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April 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 Lee Preist, and in the corner is Saryn Muldrow.

April 1999 - Table of Contents
Volume 17, Number 2

Bodybuilding:

  • SCREAMING SUPERSETS
    Gargantuan growth lies beyond the pain barrier. By Nasser El Sonbaty.

  • TIME TO GET H.U.G.E.
    A 30 page special edition of hard boiled, bite the bullet, common sense training science known quite simply as the H.U.G.E. program - the most down to earth mass building compendium ever conceived.

  • IN THE TRENCHES
    Deadly Force. In praise of the most popular deadlift.

  • A COUPLE OF SWELLS
    Drop sets and supersets are the name of the game; use these techniques to increase intensity and boost muscle gains.

  • DELTOID DAWN
    A starter course - kamikaze style - for wider more impressive shoulders. By Jean-Pierre Fux.

  • LUNGE HOUR
    That special time of day when this often overlooked exercise packs a wallop on the gams. By Shawn Ray.

Features:

  • GRIMEK THE GREAT
    A remembrance of the "first bodybuilder", John Carroll Grimek, born June 17, 1910, died November 20, 1998.

  • LAGERFELD LANDS COLEMAN
    Muscle goes high fashion and Ronnie Coleman goes to Biarritz for a photo shoot.

  • SOULED OUT AND BUFFED OUT
    The top 10 physiques in pro wrestling.

  • THE BIG PICTURE
    The Kenny Jones file.

Pictorials

  • THE IMPOSSIBLE SCREAM
    Portraits in hardcore courage.

  • DANISH DELIGHT
    Saryn Muldrow in action.

Performance Science

  • THE WORLD FROM THE STREET
    The inside story behind oxygen supplementation.

  • SHAKE IT UP!
    An astute assessment of meal replacement drinks.

  • THE IRON EGGHEAD
    • Phosphate salts and weight loss
    • Ideal caffeine / ephedrine doses
    • More on DHEA

  • MASS MEDIA
    • The IOC decides not to ban creatine
    • Tempting tidbits on pro sports
    • Wired workouts

Posters:

  • SARYN MULDROW

  • SHAWN RAY

Nutrition:

  • ADVANCED NUTRITION
    • Managing macronutrient ratios
    • Bodybuilding and alcohol
    • OKG supplementation
    • Kava and stress reduction
    • The scoop on Niacin
    • Muscle morsels of the month

  • RIPPED IN ONE MONTH
    A fast track plan for dialing it in.

  • THE ROUND TABLE
    One of our assertive scribes talks to the champs about less common protein sources.

Contests:

  • MUSCLE REIGNS IN SPAIN
    The beautiful coastal city of Alicante hosts the 1998 IFBB Women's World Amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness and Mixed Pairs Championships.

  • MONICA GOES ALL THE WAY
    To Nice, France, for the Fitness Olympia.

Departments:

  • All Our Yesterdays
  • Ask Dorian
  • Ask Ms. Olympia
  • Ask Mr. Olympia
  • Factoids
  • Flex 'n' Femme
  • Future Flex
  • Hard Times
  • IFBB World Report
  • Musclehedz
  • NPC Report / Coming Events
  • Reader's Market
  • Reflexions
  • Street Scene
  • Style: Coates Style
  • Swimsuit Buyers Guide
  • Talkback