Flex Magazine -
August 2008
Cover Models: Frank Zane and Monica Brant
Total Number of Pages = 340
Total Advertising Pages = 196 (58 percent)
Total Female Content Pages = 22 (6.5 percent)
(includes 13 pages of articles and 9 pages of ads)
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FigureRX Best Of ....
(1) Felicia Romero saves yet another magazine with her flawless stage package on pages 160 and 161.
Her pictures from the 2008 California Pro, taken by Terry Goodlad, leap off the page - and her ideal delt caps add
just enough muscle to an issue that is sorely lacking in mass. The small photos of other competitors helped too - in all,
the Cal Pro had an amazing lineup.
(2) Newly minted IFBB Pro Catherine Holland gets a page ("Target Your Trouble Zone", page 27) to show off her incredible abdominal genetics and conditioning.
Next time we'd give her a whole article, and can't wait to see what she does on the pro stage.
(3) Missouri personal trainer and competitor Kate McLin ("Future of Fitness" page 155) was new to us, so we did some research
and it turns out she's a training juggernaut who offers up a world of expert information on her web sites (check out http://katemclin.wordpress.com/).
Look her up if you're down in Kansas City. Alabama's Sheena Hayes and breakout figure star MarieAnn Newman brighten up the pages as well.
(4) A glimpse of IFBB Fitness Pro Heidi Fletcher, who is not in the magazines nearly enough. She's always jacked and looks her best when highly
conditioned - in other words, a great role model for excellence. Gotta love the green outfit (page 52).
(5) Resistance band model Jasmine Corbett, and the timely article (page 104) to help with traveling light now that the airlines are weighing and charging for bags.
FigureRX Stay Away .....
(1) The whole issue is a bit soft when it comes to muscle and conditioning, especially in the training articles. Bring on those NPC
and IFBB stars.
(2) The top ten Hollywood muscle list. Not only has it been done before, but they picked perhaps the worst Jessica Biel photo ever. She looks
anorexic!
Top Five
Pages in this Issue
Page 161: Felicia, Heather,
Kristi, Huong and More
Page 27:
Catherine Targets Her Tummy
Page 136:
Hamstrings with Julie Marsland
Page 156:
There can Never be Enough Siren
Page 154:
Future Star Sheena Hayes
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