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70 Train, Eat, Grow 126
Big exercises, basic workouts, great gains. |
104 The Hercules Workout
From the Bodybuilding.com archives, Ben Black helps you plan a full-body mass attack. |
116 The Organic Truth
Jerry Brainum explores the research, facts and fiction on eating organic for more muscle and good health. |
130 Step-By-Step Big-Back Prep
Cory Crow gets a blow-by-blow script of bodybuilder Brian Yersky’s back-building secrets. |
142 Hardbody
Ruth Silverman chats with sultry figure siren Ava Cowan. |
158 Heavy Duty
More of John Little’s review of Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty principles. |
170 Pec Tutorial
Eric Broser’s top five puny-pecs pitfalls—and how to avoid them to get your best chest ever! |
196 Justin Brooks: Metamorphosis
Rod Labbe gets the lowdown on the symmetry seeker’s retirement from the bodybuilding stage and how he stays big and ripped today. |
210 Protein Power
Researchers Jacob and Gabriel Wilson take a hard look at how to optimize your aminos for muscle size. |
234 Muscle Beach Time Capsules
Joe Wheatley, the keeper of Muscle Beach, recently buried a pair of bodybuilding time capsules amid ceremonious circumstances. Check it out. |
238 Profiles In Muscle: Earskin Presley
How the up-and-coming national-level bodybuilder lives the muscle lifestyle—his complete training routine and diet included. |
248 Femme Physique
Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB women’s historian, looks back at top flexer Lynn Conkwright’s attempt to conquer the Superstars competition in 1982. |
266 Only The Strong Shall Survive
Strength coach Bill Starr has the info you need to amass dead-on size and strength. Hint: You gotta pull heavy iron off the floor. |
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| Departments |
38 Train To Gain
The size-exercise shuffle, rep tempo to grow—plus, Joe Horrigan’s Sportsmedicine. |
52 Smart Training
Coach Charles Poliquin explains how to undulate to invigorate gains. |
58 Eat To Grow
The All-New Atkins Advantage and vitamin C, the master recovery agent. |
82 Naturally Huge
John Hansen on how to bulk without blubber. |
92 Shredded Muscle
Drug-free pro Dave Goodin reveals how to maintain thin, youthful skin to magnify muscle. |
98 Critical Mass
Steve Holman outlines the postactivation size surge. Plus, a row-to-grow analysis. |
192 Muscle “In” Sites
Eric Broser surfs to David Henry’s TooPumped.net and reviews Melvin Anthony’s DVD. |
224 News & Views
Lonnie Teper takes you around the world of bodybuilding. Plus, Teper’s Rising Stars. |
242 Pump & Circumstance
Ruth Silverman checks in with the fab females of physiquedom—a fantastic-photo feast. |
256 Bodybuilding Pharmacology
Jerry Brainum looks at anabolic steroids and skin. |
276 Mind/Body Connection
MANformation leadership strategies, hangover helper, random acts of kindness, adding years to your life and a review of Sports: Is It All B.S.? |
242 Readers Write
Hatin’ O’Hearn, commonsense sizzle, strongman Snee and livin’ large and lean. |
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