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August 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 are Chris Cormier, Bertil Fox, Amy Fadhli, Madonna Grimes, Barbara Moran, and Monica Brant.

August 1998 - Table of Contents
Volume 16, Number 6

Bodybuilding:

  • HOW 'ABOUT THIS FOR THIGHS!
    For optimum down under development, shock tactics - straight from the training journals of this articulate Australian Superman - are the order of the day. By Lee Priest.

  • REAL DEAL DELTS
    A 12 week journey to crisp, clear tie-ins between your delts, traps and biceps. Those tie-ins are what you're after - the dense complex fabric of muscle mass that shows a sharp separation between the delts and biceps. By Chris Cormier.

  • IN THE TRENCHES
    Under Construction. To build a quality physique, you must first build a quality program.

  • H.U.G.E.: ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FUNDAMENTALS
    Twin Peaks. The art of illusion - a.k.a. bodybuilding - is about attaining size, shape and hardness. Here's a guide to achieving all three for your biceps. By Don Long.

  • J.P. CONFIDENTIAL
    The truth is stranger than fiction scoop on getting a Fuxtra-large back. Grab a chair, relax and sample the Alpine voodoo that this Swiss man-child does so well. By Jean-Pierre Fux.

  • UNCHAINED MALADY
    An inferior bodypart can often mean the difference between losing and winning. That is why we are bringing you up to speed on the most commonly overlooked muscle groups and how to smoke them.

  • FAST TRACK ARM MASS
    Get bigger biceps and triceps in six months with this compelling workout program. By Roland Cziurlok.

Features:

  • DORIAN: THE NEXT STAGE
    The reigning champ talks about missing the 1998 Mr. O and looks ahead to 1999.

  • BODYBUILDING MURDERED!
    Sports Illustrated guilty of bad journalism.

  • THE BIG PICTURE
    The Gunter Schlierkamp File.

Contest

  • FLEXTRA
    Flash report from the 1998 Night of Champions!

  • THE FREAKS OF SAN FRANCISCO
    Beatniks meet hippies meet yuppies meet bodybuilders - and everybody's happy! Not really. In truth, you will discover that this first time pro show for the City by the Bay was replete with dark subplots and plenty of pathos.

  • CANADIAN JUSTICE
    Texas cop Ronnie Coleman went to Toronto and, lo and behold, used his vast array of dangerous weapons to walk away with the bounty - duty free.

Pictorials

  • RAY OF DESTINY
    Has Shawn Ray's time come to fulfill his destiny and take the Mr. Olympia title.

  • THE BODY IN QUESTION
    Who is the sport's sexiest, fittest women? Not only do you get to sort through the hottest array of shots we've ever published, you can also vote for the winner.

Performance Science

  • THE WORD FROM THE STREET
    • How to avoid training burnout
    • points about needles
    .

  • THE IRON EGGHEAD
    • Recent research on branched chain amino acids
    • Whole proteins versus oligopeptides
    • And much more.

  • DOES EPHEDRINE KILL?
    An analysis of this controversial natural stimulant sheds light on a touchy subject.

  • STEROIDS: A DOSE OF REALITY
    A new survey reveals the human side of steroid use.

  • MASS MEDIA
    • Anabolic steroids in the GDR - the shocking truth
    • El Nino and drug testing
    • Tainted pork takes its toll on a spunky Spaniard

Posters:

  • KIM CHIZEVSKY

  • CAROL SEMPLE-MARZETTA

Nutrition:

  • SUPPLEMENT SUPREME
    The ultimate update on the benefits of glutamine

  • THE ROUND TABLE
    One of our itrepid scribes goes to the experts to get the latest science on dietary mistakes

  • THE SCOOP ON SODIUM
    Ten items of interest on this salty subject

  • ADVANCED NUTRITION
    • Whey protein and overtraining
    • The latest on vitamins and building muscle mass

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