Don't Believe Everything You Read:

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Don't believe everything you read... While the lack of scientific foundation for much of what is published in popular fitness magazines will come as no surprise to most of you, Joel Jamieson of 8 Weeks Out just posted an interview with Group Fitness Director for both Men’s Fitness and Muscle & Fitness magazines, Sean Hyson, this excerpt mostly speaks for itself... certainly a candid admission:

[Joel:] Given the amount of people that read the information that goes into your magazines, you have an opportunity to influence what goes on in gyms and weight rooms around the country. What’s the process involved in determining who and what goes in the magazines and what doesn’t? How do you separate training fact from marketing fiction?

[Sean:] That’s the hardest part of the job. I pride myself on being ethical and trying to harvest only the best information. Unfortunately, I am in the business of selling magazines, not changing the industry for the better, so I often have to make concessions that I’m not entirely comfortable with. The fact is, people (and advertisers) like to see certain kinds of workouts, celebrity trainers, and crazy diet plans that don’t always jibe with what I believe to be true (or what science has shown!) But I think anyone picking up an issue of Men’s Fitness or Muscle&Fitness today will get a lot of top-notch information that will really yield fast results. These magazines are a lot better now than when most guys our age started reading them 10 or 15 years ago.

Thoughts?