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Best foods: these are the best of the best in their categoryfor offseason and contest prep Chris Aceto I’m sure you’ve heard this cliche of nutritional wisdom: “Eat a wide variety of foods to get the best array of vitamins, minerals and nutrients.” That’s great advice because there is no such thing as a single […]
Top picks: choose the perfect protein supplement with this advice from IFBB pro and nutrition consultant George Farah Steve Stiefel George Farah may be best known to fans as the man who survived gunshot wounds, bravely battling back from the near-death experience to successfully compete as a pro, most recently taking 12th at the 2005 […]
RegeneraShawn: Shawn Ray is making a comeback. But does the mouth that roared still have the body to back up the talk? Jim Schmaltz Put the rocking chair back in the attic. Scrape the cobwebs off the squat rack. Grab the posing trunks from the hamper. Load that protein shake into the blender. Shawn Ray […]
2000-2005 IFBB contest history Joe Roark QUICK STATS Here’s breakdown of the IFBB men’s pro contests held during the six-year period encompassing 2000 through 2005. 68 contests 268 athletes 10 host countries 29 host cities (17 in the United States) 21 winners 15 first-time winners 15 wins by one man (Ronnie Coleman) NEW BLOOD Of […]
Follow the Ruhl Greg Merritt It’s not for the faint-hearted, but MARKUS RUHL’s second video, Ruhl: Made in Germany, delivers just what you want from a training vid: loads of brutal muscle moving loads of heavy iron. It also serves up a few surprises. The expertly produced DVD switches between black-and-white training segments and color […]
Heard at the O Craig Richardson “I wish SHAWN [RAY], FLEX [WHEELER] and [KEVIN [LEVRONE] had competed at this year’s Mr. 01ympia. That would have made the show complete. Of course, it would have knocked me down three more places.” –Craig Richardson COPYRIGHT 2005 Weider Publications COPYRIGHT 2005 Gale Group
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Weider’s principles: in a rare interview, Joe Weider speaks candidly about everything from Arnold Schwarzenegger and the 25th anniversary of FLEX to the ultimate fate of mankind Shawn Perine It’s been said time and again that without Joe Weider, there would not be bodybuilding, at least not as we know it today. Although the self-proclaimed […]
Pec twisters: the key to building a massive chest – Training – pectoralis muscles Melvin Anthony I pity bodybuilders born with perfect physiques. Think of what they’re missing. First, they’re not impelled to improve, so they don’t learn problem solving or the wealth of new information that goes with it. Second, knowing that they need […]