Customer Reviews

Women's Health (1-year)

5 star:		(50)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(10)
1 star:		(20)

 

 

I've been a reader of Women's Health (1-year) off and on for many years and have given some thought as to the best way to characterize the magazine for potential buyers. Here's essentially what you get in every issue of the mag:

-updated and interesting FITNESS information
-WEIGHT LOSS information/tips
-HEALTH information pertaining to women
-NUTRITION information for better health
-information on having a better SEX life

Note that some of the words are captialized. Well, they represent the main topics that you'll be reading about in this magazine. So, if you're looking for the latest info on any of these kinds of topics, it's worth your time to check it out. Also recommend The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution for women suffering from plantar fasciitis.

My boyfriend ordered subscriptions to Men's and Women's health (for himself and for me, respectively) about six months ago. It didn't take me too long to figure out that women's health could be more aptly titled "men's health lite" - - i.e., a similar magazine with significant alterations (read: reductions) in reading level, scientific basis, and practicality.

The editors of these magazines seem to think that men seek scientifically-sound, medically proven facts for nutrition and exercise physiology, while women are looking for cheesy motivation and advice about lipstick colors.

If you want fluff, you might as well save the money and buy one of the less expensive women's 'health' mags (Self, Fitness, etc.); if you want more substantial content, try Men's Health. (Which niche Women's Health fulfills, then, seems unclear.)

save your money!

Unlike many female oriented magazines this one has some fine advice on health, fitness & exercise. You won't find destructive over the top dieting tips that could make you very ill & it is not overloaded with ads like "Oxygen, Shape, & Self." For those of us who want overall fitness, cross training, interesting recipes, & new outdoor activities to try this magazine is the best one out there. Even for all of us middle aged gals trying to get back some of our youthful health & appearance. Also, if you are into weight training, I would try a muscle magazine for that. WH is not that big on that subject. The main negative is some of the departments keep changing their formats & some articles can be as little as one paragraph. But, on the whole it still is better than its competitors.

I only recently picked up on this magazine and so I feel behind the times. What is possibly ironic is that for the last couple of years I would pick up the occasional copy of Men's Health because I felt that I was finally getting up to date articles on FDA approved diets, foods, vitamins and other health related OTC drugs, as well as updated fitness routines. Thankfully the same information can be found and how it relates to a woman's system here.

I've also read the one and two star reviews of the magazine and the reviews that condemn this magazine and touted 'Shape' instead left me scratching my head. I had a subscription for several years to 'Shape' in college and ultimately turned my back on it as I found it to be superficial featuring a famous thin model/celebrity who was never particularly known for their athletic ability as the big selling point. It also bothered me that every other ad was for a magic diet pill/supplement that was eventually done away with after an expose on some news program listing a litany of problems.

A health magazine should be about health: getting it and keeping it and warn the public against a quick fix. I also like to see exercise and fitness emphasized more heavily than fashion. Which is exactly what I got here. Ultimately I want to be healthy and feel good for a long, long time. I also want to keep up to date on current methods for maintaining this goal. I really believe I get current and effective information and advice here. Other women's health/fitness magazines felt to me more like they were compeating with Cosmo and Glamour type magazines.

If you're looking at ordering this magazine because you've been reading your boyfriend's Men's Health, really enjoyed the work-out and health tips, and you said to yourself "Huh - they make a version for women, I should order it." - DON'T! Reading Women's Health is like reading Cosmo, filled with celebrities, causal language and make-up tips (not to mention advice for men - probably gleaned from Men's Health - so that you can surprise your boyfriend?). Don't waste your time on this vapid stuff.

i've subscribed to many fitness magazines over the years and this is the first and only one that has very useful information and doesn't dwell on losing weight or dieting and doesn't have ridiculous advertisements and silly ads for clothing and things that are priced out of range for the average person as do a lot of the female mags out there today. i will continue my subscription to this magazine as long as they continue on the same path. i pray they don't let me down as i enjoy this magazine very much.

This is one of my favorite magazines out there. As soon as I get it, I read it cover to cover. I have a subscription myself and have given it as a present to my friends. Here are my thoughts on it.

PROS:
-New and easy recipes to learn how to cook healthier meals
-New workouts which I always want to try
-Gives me motivation to continue to workout and eat healthy. Frequently they use the data from the website in the magazine
-Dedicated website for the magazine also has great tips and ideas
-The holiday edition had lots of good ideas for gifts
-Consistently interesting articles
-Generally seems to be geared towards normal women (the fitness guru or the casual)

CONS:
-Generally not interested in the cover article, but maybe that's just me
-Normal magazine complaints (a little thin, a few too many advertisements)

Overall, I highly recommend!

I have received 3 months into my 1 year subscription and want to cancel it. I did not get the magazine to be lectured on global warming and I do not care to know how many sexual partners other women have. I did get the magazine for ideas to change up my workout routine and improve specific muscle groups. It also seems like a magazine with "ADD" (bits of information thrown all over). I'm looking for a better magazine.

This magazine has the occasional useful health or fitness article, but I found most of it to be fluff. How to recover from a hangover, "what he said and what he really means" and childish junk like that. This is maybe more for teen girls or those in their early 20s than more mature women.

I've always been dissapointed in women's "health and fitness" magazines like "Self" and "Shape" because they are always full of articles on beauty and how to look slimmer, and flatten your abs in 3 weeks (yeah right!) etc. If I wanted that I'd buy "Glamour" or "Cosmopolitan"! I like "Women's Health" because it has articles on actual HEALTH topics, not just fitness and beauty. I also loved "Men's Health" and was really excited about this magazine, like other's here have said. I think "Men's Health" is superior but "Women's Health" is still the best of the women's magazines.