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  • How to Be Happy

    Early this week I was listening to National Public Radio as I drove to work, and there was a feature about...

    John BalikApril 22, 2008
  • The Five-Minute Workout

    My friend Bob Gajda, a Mr. America and Mr. Universe in the mid-’60s, started out as a three-letter athlete in high...

    John BalikMarch 14, 2008
  • What a Weekend!

    I started producing bodybuilding events in the late ’60s as a volunteer with the AAU, which was then the dominant sanctioning...

    John BalikFebruary 22, 2008
  • The Legacy of a Legend

    The legacy of Reg Park is worldwide, and it’s a living legacy, manifest in the bodies and lives he changed by...

    John BalikJanuary 4, 2008
  • Separating the Men From the Boys

    No pain, no gain. That’s the bodybuilding mantra because the key factor in making a workout productive is intensity, and intensity...

    John BalikDecember 16, 2007
  • Selfishness: Another View

    The dictionary definition of selfish goes something like this: lacking in consideration for others; putting yourself at the center. Then there...

    John BalikNovember 20, 2007
  • Arthur Jones: The Passing of a Giant

    Arthur Jones was a man of extremes: charismatic, brash, brilliant, driven, relentless, bigoted— and above all fearless. I first met him...

    John BalikOctober 30, 2007
  • Transformation, Part 2

    Last month in this space I discussed Dynamic Longevity™, and I want to expand on some of those thoughts—as well as...

    John BalikSeptember 21, 2007
  • Fountain of Youth (Transformation)

    Since the beginning of recorded history man has been looking for immortality. Ponce de León was believed to have been searching...

    John BalikAugust 24, 2007
  • Critical Mass and ArnoldThink

    Most IRON MAN readers know Bill Dobbins as an innovative and passionate photographer of fit and muscular women, but as “ArnoldThink,”...

    John BalikJuly 23, 2007
  • “I Will Run…”

    The day before Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and announced that he would run in the...

    John BalikJuly 19, 2007
  • Relationships, Part 2

    IRON MAN’s success over the past 71 years is directly connected to our ability to deliver quality information that our readers...

    John BalikJuly 4, 2007
  • Designer Genes

    There’s no question that your genetic makeup governs your bodybuilding results. I didn’t say “success” because no matter what your genetics,...

    John BalikJune 6, 2007
  • Relationships

    My relationship with Iron Man started when I was 14—my mother bought me my first issue. My mother’s brothers had trained...

    John BalikMay 10, 2007
  • August 2004

    This month it?s all about intensity. We?re going to take your muscles for a spin with some Max Contraction action. Is...

    Iron Man MagazineAugust 1, 2004