It was 2017 when I received the biggest news I had ever received in my entire career. For the 15 years prior to that moment, I had photographed countless fitness talents for countless fitness magazine covers. Sadly, never having the opportunity to reach my own lifelong dream of me being on a cover.

That changed when I received the offer to not only photograph, but to personally be honored to appear on the cover of Gainz Magazine. I had been training for two and a half hours a day. 6 days a week, for the past 5 months to get my body to a place where it could be photographed and properly photoshopped. My meal plan consisted exclusively of tilapia and asparagus.

I had never felt more humbled that the editors entrusted me to photograph myself as a rising fitness talent. Did I mention this all happened on April 1, 2017.

This was one of my most effective April fools jokes I had ever done. I received hundreds of congratulating comments for all my hard work on the fake post I created.

Today, we are discussing magazine cover contents.

"You are already worthy of media features, but you do not need media features to be worthy."

IN THIS EPISODE

• What it really takes to win a cover contest.
• Reading the fine print.
• Is there really a print edition?
• "Special" print edition.
• What you can and can't say when you win.
• The effort that goes into participating in these contents.
• Taking the same energy to actually earn a magazine feature.

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