Which popular magazine was published first, Inside Sports or Men's Fitness?
Men's Fitness Men's Fitness is a men's magazine published by American Media, Inc and founded in the United States in 1987. The premier issue featured Michael Pare from the television series "The Greatest American Hero".
Werner Hoeger Werner Hoeger (Mérida, Venezuela, 15 December 1953-) is a professor emeritus (active) of exercise science at Boise State University and author of nine different "fitness & wellness" textbooks. He has written a total of 62 editions of these books. He is one of the most widely read fitness and wellness college authors in the United States. He was the first author to write a college-level fitness book to incorporate the "wellness" concept with the publication of "Lifetime Physical Fitness & Wellness: A Personalized Program" in 1986 (now in its 14th edition, Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2017). His title "Fitness & Wellness" (Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2017, 12th edition) is a concise book for introductory courses and for the general public that provides the necessary guidelines to enhance health and quality of life through a comprehensive fitness and wellness program. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and also of the Research Consortium of SHAPE America. A gymnast in his youth, he later took up the sport of luge and participated in two Olympic Winter Games (2002 and 2006).