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November 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 IFBB Professional Mike Matarazzo.

November 1998 - Table of Contents
Volume 16, Number 9

Bodybuilding:

  • COLD STEEL
    Just what the doctor ordered - a surefire workout plan to pack on quality mass in the coming winter months. By Mike Matarazzo.

  • THE BOOM BANG WORKOUT
    A 30 minute delt thrasherfor 100% pure pain and pleasure; you will whack those shoulder into gargantuan growth in a flash

  • IN THE TRENCHES - THE BIG FIVE-O
    Fifty ways to accelerate your rate of muscle building. Get ready for some radical ideas and be prepared for some serious changes in your training strategy.

  • HONEY, I SHRUNK THE ABS
    A 12 week user's guide to hard and ripped abdominals. You have tried the rest; now try the best! By Ernie Taylor

  • TAKE THE HIGH AND LOW ROAD
    Merge the two extremes of low and high rep training and what do you get? A whole lot more muscle than you have right now, buddy.

  • H.U.G.E.: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FUNDAMENTALS
    The Machine Age! Drag your butt into the machine age, an exciting time to be alive and training your finely tuned muscles with the latest biomechanical wonders. By Eddie Robinson.

Features:

  • THE BIG PICTURES
    The Vikie Gates File.

  • CZECHMATE
    Team FLEX asks a few of the leading Ms. O contenders about their Prague battle plans. Will Kim Chizevsky clain the crown for the third time on October 25th.

Contests

  • D.J. DAY! 1998 MEN'S NPC USA CHAMPIONSHIPS
    Dennis James, the behemoth from Bangkok, captures the super heavyweight and overall titles. Complete coverage and a riveting class by class overview.

  • THE USA TODAY: 1998 WOMEN'S NPC USA CHAMPIONSHIPS
    Irik Kyle scores a narrow victory over Hether "Hard Luck" Foster in this torrid array of female muscle and mayhem

Pictorials

  • A YEN FOR LENA
    Lena Johannesen is al ldressed up - well, to be honest, she's not wearing much at all - with no place to go

  • MEN AT WORK!
    So you are searching for the ultimate display of intensity? Look no further, friend, as the action does not get more hardcore than this 18-page barnburner.

Performance Science

  • THE WORLD FROM THE STREET
    How to pack on the pounds

  • THE IRON EGGHEAD
    • The latest research on IGF-1
    • The impact of carnitine on thermoregulation during exercise
    • More on creatine
    • Chinese herbal supplements

  • STREET ON THE ROAD
    One of FLEX's peripatetic writers takes a trip to the ACSM conference and reports back with the shocking truth.

  • MASS MEDIA
    A recap of the Tour de France, where performance enhancing drugs took center stage.

Posters:

  • LENA JOHANNESEN

  • JAY CUTLER

Nutrition:

  • ADVANCED NUTRITION
    A brand new format! This month:
    • Setting the record straight on creatine
    • Supplementation and the nervous system
    • pH values of foods on their influence on athletic performance
    • Water intake and protein
    • Oatmeal unmasked
    • Muscle Morsels

  • NEW FAT CITY
    Nine fast facts about fat - and how to lose it!

  • THE ROUND TABLE
    One of our august scribes plays referee in the age old battle of the Aesthetes vs. the Big Boys.

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: Lewis Style
  • Talent Roundup
  • Talkback