DEREK LUNSFORD

Your NEW 212 Olympia Champion!

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.

Classic Shawn

10 questions with Shawn Ray

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.

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.

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!

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.

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?

Diuretics and Muscle Definition

The Power and Danger of Lasix

Per BERNAL

Legendary Physique Photographer

HYPERTROPHY-SPECIFIC TRAINING

Proven Concepts Combined to Build Muscle Better

THE KAI FILES

BODYBUILDING CHANGED MY LIFE.

BUILDING 22-INCH GUNS: Are There Limitations?

Genetics and Muscle Growth

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.

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.

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.

2021: The Year in Review

Limitless Body Building

Classic Training Camp

Chris’s Winning Speech On Stage

Brett "The Butcher" Wilkin

Rookie sensation of the year

THE TOP 12 STORIES OF 2021

THE DEATH OF PETER MCGOUGH

LOW-DOSE DECA: What Kind of Gains Can You Expect?

TESTOSTERONE

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.

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."

THE AB DIET

12 Tips to Chisel Your Abs During the Holidays

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.

SOME STEROID GAINS ARE PERMANENT

Are Steroids Just a Temporary Fix?

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?

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.

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.

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.