Muscular Development Magazine
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December 1999

Muscular Development, owned by Twinlab, is another serious bodybuilder magazine that concentrates on natural bodybuilding, but also covers fitness and health related items. They pride themselves on giving its readers extensive coverage on the cutting edge of training, diet and nutrition articles. It also has great pictures of bodybuilders, and makes for enjoyable reading. The look of natural bodybuilding and less on the hardcore look is what Muscular Development stands for. With everything geared towards the natural look, it continues to attack steroids, drugs, etc. On the cover is Tim Couch, of the Cleveland Browns.


December 1999 Table of Contents
Volume 36, Number 12

Training: Workout

  • FITNESS BYTES
    • Spinning: Pedaling away colories
    • Smoking - Exercise helps you quit!
    • Explosive exercise: Moving against resistance
    • Post-40 Fitness Limit Reported
    • Strength Training: It ain't just for bodybuilders!
    • Aerobics burn more fat than lifting
    • Diet & Exercise - A health combo

  • MD TRAINING CAMP
    Targeting triceps - sometimes less is more.

  • SPORT SPECIFIC TRAINING
    Power shots: Training for wrestling

  • MUSCLE FORM + FUNCTION
    Climbing the lateral summit of the Vastrus mountain range.

  • CARDIO Q&A
    • Target health rate range
    • High impact exercise and osteoarthritis

  • BY THE EXPERTS Q&A
    • Running to be fit for football?
    • Training ankles for basketball

Sports Nutrition: Eat Right!

  • NUTRITION BYTES
    • Low cal diet - eat less, live longer
    • Soybeans and health benefits
    • Potatoes - Americans down 140 pounds of them!
    • High protein diets good for your heart!
    • Ice cream: Looking for a healthy dessert?
    • Orange Juice can cut colon cancer

  • SUPPLEMENT BYTES
    • Zinc - low levels restrict aerobic capacity
    • Vitamin E
    • Creatine loading may not be necessary
    • Selenium: definiciency linked to infertility
    • Vitamin C stress reducer and cold fighter
    • Glutamine found to support immune function
    • 7-Keto DHEA effective for weight and body fat loss.

  • FAT ATTACK
    'Ephedragate'.

  • FAT LOSS FILE

  • NUTRITION PERFORMANCE
    There's no plex like Fuel Plex - Twinlab's new Fuel Plex

  • SUPPLEMENT PERFORMANCE
    Musclecell volumizing supplements

  • MUSCLE BITES
    Including Tuscon Tuna, Grilled Swordfish, Bowtie Pesto Pasta and Sweet Potato Fruit Salad.

Human Performance: Reach Your Peak!

  • SPORT MEDICINE BYTES
    • Are untrained aides treating you?
    • Participation in power sports raises risk
    • Groin pain from stress fracture and hernia

  • HEALTH BYTES
    • Suffer from Hypergonadism?
    • Illness symptoms and exercise
    • Sleep: Shuteye may be your best medicine
    • Growth hormone replacement supports muscle strength
    • Brisk walking can cut heart attack

  • SPORT SCIENCE
    Beyond steroids: Turning on muscle genes

  • STAR ATHLETES IN THE NEWS
    • Includes Wayne Gretzsky, Testeverde, Chris Therien
    • Speed Demons: Greene, Johnson and Jones
    • Dan Marino, Warren Sapp, The Williams Sisters
    • Kwame Harris, Jeff Bagwell

  • WHAT'S UP DOC?
    Anabolics in the NFL: Is drug testing in professional football just for show?

  • THE ART OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE
    The Elite Athlete: Blood, sweat and tears.

Inside Angle: Zone In!

  • HOME PAGE
    Fueling recovery: Jamal will be back….

  • CHAT ROOM
    Including one pro to another, over the edge, laugh till it hurts, fat and funny….

  • HOT SHOPPE

  • BYTE ME
    Eyebrow raising discussion!

Features: Main Frames

  • TIM COUCH: STRONGER BODY
    Browns rely on #1 draft pick's improved strength to move the ball.

  • NFL POWERBACK MIKE ALSTOTT
    Brute Force Workout!

  • 10 TIPS FOR A STRONG POWERFUL, V SHAPED BACK

  • MASS IS NOT POWER
    From Dr. Colgan's new Power Program.

  • 19-NOR: KING OF ANDROS?

  • X-PLOSIVE PLYOMETRIC TRAINING
    Power basics…