Status Fitness

Hello guys, I found a magazine in the shops the other day, status fitness. Is it new in S.A. I see the mag has been around for a while in other countries but the one i saw said Issue 1 and was full of S.A. content.

It appears to be geared heavily towards MMA and is packed with obscure supplement advertising, so this is where is differs from M.E. Much more of a mainstream type mag. Marius Dohne, Matthew Fredericks, and Nicole Acker are all on the writers list so there is still the element of the S.A. BB scene. It also seems they will be communicating openly about steroids as ME also does.

The mag itself was R76.00 so its pricey compared to ME and I dont know if its monthly or bimonthly. However the page I saw for subscriptions said 50% off mag cost. I didn't actually buy it but might consider it for a reduced cost (I am poor afterall).


Any of you guys care to comment?

I have the Winter 2009, Issue 8 copy. American. Received it free with some supps I ordered online.
Yes, it seems very much geared towards MMA, UFC.
It's a very colourfull mag with most pages filled with adds of supplement companies.
One or two profiles and interviews with some fighters and only a couple of articles on training and nutrition.
I wouldn't by the mag.

I think its an awesome mag, Marius is only like every second page. But seriously its got a lot of adds, ME is much better. Its exclusive to CNA and Exclusive books

Must add,
Have'nt seen the SA copy.
Many of these mags have to much advertising. Only a few pages of usefull information and reading.
A few years back I were lucky enough to get MD and Flex mags for free. Have about 20 copies of each. Really like MD!

Thanks Ant. I'll have to go back and recheck the content before considering the S.A. one. I just like mags, I don't know why. They all say the same thing over and over again, but I like them.

And yes, like sting almost every page is covered in Marius so don't show the mag to your girlfriend or wife... Or even your mother in law. Or they might go googly eyed like Beesting does everytime someone mentions his name.

Haha! For a moment there I were'nt sure who u'r talking about Inja.
I had a subscription to both Muscle and Fitness and Mens Health mags for 3years, while staying in the UK in 2000.
I tore out all the usefull pages on training and nutrition and brought it back to SA in a file.

:ohmy: What about all the scantily clad young...? Whatever did you do with those pages?

FHM have more of those, if I remember correctly, but Mens Health do have articles on bedroom fun.
Those pics kept my test levels high, naturally.

I think its a cool mag - saw it the other day and bought it today.

They advertising some pretty hardcore stuff inside