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October 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 Lena Johannesen, with Arnold Schwarzenneger in an inset.

October 1999 - Table of Contents
Volume 17, Number 8

Bodybuilding:

  • THE WIDESPREAD WORKOUT
    All it takes is 12 weeks of hard work to develop the wide shoulders you have always wanted.

  • RADICAL BEGINNINGS
    Conquering the mind muscle connection is key to this killer beginner program

  • END OF AN ERROR
    The 10 most common training blunders and how to correct them.

  • H.U.G.E.: HARDGAINER'S ULTIMATE GROWTH ENHANCEMENTS SYSTEM
    Prime Calves - Beef them up, fill them out

  • THE LAWS OF MASS
    Expand your bodybuilding universe by learning to live and train by these 15 priceless edicts.

Contests:

  • BEACH BATTLE BINGO
    A preview of the 1999 Joe Weider's Ms. Olympia , and predictions straight from the lips of five prime contestants.

  • MS. OLYMPIA TURNS 20!
    A trip down Ms. O memory lane, the people, the places, plus tantalizing gems you may not know from the show's first 19 years.

Performance Science:

  • THE BIG ANDRO SMEAR
    The startling truth about andro and JAMA

  • PLEASE DON'T... RIP THIS JOINT!
    Joint supplements explained...

Features:

  • BOOK REVIEW: OUT OF THE SHADOW
    A revealing look at 'A Portrait of Dorian Yates', the six time Mr. Olympia's new biography / training textbook.

  • THE BIGGEST GUY WE'VE NEVER SEEN
    Do you know any freaks who can freak us out? We are asking you, the not so gentle readers of FLEX, to bring us up to speed on local bodybuilding legends who could give the pros a run for their money.

  • MASS MEDIA
    A meathead metafiction exposed as silly prose; swimmer's penalty goes; tennis pro grows; and more.

  • THE BIG PICTURE
    The Melvin Anthony File...

Special Section: 200th Flex Issue

  • BEST WORKOUTS OF ALL TIME
    We proudly present FLEX's choice of the best workouts ever, showcasing the training genius of four gargantuan goliaths.

  • IRON MINE
    Nuggets of training and vast nutrition knowledge disinterred from the vast caverns of wisdom from the past 199 issues of FLEX. Dig in, lads!

Nutrition:

  • ADVANCED NUTRITION
    • The latest on natural antioxidants
    • Tyrosine's ability to improve performance
    • Achieving positive nitrogen balance
    • Structured lipids
    • Ephedrine versus synephrine
    • And much more

  • THE DEEP SIX
    Six low carb recipes for rawboned muscle.

  • THE ROUND TABLE
    One of our industrious scribes talks to the champs about their favorite basics.

Posters / Pictorial

  • NIGHTIE NIGHT!
    Our fourth annual lingerie special is something to sleep on.

  • AMANDA BLANK
    Poster

  • LENA JOHANNESEN
    Poster

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