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Muscular Development
DEREK LUNSFORD
Your NEW 212 Olympia Champion!
10+ min |
February 2022
Muscular Development
CREATINE LOADING STRATEGIES
Creatine is one of the most popular nutritional and sports dietary supplements on the market, with more than $400 million in annual sales.
6 min |
February 2022
Muscular Development
Classic Shawn
10 questions with Shawn Ray
7 min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
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 min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
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 min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
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+ min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
Top 10 Proven Ways To Cut Body Fat
Every year, for every bodybuilder, it’s a quest to shed fat to achieve a state referred to as “shredded,” “peeled” or “cut.” Offseason photos of professional bodybuilders show that many binge and dine their way to obesity, yet within a matter of months, even weeks, they are once again posing in peak condition.
10 min |
December 2021
Muscular Development
Fully Armed With The Big Rock
No, The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) didn't add the word Big to his name. Like in Star Wars lore, there is another. Another Rock, a bigger Rock. France's Morgan Aste, at 6-foot-3 and 315 pounds on stage actually should be renamed the Biggest Rock, right?
7 min |
December 2021
Muscular Development
Diuretics and Muscle Definition
The Power and Danger of Lasix
10 min |
December 2021
Muscular Development
Per BERNAL
Legendary Physique Photographer
8 min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
HYPERTROPHY-SPECIFIC TRAINING
Proven Concepts Combined to Build Muscle Better
5 min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
THE KAI FILES
BODYBUILDING CHANGED MY LIFE.
4 min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
BUILDING 22-INCH GUNS: Are There Limitations?
Genetics and Muscle Growth
4 min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
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 min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
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+ min |
January 2022
Muscular Development
Maximum Muscle Growth: Fast VS. Slow Protein
It’s well known that athletes engaged in intense training need to eat enough protein in their diets to repair tissue and promote growth.
10 min |
December 2021
Muscular Development
2021: The Year in Review
Limitless Body Building
6 min |
December 2021
Muscular Development
Classic Training Camp
Chris’s Winning Speech On Stage
3 min |
December 2021
Muscular Development
Brett "The Butcher" Wilkin
Rookie sensation of the year
8 min |
November 2021
Muscular Development
THE TOP 12 STORIES OF 2021
THE DEATH OF PETER MCGOUGH
10 min |
December 2021
Muscular Development
LOW-DOSE DECA: What Kind of Gains Can You Expect?
TESTOSTERONE
5 min |
December 2021
Muscular Development
MD GLOBAL MUSCLE BUZZ
Brrrrrr, can you feel that chill, guys? We'd all best fetch our thermal undies, whack up the heating to “11 and wait out what could be a very, very long winter. I am of course referring to the repeat of Big Ramy's sensational and decisive win at the Mr. Olympia, so for now, winter is clearly here to stay. For at least a couple more years at least, I'd estimate.
9 min |
December 2021
Muscular Development
12 Reasons Your Back Isn't Growing
As a lifetime bodybuilder and fan of the sport, I have an odd pet peeve about "missing body parts."
9 min |
November 2021
Muscular Development
THE AB DIET
12 Tips to Chisel Your Abs During the Holidays
10 min |
November 2021
Muscular Development
HEVIN LEVRONE'S MD MUSCLE REPORT
THIS MONTH, KEVIN SPEAKS WITH LAURALIE CHAPADOS, ONE OF THE FASTEST-RISING STARS IN THE IFBB PRO LEAGUE BIKINI DIVISION. AT ONLY 25 YEARS OLD, THIS STATUESQUE BEAUTY ALREADY HAS SIX PRO WINS AND HAS BEEN RUNNER-UP AT THE BIKINI OLYMPIA.
4 min |
November 2021
Muscular Development
SOME STEROID GAINS ARE PERMANENT
Are Steroids Just a Temporary Fix?
5 min |
November 2021
Muscular Development
MYOSTATIN AND THE BIG T
Myostatin keeps you from getting huuuuge and stress hormones like cortisol (a glucocorticoid) make it worse. So stop stressin’, OK?
5 min |
November 2021
Muscular Development
GH, ANDROGENS, CREATINE:Separating Fact From Fiction
For avid readers of Muscular Development, I think it’s a blessing that you are privy to the science of anabolic agents.
5 min |
November 2021
Muscular Development
RISING STAR ULAD SUHORUCHKO 25-YEAR-OLD UKRAINIAN BEAST!
In the USA, we tend to see a large portion of pro bodybuilders who were standout football players and wrestlers in their younger years.
5 min |
November 2021
Muscular Development
SHAWN RAY HALL OF FAME BODYBUILDER AND ACTIVE INDUSTRY ICON
Though I was aware of bodybuilding and had both seen "Pumping Iron" and flipped through a couple magazines here and there, I can tell you the exact day I decided to become a bodybuilder.
8 min |