I'm A Bodybuilder Editorial Page

Hello! My name is Myron Mielke, editor and publisher of I’m a Bodybuilder magazine. I’ve been under the influence of the iron bug for a respectable number of years and publishing my own muscle magazine has been a lifelong dream. I’m a Bodybuilder will be a refreshing change of pace from the other muscle mags. It’s going to be for bodybuilders of all ages. If you’re a teenager, it’ll steer you down the correct path. If you’re approaching the masters division you’re going to love some of the nostalgic things I’m bringing back from muscle mags in the early 1980s.

I was twelve years old when I started weight training. That was the year before Arnold came out of retirement to win the 1980 Mr. Olympia. My bodybuilding lifestyle began in 1981—the year Franco Columbu won his second Mr. Olympia. (I still think Tom Platz should have taken that show.)

As a teenager I bought every muscle magazine I could afford. I trained, ate and slept bodybuilding. I read everything I could get my hands on that pertained to training and nutrition. I scanned the TV Guide on the weekends looking for a Mr. Universe or Mr. Olympia to be broadcast on Wide World of Sports or other such shows. I began my competition days at age 17. I won an overall teenage show at 19 and decided to retire from competition. Competitive bodybuilding was taking too much of my time. I needed to spend time focusing on a career and a family. After training 4-5 days per week for nearly 20 years since my last contest, I still love the sport of bodybuilding. But things have changed.

One thing that’s really changed is the content of muscle mags. Oh sure, they have more and more photos of mightily-built behemoths every month. And they also have more and more scantily-clad women gracing the pages each month. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t even buy them and leave them on my coffee table for conversation pieces because they’re borderline pornographic. Things have changed. Bikini babes don’t have anything to do with the sport of bodybuilding. They’re in the mags to just increase sales.

Supplement magazines have taken the place of the muscle magazines. Look at any magazine these days. They all sold out to some huge company showing off drug-induced physiques (as if they actually got that way by taking powdered sugar with creatine in it). I said to myself, “Enough is enough! If no one else is going to make a quality magazine about the sport of bodybuilding, then I'll do it myself.” And I did.

I think you’re going to like what you see.

IAB is going to start out small, but we’re going to make a big impact on the world of bodybuilding. Look at it this way: as your muscles grow bigger, so will this magazine. Let’s have fun growing together. I’m going to be putting things in IAB that got me motivated to train when I was a teenager. You’re going to see lots of features profiling hard-training amateur athletes. I know our “Tomorrow’s Superstar” and “Other Rising Stars” are going to be sure-fire hits. There’s going to be reader involvement with contests and chances to win prizes. And best of all IAB is going to be free. Download an issue at not cost to you.
In 1981 I could proudly say, “I'm a bodybuilder.” That statement sums up a lot of dedication, tenacity and perserverance. Some call it blood, sweat and tears. I’m a Bodybuilder says it all.

Myron Mielke

Hello! My name is Myron Mielke, editor and publisher of I’m a Bodybuilder magazine. I’ve been under the influence of the iron bug for a respectable number of years and publishing my own muscle magazine has been a lifelong dream. I’m a Bodybuilder will be a refreshing change of pace from the other muscle mags. It’s going to be for bodybuilders of all ages. If you’re a teenager, it’ll steer you down the correct path. If you’re approaching the masters division you’re going to love some of the nostalgic things I’m bringing back from muscle mags in the early 1980s.

I was twelve years old when I started weight training. That was the year before Arnold came out of retirement to win the 1980 Mr. Olympia. My bodybuilding lifestyle began in 1981—the year Franco Columbu won his second Mr. Olympia. (I still think Tom Platz should have taken that show.)

As a teenager I bought every muscle magazine I could afford. I trained, ate and slept bodybuilding. I read everything I could get my hands on that pertained to training and nutrition. I scanned the TV Guide on the weekends looking for a Mr. Universe or Mr. Olympia to be broadcast on Wide World of Sports or other such shows. I began my competition days at age 17. I won an overall teenage show at 19 and decided to retire from competition. Competitive bodybuilding was taking too much of my time. I needed to spend time focusing on a career and a family. After training 4-5 days per week for nearly 20 years since my last contest, I still love the sport of bodybuilding. But things have changed.

One thing that’s really changed is the content of muscle mags. Oh sure, they have more and more photos of mightily-built behemoths every month. And they also have more and more scantily-clad women gracing the pages each month. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t even buy them and leave them on my coffee table for conversation pieces because they’re borderline pornographic. Things have changed. Bikini babes don’t have anything to do with the sport of bodybuilding. They’re in the mags to just increase sales.

Supplement magazines have taken the place of the muscle magazines. Look at any magazine these days. They all sold out to some huge company showing off drug-induced physiques (as if they actually got that way by taking powdered sugar with creatine in it). I said to myself, “Enough is enough! If no one else is going to make a quality magazine about the sport of bodybuilding, then I'll do it myself.” And I did.

I think you’re going to like what you see.

IAB is going to start out small, but we’re going to make a big impact on the world of bodybuilding. Look at it this way: as your muscles grow bigger, so will this magazine. Let’s have fun growing together. I’m going to be putting things in IAB that got me motivated to train when I was a teenager. You’re going to see lots of features profiling hard-training amateur athletes. I know our “Tomorrow’s Superstar” and “Other Rising Stars” are going to be sure-fire hits. There’s going to be reader involvement with contests and chances to win prizes. And best of all IAB is going to be free. Download an issue at not cost to you.
In 1981 I could proudly say, “I'm a bodybuilder.” That statement sums up a lot of dedication, tenacity and perserverance. Some call it blood, sweat and tears. I’m a Bodybuilder says it all.