September 2005
Vol. 64, No. 9
Dead-On Mass Gains, page 136
Real Bodybuilding Training, Nutrition & Supplementation
FEATURES
70 TRAIN, EAT, GROW 71 Our TEG men are experimenting again. Would you believe once-a-week leg work with a cardio chaser? It’s a new split for destination ripped!
84 A BODYBUILDER IS BORN Ron Harris, our in-the-trenches hard-core muscle guy, takes on a young protégé. The goal: mass and symmetry.
98 RESEARCH TEAM If you’re ready to jack up your bench press poundage, it’s time to pay attention to details—like your rotator cuff.
114 IN THE NO Jerry Brainum delves into the science of nitric oxide and outrageous muscle pumps. Swell info here, gang.
136 DEAD-ON MASS GAINS Chris Pennington gives you the goods on how to resurrect your size gains with the deadlift. Is it the true king of the mass moves?
152 TOP 10 DIET FALLACIES Ori Hofmekler, author of the Warrior Diet, explodes mealtime myths and nutrition superstitions. (A big breakfast is for fatties?)
A Bodybuilder Is Born,
178 ERYK BUI
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Eryk Bui, page 178
Michael O’Hearn and Diannah Bays appear on this month’s cover. Hair & Makeup Yvone Ouelette Photo by Michael Neveux.
Lonnie Teper talks to the new pro who’s hell-bent on bringing back proportion and symmetry to the flex-for-pay circuit—and he’s one strong son of a gun too! Check out his training routine.
190 HEAVY DUTY John Little discusses Mike Mentzer’s forays into Hypertraining, featuring Dorian Yates, max negatives and new heights of hypertrophy.
Hardbodies, page 226
204 MUSCLE-BUILDING LESSONS Stuart McRobert returns with the ultimate split, abbreviated training and the sacred 10 Commandments of Bodybuilding.
226 HARDBODIES And now for something completely different: Tony Duffy’s incredible photographs of female muscle in motion—track athletes who’ve got it going on with serious sinew. Wow!
242 ONLY THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE Bill Starr takes you back to the rack for part 3 of his interesting introspection and revving recollections of cage rage. (Hey, wasn’t the rack a medieval torture device?)
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