
Health and fitness magazines cover a variety of topics including physical fitness and well-being, nutrition, beauty, strength, bodybuilding, and weight training. General health and wellness [ edit ]
Physique Pictorial is an American magazine, one of the leading beefcake magazines of the mid-20th century. [1] [2] During its run from 1951 to 1990 as a quarterly publication, it exemplified the use of bodybuilding culture and classical art figure posing, as a cover for homoerotic male images, and to evade charges of obscenity.
According to Bob Mizer, it was an "open secret" that gay men comprised a large portion of the audience for these competitions, in which men would display their muscled bodies on stage in skimpy costumes. [5] Gay men also became involved behind-the-scenes in the bodybuilding community, organizing competitions, and working as event photographers. [5]
Men's Health magazine, published by Rodale, Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, was the best-selling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands in 2006. [1] This is a list of men's magazines from around the world. These are magazines (periodical print publications) that have been published primarily for a readership of men.
Tomorrow's Man was a digest size physique magazine published from 1952 to 1971. It was one of the first physique magazines, debuting a year after Bob Mizer's Physique Pictorial. It was the creation of Irvin ("Irv") Johnson, a Chicago gym owner and trainer. As of 1957, it had the highest circulation of any physique magazine in the United States. [1]
Iron Man at one time stressed the health and character building aspects of weight training, though it later shifted its focus to hardcore bodybuilding. In the early 1950s, Iron Man Magazine was the first weight-training publication to show women working out with weights as part of their overall fitness regimen.
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