In this issue

BODYBUILDING MECCA
By Bev Francis and Steve Weinberger

MUSCLE GROWTH UPDATE
Hypertrophy-Specific Training
By Daniel Gwartney, MD

NUTRITION PERFORMANCE
Glycemic Index and Fat Loss By Richard B. Kreider, Ph.D., FACSM, FISSN, FACN, FNAK

TOP 10 FAT-LOSS BREAKTHROUGHS Putting It All Together for a LEAN PHYSIQUE

Chances are, if you’re like thousands of bodybuilders, you’ll spend a good part of today agonizing over your diet as if the Black Cloud of Fatness was hot on your trail. No doubt you’re betting that through strict dieting, reading labels, relentlessly evaluating and reevaluating your daily meal plan and training routine, you’ll not only avoid those Quasibloato Meets Pillsbury Dough Boy comparisons, but you’ll also slowly expose a hard, chiseled physique.

10+ mins

Glycemic Index and Fat Loss

For many years we were told the keys to losing weight and staying healthy are to exercise and eat a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet. The public evidently heeded this advice as epidemiological studies have shown that dietary practices of Americans have shifted accordingly. Yet, despite this shift, the incidence of obesity and diabetes in America has reached epidemic proportions, particularly in children and adolescents. This phenomenon has been explained as a result of an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and consumption of nutrient-dense food.

6 mins

HYPERTROPHY-SPECIFIC TRAINING

Proven Concepts Combined to Build Muscle Better

5 mins

SHAWN RHODEN IN MEMORIAM Tribute to 2018 Mr. Olympian

On November 6, 2021, 2018 Mr. Olympia Shawn “Flexatron” tragically passed away at the early age of 46. MD would like to remember this great champion who was taken from us much too soon.

10 mins

12 Steps to Peak Your Physique in 2022!

Why do we make such a big deal out of a new year? These are after all abstract constructs that we humans came up with to delineate our lives into blocks of time: seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years. It’s what a new year represents that’s so important. It’s a chance at a fresh start, a chance to make changes for the better. As bodybuilders, time is always of the essence. It takes time to build muscle and to lose fat, and that’s assuming all methods and conditions are optimal. If they aren’t, you’re usually wasting time when you could be improving. I don’t want you to waste 2022, which is why I’ve come up with 12 steps you can start taking today so that the physique you have at the end of 2022 is superior to the one you started it with. Read on!

10+ mins

Per BERNAL

Legendary Physique Photographer

8 mins

Are You Testosterone Deficient?

On a cloudy day, time moves less clearly than it does on a sunny day. Harken back to the summer days of youth, before the responsibilities of a job or family required one to pay attention to the passage of time. It wasn’t until the streetlights went on that one realized the sun had set and night had covered the neighborhood in a cloak of darkness. The activity on the streets settle as children are called in, even the dogs and squirrels sought shelter as they prepare for their nocturnal slumber.

9 mins

BUILDING 22-INCH GUNS: Are There Limitations?

Genetics and Muscle Growth

4 mins

Classic Shawn

10 questions with Shawn Ray

7 mins

THE KAI FILES

BODYBUILDING CHANGED MY LIFE.

4 mins

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