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This month you get the 411 on building muscle from a guy who’s been in the body biz for more than 30 years, Clark Bartram. Based on his lifetime of experience, he lays out lessons to help you grow and get ripped to the bone. Then it’s on to getting impressive below the waist. No, not a review of male-enhancement pills—it’s Roger Lockridge with an incredible but brutal Power/Rep Range/Shock leg blast that will turn your twigs into tree trunks. Plus, the master of muscle, Greg Zulak, explains how to pack on mass without running out of gas.

FEATURES

TRAIN, EAT, GROW 177

Steve Holman outlines an innovative delts-and-arms mass-building workout for at-home muscle construction. All you need are dumbbells.

HAVING A BLAST

Fitness icon Clark Bartram reveals how he’s still rockin’ the industry at 50—training and diet tips included.

ANOTHER CHAMPION BITES THE DUST

Legendary bodybuilding writer and Mr. World Rick Wayne says farewell to Larry Scott in his indelible, always-entertaining style.

FIBER FACT AND FICTION

Joe Klemczewski, Ph.D., a.k.a. the Diet Doc, presents the truth about the fat-loss, health and bathroom benefits of a fiber-rich diet.

THE FITEXPO LOS ANGELES

An overview of all the action from the L.A. Convention Center, complete with muscle and strength contests and sizzling celebrities.

TRANSFORMATION

How Marco Romagnuolo took his bloated body down more than 80 pounds to hit the bodybuilding stage ripped to the bone.

LIVING LARGE—AND LOVING LEG DAY

Roger Lockridge outlines a three-week rotation to get your wheels rolling big time.

A BODYBUILDER IS BORN: GENERATIONS

“I can’t motivate you.” Ron Harris tells it like it is—you have to dig deep within yourself to succeed.

NO CONFUSION HERE

Cory Crow recaps Samuel Dixon’s instinctive training for carving a commanding chest.

GET WIDE!

You can change your structure—with powerful back and shoulder stretchers. Greg Zulak shows you how.

HARDBODY

Pediatric nurse and IFBB bikini pro Amy Suzanne Updike is living her dreams and heating up the stage.

DEPARTMENTS

TRAIN TO GAIN

Tension-overload training, the forced-rep count and preexhausting to avoid precarious presses.

EAT TO GROW

Jerry Brainum deciphers the research on postworkout protein and optimal nutrient timing.

MHP MUSCLE AND POWER

IFBB pro Ben White talks deadlifting for size and power.

SMART TRAINING

Coach Charles Poliquin discusses the details of wave loading.

NATURALLY HUGE

Mr. Natural Olympia John Hansen has the skinny on leaning out.

TWIG TO BIG

Vince Del Monte outlines functional hypertrophy clusters.

ANABOLIC RESEARCH

Jerry Brainum explores multiple exercise sessions and their effect on growth hormone release.

NEWS & VIEWS

L.T.’s insider look at the world of bodybuilding—the latest pro wins, grins and sins.

PRIME-TIME MUSCLE

Tony DiCosta on the art of the comeback. Plus, a look at cheat meals.

MIND/BODY CONNECTION

Coach Bill Starr extols the benefits of strong wrists and forearms—and how to get them. Also, Ruth Silverman’s Pump & Circumstance.

READERS WRITE

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