DLB Muscular Development Mag Cover: A Token Gesture or New Direction?

[Musclepapa John]

Congratulations to DLB on the major muscle mag cover at Muscular Development. Rachel McLish did it last in May 1996.

[Musclepapa John]

Not necessarily in this order.

[Curt James]

She's on this month's cover of Power magazine and also has a 10-page spread in the new Iron Man magazine.

[hifrommike65]

I could have done without the "baddest bitch in the gym" stuff. Playboy is more respectful of women.

[Sandpig]

I'm guessing if most all of her fans go out and buy the mag, it'll set records.

[Sunnyday]

I could have done without the "baddest bitch in the gym" stuff. Playboy is more respectful of women.

Agree.

[warthog]

Maybe they based it on something like this. These days you dont even know what the meanings of certain words have become haha. Bitch is probably something respectable now.

"Baddest Bitch"

Been around the world, I still can't find
Another girl that can steal my shine.
I've had my highs, I've had my lows
But you can't tell me that I am not the baddest bitch.

[Curt James]

^^^^ Their art director thinks DLB is a Nicki Minaj fan?

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Is DLB a Nicki Minaj fan?

I could have done without the "baddest bitch in the gym" stuff. Playboy is more respectful of women.

Agree.

I'm curious if she okayed that. Doubtful that athletes appearing on covers have any say on the text that appears with the image.

[huge285]

BLECHMAN did it to "look cool" and progressive. I'm sure he promised DLB that he'd give her a cover if she did "A, B, and C" for MD....... plus, with mag sales in the toilet, it can't hurt to have a social media bonanza on the cover. Once things get real desperate, they'll be putting MICHELLE LEWIN on the cover too!

[huge285]

I could have done without the "baddest bitch in the gym" stuff. Playboy is more respectful of women.

That's BLECHMAN brainchild.......... thinks it's cool! I can just hear him now, "Yeah, all the tweeters will love it!" And he's probably right!

[Joe Pietaro]

That's BLECHMAN brainchild.......... thinks it's cool! I can just hear him now, "Yeah, all the tweeters will love it!" And he's probably right!

Dave - you and I have seen that with our own eyes a thousand times over at MD HQ:

"Come here, everyone...check out the new cover."

*Cubicles emptied to gather around Alan D's with the cover on his computer screen*

"What do you guys think?"

"Looks great, Steve."

"Best one yet."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes........."

In total honesty, I love this cover and feel that it is long overdue for DLB. As much as I'd love to kill them for everything, this one is pretty fuckin' cool.

I don't even mind the 'baddest bitch' cover teaser. She's a colorful personality in an industry that sorely lacks that type. But the other predictable and often repeated cliches that make up the rest of the cover lines leave me a little limp.

[Sandpig]

I agree with you, Joe.

[lil mama]

BLECHMAN did it to "look cool" and progressive. I'm sure he promised DLB that he'd give her a cover if she did "A, B, and C" for MD....... plus, with mag sales in the toilet, it can't hurt to have a social media bonanza on the cover. Once things get real desperate, they'll be putting MICHELLE LEWIN on the cover too!

well if DLB can pull this off then she will get the mainstream medias attention ..even if she doesnt she will STILL get that mainstream exposure ...either way its a win win situation for the Bailey's

[lil mama]

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[Rocky3]

I could have done without the "baddest bitch in the gym" stuff. Playboy is more respectful of women.

no woman should be addressed as a female dog, why would Dana even go with that. She is not a dog, she is a human being, made in the image of God