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Ironman Magazine
January 2009
Volume 68, Number 1
$5.99 U.S., 290 pages

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 Lexy Raven and Dave Goodin.

Table of Contents

FEATURES

  • 64 TRAIN, EAT, GROW 111
    The TEG men reveal what they learned from this year’s extended ripping phase. Plus, a peek at their new X-mass workout (“Hey, Claus, give me a spot!”).

  • 90 A BODYBUILDER IS BORN 42
    Ron Harris teaches his young protégé how to plan for more muscle.

  • 96 OLDER-BUT-BETTER TEXAS SHREDDER
    Drug-free bodybuilder Dave Goodin discusses how he gets sliced—and how he keeps building muscle as he closes in on 50.

  • 114 LEUCINE
    The Wilson brothers analyze this key amino—and the ways it can give older bodybuilders a magic anabolic edge.

  • 126 SQUAT SCIENCE
    Jerry Brainum gives the king of the mass moves a good going over, researchwise. Plus, a solution for low-back squatting problems.

  • 136 X-FILES
    Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson show you how to X-celerate your gains.

  • 142 MUSCLE-SCIENCE STUDY HAUL
    Jerry Brainum reports on the International Society of Sports Nutrition conference in Las Vegas. Lots of views you can use to get huge—and cut!

  • 158 STRAPPING UP TO GLORY
    David Young’s Q&A with Terry Baldwin, a 53-year-old bodybuilder and powerlifter and the developer of the innovate-to-isolate Flexolate training cuffs.

  • 176 ANABOLIC TRAINING
    From the Bodybuilding.com archives, Jim Brewster outlines how the over-40 bodybuilder can jack up muscle-building hormones.

  • 202 JOE ROLLINO
    Doris Barrilleaux’s impressions of a 103-year-old legend of the iron game.

  • 230 IFBB MR. OLYMPIA
    Big, full-page pics of the most muscular men in the world.

  • 246 PROFILE: JOEL STUBBS
    The over-40 pro talks about training, life philosophy, supplements and overcoming obstacles.

  • 254 HEAVY DUTY
    A classic Mike Mentzer diatribe on aerobics: myths, lies and misconceptions.

  • 266 ONLY THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE
    Coach Bill Starr reveals how strengthening one small bodypart can improve your big lifts and athletic performance.

DEPARTMENTS

  • 28 TRAIN TO GAIN
    Tips for over-40 beginners; plus, Joe Horrigan on cable rows and lower-back pain.

  • 44 SMART TRAINING
    Coach Charles Poliquin outlines work-capacity training to shock your shoulders.

  • 52 EAT TO GROW
    Go fish, D-rail illness and beta-alanine’s anabolic connection.

  • 74 NATURALLY HUGE
    John Hansen lays out the best workout for growth.

  • 82 SHREDDED MUSCLE
    Dave Goodin on the state of natural bodybuilding.

  • 86 CRITICAL MASS
    Steve Holman’s muscle-building tips and trips for putting some freak on your physique.

  • 186 ANTIAGING RESEARCH
    Is DHEA the fountain of youth? Jerry Brainum explains its pros and cons.

  • 208 NEWS & VIEWS
    Lonnie Teper’s raucous report from Olympia Weekend in Vegas.

  • 224 MUSCLE “IN” SITES
    Eric Broser’s monthly Web-surfing results. Plus, a new DVD review and training advice, including burst cycling (no, it’s not having gas on a stationary bike).

  • 248 PUMP & CIRCUMSTANCE
    Ruth Silverman’s views of the Olympia extravaganza, emphasis on the ladies.

  • 276 MIND/BODY CONNECTION
    Dave Draper’s look at the diverse paths of winter training; BodySpace Physique of the Month, 54-year-old Ed Cook; and how to live to be 100.

  • 288 READERS WRITE
    Military might, ballsy comments, hot Hardbody and X-traordinary workouts