January 2001 Since 1936, Ironman Magazine has been the magazine for bodybuilders. Each issue provides insights into bodybuilding, from nutrition, to lots of training info, to profiles on the men and women who make up the bodybuilding and fitness world. It also contains excellent pictures and information on almost anything you need. On the cover is Kim Kanner and Mike Ryan.

Features

Only the Strong Shall Survive Strength coach Bill Starr shows you how to pick your poundages and get your strength soaring. Train, Eat, Grow 15 Another T/NT mass blasting program from the Ironman Training and Research Center - and it's only three days a week. IM Research Team Go Testabolic! How to get your anabolic hormones to go supersonic so you build muscle faster than a speeding bullet. Famous Last Words Dan Duchaine's final interview, courtesy of The Sandwich. The Steroid Guru speaks - for the last time. Stretch To Grow European researcher Michael Gundill gives you the lowdown on the size / strength connections and the way it affects strength. Glutamine Jerry Brainum dissects the ultimate bodybuilding amino acid and reveals how it can volumize muscle. Tower of Power Greg Blount is a bodybuilder / powerlifter / weightlifter extraordinaire - a triple threat. Lonnie Teper gets him to reveal all of his secrets. Heavy Duty Mike Mentzer's analytical insight for getting bigger and more ripped than ever. It's all about the body dynamic. IFBB Mr. Olympia Lonnie Teper's down and dirty report on the greatest bodybuilding show on earth. Photogenic Physique Kim Kanner is an exotic beauty with a hypnotic physique. Prepare to be entranced. Power Pump C.S. Sloan has the perfect program to get you bigger and stronger - at the same time. You just pump it up with power.

Departments:

Train To Gain Here's the latest info on training and gaining from respected authors like George Turner, Richard Winett, and Jesse Jackson (yes, that Jesse Jackson!) Critical Mass Time to traumatize your thighs. Use the traumatic / nontraumatic technique to quad-ruple gains. Eat To Grow The nutrition with a get big mission menu includes Jerry Brainum's whey report, Daniel Curtis' look at vegetarian bodybuilding and Jell-O for joints. Ask Dr. Dan A lesson in squat perfection - and fat burning formulas too - from Daniel Gwartney, M.D. Unchained Greg Zulak pinpoints pec problems and solutions. Bodybuilding Pharmacology Safe steroids? Jerry Brainum explores the possibility, along with other wild drug infested research. Naturally Huge Mr. Natural Olympia John Hansen discusses extra strength and how to get it - proper poundage progression is the key. News & Views Bodybuilding and fitness pics, pans and prognostications from Lonnie Teper, Ruth Silverman and Jerry Fredrick, our Hot Shot man at the mecca. Mind / Body Connection Instant abs! Plus, your self confidence formula for sex, happiness, money, sex. Did we mention sex? Soft Sports Teagan Clive lets her freak flag fly. Take cover! Reader's Write Buns, and Ahmo, big gains witht the Power Pyramid, and porn starlets do Ironman (hey, we can dream, can't we?).