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168 Getting Ready for Mr. O
m&f Fitness Director Jimmy Peña goes mano-a-mano with Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler on leg day. This is a true-life David and Goliath story.
BY JOE WUEBBEN

204 The Battle of His Life
Contributing writer and former bodybuilder Chris Aceto fought cancer for five years and was convinced he would never weight-train again. Then his mind struck up a conversation with his body.
BY MARK THORPE

222 View From the Top
Ten former Mr. Olympias and the current champ give us the scoop on their greatest moments at the top of the muscle heap.
COMPILED BY MARK THORPE AND PETER MCGOUGH

Featured DEPARTMENTS

56 Training Notebook
One-Minute Lesson: Isolation Frustration BY BILL GEIGER, MA

Strength Lab: Lateral Lessons
BY JIM STOPPANI, PHD
Pimp My Workout: Bring Up the Rear
BY JOE WUEBBEN
Power and Strength: One-Two Punch
BY SEAN WAXMAN, CSCS
Pullout m&f Workout to Go: Shoulders
BY BILL GEIGER, MA

Kinesiology: Incline Barbell Press
BY DAVID SANDLER, MS, CSCS

68 Nutrition Notebook
Man-Made Meal: Bulked-Up Barbecue Burger
BY LAURA CREAVALLE

Ask the Diet Guru: Going on Empty
BY CHRIS ACETO

Bodybuilding Buffet: Steak Your Claim
By JORDANA BROWN

Muscle in Minutes: Shake of the Month
By JORDANA BROWN Click here for online feature articles.

 

82 Stand Up, Sit Down
Turn your workouts upside down by doing your standing exercises sitting and your sitting exercises standing - and watch as your slow gains reverse course, too.
BY BILL GEIGER, MA

97 Pumped Arms
Are your bi’s and tri’s looking more deflated than pumped? Superset your biceps and triceps exercises with this fast-paced, fast-acting arm workout.
BY BILL GEIGER, MA

120 Get Ripped by Jan. 1
Why wait until the new year to resolve to get ripped? This 12-week workout and meal plan will have you celebrating your new body by the first of the year. BY ERIC VELAZQUEZ WITH JIMMY PENA, MS, CSCS, AND JIM STOPPANI, PhD

148 Smith & Lesson
If you can do it in the gym, you can do it on the Smith machine - safely and effectively. Use these nine moves to build machinelike muscle.
BY JIMMY PENA, MA, CSCS, AND JOE WUEBBEN

210 Back in Action
Amateur bodybuilder Adorthus Cherry shows you the back routine that has him perched one gut-wrenching set from the pros.
BY MARK THORPE

228 Full-Nelson Abs
IFBB fitness competitor Amy Villa Nelson’s ab routine helps keep her life in perpetual motion and her career on the upswing.
BY MARK THORPE 240 Off the Cuff
Don’t shrug off shoulder pain - it can derail your chest and delt training. Use these tactics to strengthen your rotator cuff and prevent injury.
BY BILL GEIGER, MA Click here for online training articles.

 

132 The Secret Lives of Supps
Find out what the 13 most popular supplements can do for you - beyond the benefits they’re already known for.
BY DWAYNE JACKSON, PhD, And JIM STOPPANI, PhD, WITH ERIC VELAZQUEZ

184 Big on a Budget
We’ve matched your training goals to your budgets so you get more growth for your dollar.
BY JIM STOPPANI, PhD, AND ERIC VELAZQUEZ

192 The Fats of Life
Which fats are good for your bodybuilding aspirations and which fats are bad? We shine a spotlight on this Jekyll and Hyde of the macronutrient world.
BY MATTHEW KADEY, MS, RD, AND JIM STOPPANI, PhD Click here for online nutrition articles.

 

 

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