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July 1998

Flex Magazine considers themselves the bible of hardcore bodybuilding. Each month, Flex visits and speaks with the champions of bodybuilding at their gyms, at contests, and at their homes, gathering information and photographs, Flex brings you their latest strategies, and the competitive goals that they apply to further develop their title-winning physiques. Flex is the official magazine of the IFBB Bodybuilding Federation. On the cover is bodybuilder Dorian Yates, and in the corner is Denise Masino.


July 1998 - Table of Contents
Volume 16, Number 5

Bodybuilding:

  • TRIPLE TRI-BLITZ
    It's three times the pleasure, three times the fun; try this tripartite bombing attack on your triceps and you will soon be blessed with a thicker, more impressive physique. By Shawn Ray.

  • INSPIRATIONAL SPECIAL: FOCUS
    A tribute to the importance of mental training - digging deep into the psyche to apply as much mental energy as possible to accelerate muscle growth and workout intensity. By Dorian Yates.

  • H.U.G.E.: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FUNDAMENTALS
    Twelve rules for one arm dumbbell rows.

  • IN THE TRENCHES
    Set the scene for growth. Only by increasing your poundages and lifting heavy will you gain muscle size.

  • BEST BIS
    A 14 week program to bulk up bodybuilding's showcase muscle. In a matter of months, you will be able to strong arm the competition.

  • STANDING-O SQUATS
    How a supermarket employee - cum - bodybuilder turns heads with his startling squat sessions. Take a walk on the wild side with this pint sized powder keg. By Michio Grubbs.

  • BEEF ON A STICK
    How to pack porterhouse quality beef on a strip steak like frame.

Special:

  • GETTING BIG THE RIGHT WAY!
    A twenty eight page training special. A guide for getting started in bodybuilding - designed for teens, but relevant to anyone, of any age, who wants to get involved in the iron sport. Training, diet, motivation, recuperation, safety and a whole lot more.

Contest

  • NO MORE BLUES FOR HUGHES
    Yolanda Hughes jumps for joy after winning the 1998 Ms. International in Columbus, Ohio.

  • VIRTUAL REALITY?
    Susie Curry wins the 1998 Fitness International, a contest on the cutting edge of oblivion.

  • IN-VINCE-ABLE
    Invincible Vince Taylor wins the 1998 Masters Invitational.

Pictorials

  • IT'S ALIVE
    Top amateur Rico McClinton plays mad scientist for a day, as he takes Paul 'Freakenstein" Dillet into the lab to build a better monster. Horrifying images from the underground.

  • THE WILD ONE
    Shaer an adventure in the wilds with Denise Masino.

Performance Science

  • THE WORLD FROM THE STREET
    "I love Leucine", Hey, what's not to love? Also, clenbuterol - not a 'magic' pill.

  • ADVANCED NUTRITION
    You can try all the new stuff, but don't forget the tried and true antioxidants; vitamin E and bodybuilding.

  • THE IRON EGGHEAD
    • The latest research on postworkout meals
    • Pyruvate supplementation and its effects on weight loss
    • Rat testing and DHEA
    • Spermidine for improving recuperation
    • Stalking the oral adventures of special agent MK-677

Posters:

  • DENISE MASINO

  • DORIAN YATES

Features:

  • THE BIG PICTURE
    The Ernie Taylor file.

Nutrition:

  • MASSIVE FOOD GROOVE
    Ten forgotten basics of a bodybuilding diet.

  • THE ROUND TABLE
    One of our devoted scribes goes to the experts for the latest science on getting the most out of dietary fat.

  • CREATINE: TAKE A LOAD OFF
    Stop loading and start cycling to get the most from creatine supplementation.

Departments:

  • All Our Yesterdays
  • Ask Mr. Olympia
  • Ask Ms. Olympia
  • Editor's Page
  • Factoids
  • Flex Calendar Update
  • Flex n Femme
  • Future Flex
  • Hard Times
  • IFBB World Report
  • Musclehedz
  • NPC Report / Coming Events
  • Reader's Market
  • Reflexions
  • Street Scene
  • Style: Kern Style
  • Talent Roundup
  • Talkback