As a teenager, before I even had a dial-up connection to the Internet, the best I could do was go to the library and go through magazines. Here are a few:
Bicycling Magazine — explanation needed?
Coach — You’ve probably never heard of this trade magazine for athletic trainers, but there were often hot pics of athletes and sometimes very hot pics of athletes in spandex. The best thing that ever happened in this magazine was a two-page spread advertising Lycra by Dupont. (I photocopied it, took it home, and kept it under my bed.) The picture showed a team photo, typical front-row and back-row arrangement, but with the guys wearing nothing but white compression shorts. Maybe I’ll go to their archives to find this and scan it. Look for it in mid- to late-90s issues.
Dance Magazine — again, explanation needed?
I actually do not want to look at any of the men’s muscle magazines. They seem so fake.
I bet there are a lot of niche periodicals, the ones that are really hot, that I never knew about. Sport-specific ones, I’m sure. Do you have any magazine or printed favorites? Feel free to share in comments.
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Well, I used to buy Men’s Exercise and Exercise for Men Only before I was old enough to buy porn and before I had high-speed internet.