Training & Fitness

80 Simply Huge
This six-week program eliminates the bells and whistles to give you a straightforward and effective mass-building workout.
By JIMMY PEÑA, MS, CSCS, AND michael BERG

166 Speed Up, Slow Down
To your weight-room arsenal of intensity, volume, rest and exercise order, add the underrated tool of rep speed - you'll grow even faster with it.
BY JIM STOPPANI, PhD, AND ERIC VELAZQUEZ

210 Fine-Tune Your Chest in Four Weeks
Minor tweaks in form can lead to massive changes in how your chest grows.
BY JIMMY PEÑA, MS, CSCS

242 August Feats
Use Al Auguste's back routine to build thick muscle, and take his dedication to getting ahead as an example of courage.
BY Mark Thorpe

252 American Girl
Pro figure competitor Jennifer Gates grew up in a bodybuilding family, and she has the arm routine to prove it.
BY Mark Thorpe

Features

190 The Accidental Icon
Bruce Lee's bodybuilding credentials are unheralded, but his embrace of the fledgling pursuit still resonates through sports 34 years after his death.
BY Eric Velazquez

230 M&F Strength
Feats 2007 We give you 10 of the grandest spectacles of strength in our annual collection of physical hubris.
By Joe Wuebben

262 A Day at the Beach
AVP players Michelle More and Suzanne Stonebarger are known as Team Gorgeous. Give 'em a look to find out why.
BY Eric Velazquez

Featured DEPARTMENTS

56 Training Notebook
Workout of the Month: All 4 One
by jim stoppani, Phd
Pimp My Workout: Wheels of Fortune
By joe wuebben
Strength Lab: A Pressing Issue
by jim stoppani, Phd
Power and Strength: Translating the Turkish Get-Up
By sean waxman, CSCS Kinesiology: Sissy Squat By david sandler, ms, cscs

68 Nutrition Notebook
Man-Made Meal: Scrambled Eggs With Turkey
By LAURA CREAVALLE
Ask the Expert: A Stimulating Topic
By chris aceto
Bodybuilding Buffet: Plant Power
By JORDANA BROWN
Muscle in Minutes: Shake of the Month
By JORDANA BROWN

Columns, etc.
26 Editorial By PETER McGOUGH
28 Perspective By Joe Weider
30 Feedback/Success Stories
40 Big Time edited By MARK THORPE
272 The Edge edited By Jim Stoppani, phd
282 Ask Arnold By Arnold Schwarzenegger
284 Gunnar's Athletic Department By Gunnar Peterson, CSCS
288 The Marketplace
296 Next Month

Nutrition