Recently added articles from Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness:

THE WEAKER SEX?

Jul 01, 2008; McGough, Peter ... Call me old-fashioned (and we're not referencing my penchant for leisure suits and Bing Crosby albums), but the notion of women fighting in the style of Gina Carano (featured on page 166) makes me sort of uncomfortable. Hell, I find it hard to stomach females even attending boxing events, never ...

MUSCLE MOTIVATION

Jul 01, 2008; Weider, Joe ... STOKE YOUR FITNESS FIRE WITH SOME HEALTHY COMPETITION AT ITS CORE, the goal of bodybuilding is simple: Transform the flesh that's attached to your bones into solid, iron-moving muscle. If you're reading this magazine, it means you've been inspired to do just that. The key, however, often ...

FEEDBACK

Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... LEAN & MEAN M&F is awesome! Thanks to the information in your magazine, I'm in the best shape of my life. I'm a former high school and college football player who played offensive line at 290 pounds. With the help of your diet tips and training routines, I leaned myself all the ...

FOCUSED ON FAT LOSS

Jul 01, 2008; Kirkman, Brian ... SUCCESS STORIES Last May, I weighed in at 318 pounds with 36% bodyfat at 27 years old. I looked and felt horrible. I was drinking soda all the time and eating nothing but bad foods, and I wasn't getting the exercise I needed. Finally I looked at myself in the mirror and said, "It's time ...

MOTOR MOUTH

Jul 01, 2008; Thorpe, Mark ... BT HEALTH DON'T LET BAD TEETH UNDERMINE A LONG LIFE IN THE GYM, OR ON THE PLANET * Most of What you find in this magazine will make you not only bigger but healthier as well. Keeping your teeth clean has a similar effect. Poor oral care has even been linked to heart disease in ...

FULL IMPACT

Jul 01, 2008; Nishi, Dennis ... GEAR WHEN BREAKING A SWEAT THIS SUMMER, PROTECT YOUR EYES AND FEET * When the Slin bakes the clay, it's time to head to water. That's the rule of the Kalahari and - thanks to global warming summers in the rest of the world. Fortunately, there are a few easy ways to coax our ...

SMALL IS BIG

Jul 01, 2008; Gorzelany, Jim ... RIDES * Mini Cooper Clubman Essentially an extended version of the diminutive Mini Cooper coupe, the new Clubman adds a rear-seat-access door and a two-piece tailgate in a token nod to practicality. The wagonesque Clubman is 9.4 inches longer than the standard Cooper and ...

Running in the City

Jul 01, 2008; Scheett, Tim ... THE LATEST HIGH-PERFORMANCE FITNESS AND HEALTH NEWS FROM THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY Taking your cardio outside In the summer months is as strong an urge as some other basic instincts. And like those other urges, running in the city can result in exposure to less than salubrious elements ....

March Massness: Deadlift Voted King

Jul 01, 2008; Stoppani, Jim; Thorpe, Mark ... READER POLL This spring we asked what you thought was the absolute best mass-building move around. The bracket Included a Sweet 16 of exercises to choose from. At the close of voting, the deadllft reigned supreme, offing the bench press by pulling in 60% of the vote. MUSCLE & ...

10-Second Lesson: ABS

Jul 01, 2008; Stoppani, Jim; Thorpe, Mark ... MUSCLE LAB Most abdominal exercises don't require a large range of motion to be effective. For instance, you don't need to go beyond 30 degrees ...

GYM FIX

Jul 01, 2008; Jackson, Dwayne ... Bench Press PROBLEM If you train during rush hour at your gym, standing in line at the bench press will remind you of trying to renew your driver's license. Stop waiting in line and start working out. Grab a flat bench and take it to the ...

MY FIRST... REAL SQUAT

Jul 01, 2008; McQuay, Stan ... "Back in '96, I remember doing a set of squats with 315 pounds. When I finished my last rep, I looked around the gym proudly and noticed that the biggest guy in the room was staring at me. He shouted out: "Now lot's see you do a real squat!" I had ...

Run & Lift

Jul 01, 2008; Stoppani, Jim; Thorpe, Mark ... RESULTS Exercise physiologists may not all agree on whether weight training benefits endurance athletes, but elite endurance runners aren't as wishy-washy: Most, including members of Team Running USA and many Olympians, include some ...

MACHINE-MADE MASS

Jul 01, 2008; Scheett, Tim ... TRAINING GRAPHIC MUSCLE This graph shows that weightlifters who trained for 10 weeks using a machine bench press gained about the same amount of strength on that movement as those who used the barbell bench press. TIP-OFF: When veteran bodybuilders tell you to skip ...

Dumbbell Destroyer Kit

Jul 01, 2008; Scheett, Tim ... GEAR OF THE MONTH Ironmaster's Quick-Lock Dumbbell System is the adjustable weight set for the hardcore bodybuilder. No weird design, no flimsy plastic parts, just true steel dumbbells. The patented lock design allows you to adjust the dumbbells on the base system from 5-75 pounds in ...

YOUR FERTILITY, ON THE LINE

Jul 01, 2008; Stoppani, Jim; Thorpe, Mark ... MUSCLE LAB Among the many detriments of cell phone use, a new one has emerged. A study in the journal Fertility & Sterility found that the longer 361 men used cell phones, the lower the number and quality of their ...

The Fitnessologist

Jul 01, 2008; Finkel, Jon ... Q: I'm trying to get bigger, and a buddy of mine told me about a mass diet In which you eat only eggs for a week. He said he gained 10 pounds of muscle. Will It work? A: It's great that you're friends with Cool Hand Luke. Fittingly, what we've got here is a failure to communicate. Yes, ...

POWER NAP PROVES EFFECTIVE

Jul 01, 2008; Jackson, Dwayne ... SLEEPOLOGY When you hit that midday Tropic of Torpor and your mind won't focus on anything longer than a YouTube clip, what do you do? Most guys grab some coffee. You may want to try the opposite attack: Take a six-minute nap. A recent study from the University of Dusseldorf (Germany) ...

NECK TRAINING

Jul 01, 2008; Scheett, Tim ... MEDICINAL MASS With the technological boom well past its infancy, there's a good chance you spend a fair amount of your day in front of a computer. Although you know this, let us repeat it: This type of monotonous work is notorious for causing neck and shoulder pain. The good news is ...

Deep Sun Block

Jul 01, 2008; Jackson, Dwayne ... PROTECT YOURSELF 25 THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF TIMES YOU SHOULD CHEW YOUR FOOD BEFORE SWALLOWING Most sunscreens protect only against UVB rays, which are linked to shortterm skin damage such as sunburn. That's why you should check into Kz's Endurance Sunblock line. Not only is ...