Ironman Magazine
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May 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. Grant Henderson and Theresa Hessler appear on the cover.


May 1999 - Table of Contents
Volume 58, Number 5

Training:

  • EXERCISE OF THE MONTH
    Reverse Preacher Curls. How to do it including warmup, performance, kinesiological analysis, spotting, and do's and don'ts.s

  • HARDCORE TRAINING
    Claude Groulx's wide and thick back program...

  • EXERCISE SCIENCE
    The effects of overtraining on hormones.

  • CRITICAL MASS
    • Abs like Chunks of Carved Granite
    • Effervescence and high glycemix carbs
    • Fiber splitting for bigger bodyparts
    • Adding solid muscle
    • Measuring Up
    • How much water
    • All the angles

  • ONLY THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE
    Bill Starr, the Strength and Conditioning Coach at John Hopkins University talks about the letters he receives about evaluating people's exercise routines.

  • MASS AND MIGHT
    The compete guide to developing brutal size, power and strength. By C.S. Sloan. Including the keys to raw strength, the routines for raw strength, exercise descriptions, and the fuel for strength and growth.

  • EMG EXERCISE ANALYSIS
    A scientific look at selected exercises, part 2.

  • IRONMIND
    Self Canceling Combinations, by Randall Strossen.

  • POWER TRAINING
    Zero to 575 in four years... George Nelson, age 54

  • STRENGTH TRAINING Q&A
    • Beginner in the weight room
    • How to combine cardio and strength workouts?
    • Best way to lift a weight, fast or slow?

  • HIGH INTENSITY
    Two Trains of Thought about Training

  • Q&A
    • Stick with your training
    • Do you recommend stretching as an aid to bodybuilding
    • Bench press or standing press?
    • Would I lose power and strength on a light training routine for six weeks?

Nutrition & Supplementation:

  • GLUTAMINE
    The essential nonessential amino acid. Part one of this series of glutamine, which has earned a reputation as king of the anabolic aminos, but is it justified.

  • NUTRITION SCIENCE Q&A
    • It soy protein equal as effective as animal protein?
    • Is aspartame dangerous to you?

  • SUPER NUTRITION

  • EAT IT UP
    A step by step guide to successful bodybuilding nutrition in the real world.

  • SUPPLEMENT PRIMER
    Diet facts, fallacies and strategies for building muscle and burning fat.

  • BODYBUILDING SUPPLEMENTS BASICS
    Which compound do you need and why?

  • PROSTAGLANDINS
    Do they play a role in training induced growth?

  • IRONMAN RESEARCH TEAM
    Overcome diet failure, burn more bodyfat and get as ripped as a top pro bodybuilder.

  • ESSENTIAL FATS

Contests / Insight/ Profiles

  • PRINCE FONTENOT
    The bodybuilder currently know as Prince ... Fontenot, that is.

Departments:

  • BODY GOURMET
    Become the spaghetti sauce king...

  • EDITORIAL
    'The only way to Train' by John Balik. Fundamental truths include consistency, experimentation, progression, core-exercise focus, and intensity.

  • FITNESS FORMULA
    'Kava can calm you' by Sherry Goggin-Giardina

  • HOT SHOTS
    Candid photos by Jerry Frederick

  • INTERACTIVE BODYBUILDING
    • Transformations
    • Cycling Pro-Hormones
    • Loading Creatine

  • MARKETPLACE / MAIN EVENTS

  • MASS-RX
    • Thyroid Optimization
    • Effervescence vs. Liquid
    • Supplements for Adolescents

  • NEWS & VIEWS
    • Shawn Ray
    • Paul Dillett
    • California Collegiate Bodybuilding Championships
    • Debi Massey
    • Frank Sepe
    • And more....

  • PUMP & CIRCUMSTANCE
    Stories on fitness events and happenings...

  • READERS WRITE
    • Brandi's harcore
    • Rare Exception
    • Still Motivated after all these years
    • Spectacular Shoot
    • and more...

  • REVIEWS
    'Target Bodybuilding', a book by Per A. Tesch, PhD.

  • RIGHT START
    Rating supplements...

  • THINKING BIG
    Happiness is victory by Skip LaCour.