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April 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 Mike O Hearn.


April Table of Contents
Volume 59, Number 4

Superfeature

  • THE M&F COMPLETE GUIDE TO AWESOME ABS
    Want a chiseled midsection? You came to the right place! Our superfeature on ab training gives you the most up to date resesarch and tips on the best movements, diet, training devices and more to give you a stunning six pack.

  • M&F GUIDE TO AB TRAINING AT HOME
    Can't make it to the gym? Try our complete at home ab workout with exercises you can do without equipment, including tips for beginning, intermediate and advanced bodybuilders.

  • DO AB DEVICES GIVE YOU A BETTER WORKOUT?
    Can a $50 - $100 ab gizmo help you achieve a stronger contraction?

  • Training

  • TRI-CLOPS
    British champ Ernie Taylor reveals the training routine that give him triceps of mythological proportions.

  • SPRINT FOR SIZE
    Want to turn your chickenlegs into cut up wheels of steel? Sprinting may be the answer.

  • WEIDER PRINCIPLES: INSTINCTIVE TRAINING
    Three pros discuss the importance of following your gut instincts when you push the limit of your bodybuilding gains.

  • BODYBUILDING 101: SWEET 16
    Pure effort does not guarantee a killer workout. Here are 16 ways to ensure success in the gym.

  • FULL BODY BLAST
    You do not have to train on a split system to see gains. This whole body workout for serious bodybuilders is easy to fit into your schedule.

  • GET IT RIGHT: ONE ARM LYING TRICEPS EXTENSION
    This exercise really fries your tri's. Here is how to do it.

  • Features

  • NO BRAIN, NO GAIN
    Part three in the series. How games and puzzles can increase your intelligence and improve the mind muscle connection.

  • ENDLESS MUSCLES
    We brought some of the amateurs from the 1997 NPC Nationals to Malibu for an inspiring pictorial.

  • MAN OF STEEL
    Lee Priest, three time Aussie bodybuilding champ and sixth place finisher in the 1998 Mr. Olympia has a super physique as well as a super big heart.

  • ANDROGEN RESURRECTION
    Steroids are bad, you say? The medical community has found a new use for anabolic androgenic steroids - as a tool in the fight against wasting syndrome in HIV positive patients.

  • REAL PEOPLE, REAL RESULTS!
    The Cuban Muscle Crisis. Four years ago, Lorenzo Alderate survived a harrowing raft trip to leave Cuba for America. Now, this former weightlifter is winning amateur bodybuilding titles.

  • DOES SIZE MATTER?
    We wanted our website to quiz women about what they want in men, and the results may surprise you.

  • HAIL TO THE BEEF
    A reaffirmation of mass and muscle.

  • Nutrition

  • FOOD ALLERGIES
    Being allergic to certain foods is not only uncomfortable but can hurt your performance in the gym. Here;s how you can work around it to stay on track.

  • GOT PROTEIN
    Answers to your meatiest questions about protein, the key element in a bodybuilder's nutrition program.

  • 4x4 DIET
    This 16 week diet will have you looking lean and ripped just in time for summer.

  • Women

  • PURE & SIMPLE
    1997 Fitness Olympia winner Carol Semple-Marzetta shows us the dumbbell moves that sculpted her championship physique..

  • CURLING IRON
    Two time Ms. Olympia Kim Chizevsky relies on the basics to keep her biceps in peak condition.

  • Departments

    • Injuries: New Bent in Treatment
    • Editorial: Growing Older, Being Young by Joe Weider
    • Perspective: Ab-Solute Choice by Tom Deters
    • Feedback
    • Success Stories: Set Small, Achievable Goals
    • Hotline
    • Lab Notes: Citrulline Combats Fatigue
    • Mind in Bodybuilding: Slump Busters
    • Body by Betty: Women's Greatest Fear
    • Training Notebook: Smith Machine Back Squat
    • Training Notebook: Kinesiology:
    • Training Notebook: Advanced Training with Mr. Olympia
    • One Minute Lesson: Injury Dilemma
    • Bodybuilding Science: The Hamster that ate Worcester
    • Bodybuilding Science: Can Arginine facilitate the effects of Insulin?
    • Ask Arnold: From Husky to Hulk
    • Nutrition Journal: Coffee's Hot & Cool
    • The Marketplace
    • Coming Next Month