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August 1999

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 Milos Sarcev, and in the corner is Roland Kickinger.

August 1999 - Table of Contents
Volume 17, Number 6

Bodybuilding:

  • DOUBLE BARRELED PEC BLASTER
    This is the shock workout you need to expand your chest to the outer limits. By Alq' Gurley

  • BASIC BACK
    Your back can look thicker, wider and much more impressive in just 12 weeks. By Shawn Ray.

  • H.U.G.E.
    Hardgainer's Ultimate Growth Enhancement System: The imaginary Ab Workout. Intellectual stimulation for the midsection, plus technique tips to help you build astounding abdominals. By Milos Sarcev

  • HELPING HANDS
    Thanks to the Weider Forced Reps and Reverse Gravity Training Principles, assistance is only a fingertip away - and so is greater productivity.

  • GIANT STEPS
    A sure fire mass building primer for the first two years of training. By Jay Cutler.

Contests:

  • 1999 NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS FLASH REPORT

  • GUT CZECH
    Pavol Jablonicky storms his way to victory at the Toronto Pro International.

Features:

  • THE BIG PICTURE
    The Darrem Charles File

  • MILLENNIUM MAN
    Flex invited you to vote for the fantasy bodybuilder of the 20th century.

  • WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
    Austrian pro Roland Kickinger is making his mark in show biz. Remind you of anyone?

  • ROCK HARD
    The definitive list of the top 10 physiques in the music industry. Part 1: The Men

  • ARTIE ZELLER
    Obituary: Remembering Artie Zeller, photographic chronicler of the Golden Age of Bodybuilding

  • THE ART OF ZELLER

  • MEMORIES OF A GOLDEN AGE

Pictorials

  • HEAVY METTLE
    A visual celebration of hardcore training - carnage included

  • MIDAJAH VU
    You will remember these provocative snaps of Midajah O'Hearn - probably for a long, long time.

Performance Science

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT
    Nuggets of nutritional wisdom to spread the gospel that healthy eating can actually assist with muscle building.

  • THE IRON EGGHEAD
    The latest research on eating fat
  • Conjugated linoleic acid, to be specific, to lose fat, and the essential amino acids.

  • MASS MEDIA
    • Mary Decker Slaney gets stripped of a silver medal
    • Australian testing for artificial EPO
    • The MLS jumps on the drugban bandwagon
    • And much more...

Posters:

  • MIDAJAH O'HEARN
    Photography by Robert Reiff

  • MILOS SARCEV
    Photography by Chris Lund

Nutrition:

  • ADVANCED NUTRITION
    • The clinging truth about plastic wrap
    • Bodybuilding and fluid intake
    • St. Johns Wort and fertility
    • Glutathione, an antioxidant to take very seriously
    • The vitamin name game
    • Everything you always wanted to know about ginger.

  • DOUBLE DOWN DIET PLAN
    Why gamble with mass building and fat loss? We have all the answers.

  • THE ROUND TABLE
    One of our salty scribes talks to the experts about practical applications of new protein technologies.

Departments:

  • All Our Yesterdays
  • Ask Dorian
  • Ask Ms. Olympia
  • Ask Mr. Olympia
  • Factoids
  • Flextra
  • Future Flex
  • Hard Times
  • IFBB World Report
  • NPC Report / Coming Events
  • Publisher's Page
  • Reader's Market
  • Reflexions
  • Street Scene
  • Talent Roundup
  • Talkback