October 1999 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. Torrie Wilson appear on this month's cover.

Training:

IRONMIND Setting up to succeed. The first rule is that while spontaneity offers some significant benefits, when it comes to training a certain rigidity usually produces better results. EXERCISE SCIENCE Postexercise oxygen consumption: Weights vs. Aerobics CRITICAL MASS Size surge and teen training REAL BODYBUILDING A different kind of size problem ONLY THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE Achieving your potential on the squat, Part 1, by Bill Starr, Strength and Conditioning Coach of John Hopkins University. HARDCORE TRAINING Angelina Brown and Frank Shamrock train at Gold's Gym Venice. POWER TRAINING Germany's little man with the big bench EMG EXERCISE ANALYSIS Rectus Femoris Exercises, Part 4. ACTUALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL IN ONE YEAR Mike Mentzer levels damning indictments against the bodybuilding establishments, exercise science and even Arthur Jones, and he identifies the basic principles that led to his conviction that bodybuilders can actualize their potential in a very short time, by Mike Mentzer ROCK SOLID BASICS Getting big with the back to basic approach. THE REP, PART TWO Repetition speed, time and cadence. A scientific overview of weight training's most basic element. BEYOND BRAWN EXCERPT Expectations: How much muscle and might you can expect to make real. Part one in the series. RIGHT START How big is too big? FUNDAMENTALS The Set System of Training HIGH INTENSITY Training Frequency, exercise tolerance,recovery and health THINKING BIG Programming your brain for peak performance in the gym MUSCLE ENERGETICS

Nutrition & Supplementation:

BURN MORE FAT Science of Supplementation: Burn more fat with ephedrine and ephedra. ANDRO: BEHIND THE HYPE Behind the hype, what the research really says about pro-hormones. THE NEW ANDRO STUDY IS FLAWED! Where the scientists went wrong, and how you can make pro-hormones work for you! SUPPLEMENT Q&A RIBOSE Q&A, PART TWO Real life bose. Questions and answers about the hottest new supplement in bodybuilding. THE HIGH PROTEIN BREAKFAST What's for breakfast?

Profiles / Interviews / Insight

BEV FRANCIS A trek through iron game history with the wonder woman of muscle. MASS FROM THE PAST Mighty Marvin Eder ART ZELLER TRIBUTE Pictures. Artie Zeller remembered and honored by friends and admirers who gathered June 5 at the Marina Pacific Hotel in Venice, California to bid farewell. LESSONS FROM ART by Gregory Hines.

Departments:

ASK THE GURU Can guys grow tits Best steroid for fat burning by Dan Duchaine EDITORIAL 'Past, Present and Future' by John Balik BODY GOURMET Liven up your egg whites. FITNESS FORMULA by Sherry Goggin-Giardina FUNDAMENTALS HOT SHOTS Candid photos by Jerry Fredrick... INTERACTIVE BODYBUILDING MARKETPLACE / MAIN EVENTS MASS-RX The art of physique display (or how to pose right) by Dr. Daniel Gwartney. NEWS & VIEWS Lonnie Teper's view of whats up, including about Joe Gold, Gold's Gym Hollywood, NUTRITION SCIENCE Questions include creatine supplements, POWER TRAINING PUMP & CIRCUMSTANCE READERS WRITE About Sergio Olivia, Meeting Shawn Ray, Wealth of Info, Falling from grace, and more... REVIEWS Rock, Iron Steel and Compound Aftershock. REAL BODYBUILDING RIGHT START