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February 1998

Muscle & Fitness is considered to be the best of the non-hardcore bodybuilding magazines. It contains lots of information about the principles of fitness & bodybuilding. Each monthly magazine usually contains information about weight training, nutrition, training, bodybuilding and many other topics that are current in the bodybuilding and fitness world. Muscle & Fitness is more of a mainstream bodybuilding magazine, which has excellent articles and pictures. The athlete on the cover is Cory Everson.


February 1998 Table of Contents
Volume 59, Number 2

Superfeature

  • COMPLETE GUIDE FOR BEGINNING BODYBUILDERS
    Ready to hit the gym? Our three month beginner's program comes complete with exercise descriptions and advice from the pros, plus lots of insider tips to get you started.

  • ROUTINE CONSTRUCTION
    You need to understand basic training variables and how to alter them in your workout to continue making bodybuilding gains.

  • COMEBACK KID
    If you've been away from the gym awhile, read this before you start back. Your good intentions may lead to injury if you don't.

  • MASS ATTACK
    An easy to follow mass gaining plan for beginners that will help you super size your physique.

  • STICK WITH THE PROGRAM
    Follow these guidelines to turn your New Year's fitness resolutions into a lifetime commitment.

  • THE PAIN FACTOR
    Should beginners train to failure for maximal muscle growth? Advice from the experts on this sore subject.

  • M&F Training Low
    Keep track of your workouts with this handy copy and use form.

    Training

  • TITO TACKLES ABS
    Amateur bodybuilder Tito Raymond pours energy into everything he does from coaching high school football to training his midsection.

  • CARDIO RESUSCITATION
    Plenty of alternatives are available if your cardio workout leaves you tired and uninspired.

  • PUMP FICTION
    Don't believe all the advice you hear in the gym until you read these top 20 training myths.

  • GET IT RIGHT: STANDING BARBELL CURL
    Learn the right technique for this biceps blasting movement.

  • GRUELING WORKOUT
    Tough quad training gave Claude Groulx the legs to become a threat in professional bodybuilding

    Features

  • MINDSTYLES: CORY EVERSON
    The making of a champion! What motivates this six time Ms. Olympia and successful businesswoman?

  • IN YOUR FACE
    These intense workout photos show what the mind can push the body to achieve.

  • REAL PEOPLE, REAL RESULTS: BODY & SOUL
    Kevin Eubanks, 'Tonight Show' bandleader, divides his passion between music and muscles.

  • WORK IN PROGRESS:
    Think only fit women have an audience? M&F checks out one of the first men's fitness shows.

  • CITY SCENE: MIAMI'S SOUTH BEACH:
    IFBB pro Darrem Charles shows you where to pump your pecs in the morning, tan your back in the afternoon and shake your glutes till the wee hours.

  • DUMBBELL INITIATION
    A humorous look at the joys of being a beginning bodybuilder.

  • IFBB REPORT: GIVING CREDIT

    Nutrition

  • TRIBULUS ON TRIAL
    Does this supplement deserve all the attention it receives?

  • CREATINE
    The latest, scientific findings on how to best use creatine in your bodybuilding regimen.

    Women

  • TRI'D & TRUE
    Laura Creavalle describes the triceps routine that keeps her in peak form.

    Cutting Edge

  • TRAINING
    The lowdown on the Pull-Down

  • SPORTS MEDICINE
    Pressing news on elbow impingement

    Departments

    • Editorial: Muscle Up for Health by Joe Weider
    • Perspective: Are We Having Fun Yet by Tom Deters
    • Feedback
    • Success Stories: An hourglass figure & more
    • Hotline
    • Lab Notes: Evening primrose Oil
    • Mind in Bodybuilding: Avoid beginner burnout
    • Body by Betty: Slivered to Death
    • Training Notebook: Concentration Curl
    • Training Notebook: Kinesiology:
    • Training Notebook: Advanced Training with Mr. Olympia
    • One Minute Lesson: To Squat or not to Squat
    • Bodybuilding Science: CMO - A new cure for aching joints?
    • Bodybuilding Science: Chromium Picolinate vs. Nicotinate
    • Bodybuilding Science: Sodium Citrate improves exercises capacity
    • Ask Arnold: You're a beginner only once
    • Nutrition Journal: Know the Score
    • Muscle Fare: Keeping warm with chili
    • Hot Bodies:
    • The Marketplace
    • Coming Next Month