Spring 1999 Max Muscle has over 75 stores in the United States and this is their successful small publication, given to Max Muscle shoppers. It contains misc information on contests, news, and the happenings in the Max Muscle bodybuilding and fitness world. On the cover is 'Theresa', a morphed figure of Cynthia Hill and Sean Brantley. Spring 1999 Table of Contents Issue #15

Features

BODYBUILDING AND POWERSPORT FUTURE CLONING THE BODYBUILDER Interspecies genetics engineering, and transplantation. A Max Muscle interview with Professor Henry T. Greely. EXPANDING GENETIC LIMITS TO MUSCULAR MASS An overview of possible pathways to increased muscular size with Dr. Lester L. Lee. GENETICALLY ALTERED ATHLETE Possible timeline, existing and the future. GAME OF THE CENTURY By Robert Reed. The first work of fiction to appear in a bodybuilding publication. COVER PROFILE Cynthia Hill, an IFBB professional fitness competitor, and Sean Brantly, Max Muscle store owner and Orange County Muscle Classic XXII Unlimited Heavyweight runner up, get ready to be photographed for the Max Muscle cover.

Best Seller Book Excerpt

REST AND RECOVERY A book excerpt, from the new 'Periodization Training: Theory and Methodology', by Tudor Bompa, Ph.D.

Contests, Pictorials & Training

TRAINING WITH DON LONG Don Long does legs... legs press, standing machine power squat, leg extensions, standing leg curls... TRAINING WITH KENNETH ETTA His big shoulder routine...drr ORANGE COUNTY MUSCLE CLASSIC XXII Results and pictures from the NPC bodybuilding show in Anaheim... MAX MUSCLE NATURALS CONTEST Kenneth Etta conquers the field. The 5'9", 235 pound Cameroons expatriate... BATTLEDOME TRYOUTS A television show debuting in the fall, somewhat like the old American Gladiators... ARNOLD CLASSIC EXPOSITION At this year's Arnold, everybody who was anybody was at the Max Muscle booths..

Columns

DR. LESTER LEE PUBLISHER'S POINT by Joe Wells. Did we all forget about Creatine Monohydrate? VP'S VIEW What is your motivational factor? REAL PEOPLE PROFILES Including Owen Lucas, Doug Brewer, Eli Magana, and Scott Mulleary. ART PHOTOGRAPHY STORE NEWS What's going on with the stores... NEW PRODUCT BIG FELLA NATO's big gun! The 82nd airborne division's staff sergeant Noah Steere. MICHELE GEYER

Maximum Overheard: Gossip & Gab

VENICE AT 6 A.M. Who is up at 6am training... HOLLYWOOD'S BADDEST BARTENDER? At the 'Ye Rustic Inn', Rosilia Hayakawa is the one to reckon with... HOLLYWOOD'S BADDEST BIG MAN Mattias Hues comes in peace.... V-BALL'S MAX MUSCLE Volleyball's Dean Lewis and David Swatik... PAUL DILLETT AT CALIFORNIA COLLEGIATES Paul Dillett, who won the Night of Champions, will guest pose June 12th at the California Collegiate championships... IOWA'S CORN FED CHRIS GENKINGER 250 pounds, 5'11" tall, and 6.5% bodyfat... CREATINE UPDATE Creatine may help muscular dytophy, Lou Gehrig's disease and cystic fibrosis patients. JEN HUMPHRIES From the Weider Nutrition offices in Salt Lake City, to the tryouts at the Battledome, Jen Humpries is the missing Metababe... ROBIN PARKER Rounded personality in rock hard condition. SUMMER SCENE David Paul Art Phtography Exhibit and Party...