Flex Magazine UK Edition - UK | July 2013

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The Big Picture by DAVE LEE Early sports memories... I started playing football in school when I was 9 and played all the way through college. I also started wrestling around the same time and continued all the way through middle school. The only reason I stopped wrestling was because I wanted to gain weight for football. I also ran track and did all the field events starting when I was 12 and I did track all through college...
Anth-ology by GREG MERRITT First is the adventurous yarn of a young Anth Bailes discovering bodybuilding. Then there’s the potentially tragic but ultimately inspiring account of Bailes persevering after a shocking diagnosis. Finally comes the uplifting saga of his winning pro status at his first attempt. Each of the three volumes of this tale has a Dickensian title; another trilogy of short training stories—narrated by Bailes—is also included. Together, they tell the story of an Englishman who, while living all his 35 years near his place of birth, found his home in the wide world of bodybuilding.
Super Sized Shoulders by JIM STOPPANI & DAVE LEE As the old saying goes, shoulders make the man. Even with the more showy chest and arms in the permanent glare of the spotlight, a good set of shoulders stand out in any circumstance. Shoulders are one of the few body parts that are easily visible—whether you’re on a bodybuilding stage, showing off at the beach, or fully clothed (think favourite T-shirt or a tailored suit). For a truly heroic set of shoulders, you need to build overall mass. But deltoids should be equally impressive when viewed from the front, side, or rear, so you also need to emphasise each of the three individual delt heads to ensure balanced development. Our four-week plan, split into two phases lasting two weeks each, does just that. Follow it to the letter, put everything into each workout as if it’s your last, and at the end of the programme you will be rewarded with boulder shoulders (we couldn’t resist).
Also in this issue 34 Super Sized Shoulders 100 Chest Challenge 116 H.U.G.E.®: Partial Reps 28 British Muscle In Germany 50 Anth-ology 60 The Big Picture 70 Perfect Symmetry 82 UK Champions 122 Chicago Muscle 168 Phil Heath: The Gift Unwrapped 170 Kai Greene: Kai\'s Corner 172 Flex Lewis: The Welsh Dragon\'s Lair 174 Shawn Rhoden: Flexatron 175 Erik Fankhouser: The House 176 Fouad Abiad: The Hoss 177 Roelly Winklaar: The Dutch Beast 178 Frank McGrath: The Wrath 179 Mike Liberatore 14 Editorial 16 It’s Only My Opinion 18 Hard Times 94 Get Big Column 108 From The Trenches 130 Looking Back 140 Advanced Nutrition 146 Gym Bag 152 Lift Strong 154 Only The Strong 156 Big Ass Mass 158 Hardcore Nutrition 160 The Diet Doc 164 Ask The Guru 166 Extreme Muscle 182 ET Column 190 Under The Microscope 192 The Shot