Cover Lines Madness

I am now brainstorming cover lines for the cover page of MAXIMIZE!!! Women's fitness magazines have the tendency to be over packed and include many cover lines in order to advertise the most articles possible. Since these magazines are usually displayed in places where women spend most of their time, such as a grocery store, these fitness magazines take advantage of trying to attract their target audience (women) with the highest degree of content. Through my research, I also learned that fitness magazines usually have 7 sell lines and rarely include secondary images from in-featuring articles. The use of banners around cover lines isn't common either, but there is a greater presence of boxed text on the cover page. I want to challenge these genre conventions by steering away from this tightly crammed cover page and create a more visually appealing piece with less cover lines. Here is what I'm trying to avoid:

 

Both of these cover pages are packed with content and aren't aesthetically pleasing in any way. Genre conventions in regard to cover lines that I will follow when creating my magazine is writing tips and advice on how to stay fit because that's what the target audience wants to gain upon buying these magazines. 

Citations:

• Truji Follow, Alberto. "Codes and Conventions - Fitness & Lifestyle." LinkedIn SlideShare. N.p., 04 Mar. 2015. Web. 17 Mar. 2017.
• "Writing Cover Lines for Magazines." Pigfender. N.p., 06 Mar. 2014. Web. 17 Mar. 2017.
• Adams, Erika. "Why Can't Fitness Magazines Cash In on the Wellness Craze?" Racked. Racked, 25 Jan. 2016. Web. 17 Mar. 2017.
• "FITNESS Turns 20! Editors' Top 20 Favorite FITNESS Covers." Fitness Magazine. N.p., 10 Apr. 2012. Web. 17 Mar. 2017.