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Training & Fitness |
Nutrition |
Rock-Hard Challenge 2008, Month 2
It's back! Since its inception in July 2001, M&F's Rock-Hard Challenge has helped millions get fit. Now it's your turn to Your physique transformation is under way! Keep the gains coming with the complete training program for the next phase of our three-month challenge, loaded with muscle-building intensity and fat-burning cardio. It's built for anyone seeking a lean, strong body.
By Joe Wuebben, Program By Jimmy Peña, MS, CSCS |
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Break Through to a Better You
Attain a beach-ready physique with 97 explosive tips to bust through any training plateau.
By Jim Stoppani, PhD, And Jon Finkel |
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Four-Alarm Foods
The next time you're faced with choosing chow from a vending machine, the movies or a fast-food joint, choose right with this guide to the best of the worst.
By Jordana Brown |
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Rock-Hard Diet, Month 2
Fight fat and craft lean muscle 24/7 with this nutrition plan. Although it's specially designed for those taking on the Rock-Hard Challenge, it's a powerful plan for anyone training for their best body ever.
By Jim Stoppani, PhD |
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Fine-Tune Your Legs In Four Weeks
You can train your legs and then you can train your legs. Big difference. This monthlong routine does the latter to make you bigger and stronger.
By Jimmy Peña, MS, CSCS |
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Shake Up Your Growth
Mixing a protein shake may seem elementary on many levels, but add the wrong thing at the wrong time and you create obstacles to growth. Here's how to get bigger and stronger one shake at a time.
By Jordana Brown |
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The Rock-Hard Challenge Rules
Ready to put your results to the test? Find out how you can enter to become the 2008 Rock-Hard male or female champion, and earn yourself a $2,500 grand prize in the process.
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The Smith Smackdown
From the muscleandfitness.com message boards, we give you the hottest debate in 2008: What's the Smith machine good for?
By Jon Finkel, Jimmy Pena, MS, CSCS and The Memebers Of muscleandfitness.com |
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Fire Up Your Delts
Amateur bodybuilder and professional firefighter Steve Kuclo builds big shoulders with this red-hot routine.
By Lara McGlashan |
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Lats Like Lado's
Shapely lats and steel traps keep IFBB figure pro Mary Elizabeth Lado near the top of the figure world.
By Jon Finkel |
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| Features |
Featured Departments |
Columns, Etc. |
The Muscle Doctrine
Who knew that behind the mild-mannered professionalism of Celebrity Rehab's Dr. Drew there lurks an old-school gym rat with biceps bigger than his clients' heads?
By Mark Thorpe |
132 |
Training Notebook
Workout of the Month: Detail Day
By Jimmy Pena, MS, CSCS
Pimp My Workout: Find the Fatigue
By Joe Wuebben
Power and Strength: Sizing Up the Sumo
By Sean Waxman, CSCS
Strength Lab: Pulled in All Directions
By Jim Stoppani, PhD
Kinesiology: Reverse Smith Front Squat
By David Sandler, MS, CSCS
Ask Arnold: Back Drop
By Arnold Schwarzenegger |
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Masthead
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Reel Muscle
Rocky training scenes are the gold standard in cinematic muscle, but we've ranked nine sequences that offer stiff competition.
By Jon Finkel |
170 |
Nutrition Notebook
What's Your Q?
By Jim Stoppani, PhD
How & Whey
By Tabitha Elliott, PhD |
234 |
On the Web
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Editorial
By Peter McGough
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26 |
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Perspective
By Joe Weider
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28 |
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Feedback/Success Stories
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32 |
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The Edge
By Jim Stoppani, PhD, and Mark Thorpe
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36 |
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Big Time
Edited By Mark Thorpe
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50 |
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Industry Beat
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242 |
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The Marketplace
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250 |
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Strong Words
By Jon Finkel
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256 |
