| Features |
76 Train, Eat, Grow 125
Attention big-gain hunters: Size Surgin’ safari time. |
112 Master Your Metabolism
From the Bodybuilding.com archives, Joe Klemczewski, Ph.D., tells you how to burn fat faster. |
122 Stop The Presses!
Doug Brignole takes his 30-plus years of experience and throws the shoulder staple into the Dumpster. |
134 Aesthetic Thunder From Down Under
Steve Holman talks with bodybuilder David Rylah about his blood-and-guts HIT workouts. |
150 Mass Insanity
C.S. Sloan outlines four crazy workouts—666, 8x8 and more—for some serious size building. |
170 Eddie Robinson: Force Of Nature
IRON MAN’s Legends of Bodybuilding honors the late-’80s and ’90s luminary: includes an in-depth interview, his workout and loads of inspiring pics. |
192 Power Surge
Ryan “BenchMonster” Kennelly and Sean Katterle present advanced techniques for power benching. |
202 Heavy Duty
John Little begins his analysis of Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty philosophy. |
210 Arnold Classic Preview
Lonnie Teper checks out the freaky field for the big Columbus, Ohio, payday. |
238 Profiles In Muscle: Lee Banks
How the top heavyweight contender trains, eats and breathes the bodybuilding lifestyle. |
246 Femme Physique
Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB women’s historian, looks back at the IFBB North American Championships. |
252 Hardbody
Figure fireball Christina Vargas burns brightly as trainer, singer and up-and-coming bikini designer. |
266 Only The Strong Shall Survive
Strength coach Bill Starr says there’s one true way to get big gains: Make it harder! |
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| Departments |
40 Train To Gain
New-order mass method, jolt arm growth—plus, Joe Horrigan’s Sportsmedicine. |
54 Smart Training
Coach Charles Poliquin makes the case: Use less variation for more size and strength. |
62 Eat To Grow
Unique fatty acid reduces bodyfat, and pyruvate is back as a mucle-and-leanness compound. |
92 Naturally Huge
John Hansen on sets, reps and intensity. |
102 Shredded Muscle
Drug-free pro Dave Goodin tells tales of his recent international competitions. |
106 Critical Mass
Steve Holman looks at short, basic workouts for packing on mass. |
160 Muscle “In” Sites
Eric Broser surfs the Web and reviews the new X-traordinary Size Surge Workout. |
224 News & Views
Lonnie Teper analyzes the NPC Nationals and looks back at 20 years of the IRON MAN Pro. |
234 Bodybuilding Pharmacology
Jerry Brainum concludes his update on the most dangerous drugs athletes are using. |
240 Pump & Circumstance
Ruth Silverman gives you the goings-on from the Nationals—and elsewhere in the women’s side of the body sports. |
276 Mind/Body Connection
MANformation, sexy smells and a review of The System, a dating book for horn dogs. |
288 Readers Write
Best issue, Goodin the Great and new blood. |
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