Muscle & Fitness Magazine
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March 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 bodybuilder on the cover is Roland Kickinger.


March Table of Contents
Volume 59, Number 3

Special Nutrition Issue

  • GET IT TO GO
    Running late and feeling hungry? Here's a look at what to eat - and avoid - when you dine fast food style.

  • THE CAN'T MISS MASS GAIN DIET
    Help for the hardgainer: An effective nutrition strategy to help you put on more quality mass than you ever though possible.

  • 3-2-1 FAT LOSS
    The keys you will need to create a leaner physique

  • AMINO FILES
    An in depth look at the amino acids that are especially critical for bodybuilders

  • SWEET TALK
    Are simple sugars better for fast energy? What's the difference between sucrose and fructose? Answers to all your sweetest questions.

  • MUSCLE FUEL
    A great workout begins as much as 24 hours before you enter the gym. Here's what you should eat and when for high octane training.

  • WATER WORKS
    Keep chugging that wet stuff - water is the most important nutrient for good health and is essential for peak performance.

  • SURVIVING BAD FOOD DAYS
    Giving in to your cravings doesn't have to mean an end to your bodybuilding gains. Here's how to cheat on your diet without blowing it.

  • GROWTH FUNDS
    Buying dietary supplements doesn't have to empty your wallet. Here are our tips on how to get more bang for your buck.

  • GOURMET ON THE GO
    Bodybuilder friendly recipes that let you prepare ahead for days of healthy eating.

  • HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BODYBUILDING NUTRITION?
    Test your knowledge of the foods you eat.

  • DIARY OF A BODYBUILDER
    Bodybuilder Jay Cutler and fitness competitor Dale Tomita use training logs to track their progress. Doing the write stuff can help you achieve faster results too.

  • NEW & IMPROVED
    The latest advances in bodybuilding supplements.

  • PULL OUT GUIDE
    Bodybuilding Foods: Design your own muscle meals and super snacks.
    Bodybuilding Supplements: Looking for size, cuts , energy, performance, recuperation? Find the best products to enhance your individual goals

  • Contests

  • COLUMBUS DAYS
    True muscleheads will make the annual pilgrimage to Ohio for the Arnold Classic Weekend.

  • THE NEW YORK KNOCKOUTS
    A super ripped Kim Chivesky comes from behind to win her second Ms. Olympia title, while Carol Semple-Marzetta finally nabs the Fitness Olympia on the strength of her incredible routine.

  • Training

  • VOLCANIC PEAKS
    Darrem Charles created the best physique in the Caribbean with intense workouts that built his mountainous arms.

  • BODYBUILDING101:
    6 BEST QUAD EXERCISES

    If you want your stems to grow, start with these six fundamental moves.

  • GET IT RIGHT:
    ABDOMINAL CRUNCH

    Learn the correct technique to crunch your way to a firmer, stronger midsection.

  • Women

  • FLYE GIRL
    Debbie Kruck does all the right moves to build a strong, shapely chest.

  • Cutting Edge

  • VITAMIN CORNER
    The vitamin puzzle.

  • RECUPERATION
    Clean Up Time

  • Departments

    • Editorial: Listen! Build Muscle! by Joe Weider
    • Perspective: by Tom Deters
    • Feedback
    • Success Stories: Beating a different drum
    • Hotline
    • Lab Notes: Food for Thought
    • Mind in Bodybuilding: The benefits of brain power
    • Body by Betty: Lighten Up!
    • Training Notebook: Rope Pressdown
    • Training Notebook: Kinesiology:
    • Training Notebook: Advanced Training with Mr. Olympia
    • One Minute Lesson: Building Huge Wheels
    • Bodybuilding Science: The Dynamic Duo: Glutamine and Alanine
    • Bodybuilding Science: Does Caffeine negate Creatine
    • Ask Arnold: The best way to bulk up
    • Nutrition Journal: Let's get cooking
    • Hot Bodies: Rhonda Rydell
    • The Marketplace
    • Coming Next Month