Muscular Development Magazine
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September 1999

Muscular Development, owned by Twinlab, is another serious bodybuilder magazine that concentrates on natural bodybuilding, but also covers fitness and health related items. They pride themselves on giving its readers extensive coverage on the cutting edge of training, diet and nutrition articles. It also has great pictures of bodybuilders, and makes for enjoyable reading. The look of natural bodybuilding and less on the hardcore look is what Muscular Development stands for. With everything geared towards the natural look, it continues to attack steroids, drugs, etc. On the cover is Shaquille O'Neal, professional basketball players in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers.


September 1999 Table of Contents
Volume 36, Number 9

Workout

  • FITNESS BYTES
    • Tips for moving heavy objects
    • Stretch and relax for flexibility
    • Lift weights to relieve anxiety
    • Tai Chi, a safe and effective exercise program
    • Fit people sweat more
    • Biceps curls that count
    • Exercise and live longer

  • SPORTS SCIENCE
    Don't 'dis' Lactic Acid! New info on the metabolic bad boy.

  • MD BODYSHOP TRAINING
    Tank top shoulders

  • SPORT SPECIFIC TRAINING
    Train to swim with strength and endurance

  • MUSCLE FORM + FUNCTION
    Carpal tunnel syndrome

  • CARDIO INTERFACE
    • Mineral supplements
    • Post run sprints

  • EXPERT INTERFACE
    • Variation in foot stance width
    • Cutting bodyfat and maintain muscle mass

Burn Fat

  • DIET BYTES
    • Calorie cutting not enough
    • Keeping the weight off
    • Xenical
    • Anti cellulite supplement scrutinized
    • Fad Diets
    • Add muscle and burn fat

  • FAT ATTACK
    The skinny on fat loss .... branched chain amino acids.

Eat Right!

  • HEALTHY NUTRITION BYTES
    • Mediterranean diet and memory loss prevention
    • The extra nutrition egg
    • Chocolates are good for your heart
    • Raw garlic and tomatoes tackle cancer
    • Eating too little fat ups risk of infection

  • NEW! NUTRITION PERFORMANCE
    Glycemix Index: A guide for carbohydrate intake

  • MUSCLE BITES
    • Fowl and veggie feasts including roast chicken, turkey, sausage, chicken tetrazinni, and zucchini carrot salad

Take A Pill!

  • HOT SUPPLEMENT BYTES
    • Andro does not help
    • Chromium and weight loss
    • L-Arginine improves sex
    • Questioning ginseng ads
    • Fish oil fights cancer
    • Pyruvate decreases body weight and fat mass.

  • NEW! SUPPLEMENT PERFORMANCE
    • ZMA Fuel - the new hot sports supplement
    • Androstenedione - the real story

Drugwatch

  • WHAT'S UP DOC?
    The steroid criterior: Does Andro fit the bill?

Main Frames

  • SHAQUILLE O'NEAL; SHAQ ATTACK WORKOUT
    I will be back ... bigger and stronger.

  • SPECIAL REPORT: CREATINE: FACTS AND FALLACIES
    The creatine rountable ... the world's authority speaks to MD

  • MUSCLE UP - MAX OUT
    How muscles get big and strong

  • TOP TEN SQUATTING TIPS
    The 'how to' on squats ... king of all motions.

  • THE ART OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE
    The elite athlete is: drive, finesse, agility, flexibility, speed and brute force.

  • STRETCH: THE TRUTH
    Stretch for size and strength,

  • 46TH ANNUAL AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE
    The latest coverage on training tips from the experts.

What's Happening?

  • HOME PAGE
    Strength and condition 'Athlete of the Year' award ... MD funds scientific research!

  • CHAT ROOM
    • Intelligent athlete
    • Science, not race
    • Rewriting history?
    • Women valued
    • Where have I been?

  • HEALTH BYTES
    • Married, happy and fat?
    • Summer sun sizzles
    • Painful cocaine penis connection
    • A hairy debate
    • Hormone depression link
    • Cholesterol and the blues
    • Harvesting fat

  • STAR ATHLETES IN THE NEWS
    • Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Karl Malone, Derek Jeter
    • Larry Johnson, Ricky Willians, Michael Grant, Andre Agassi
    • Mia Hamm, David Robinson, Mark Martin

  • HOT OFF THE WIRE
    The latest new you can use

  • BYTE ME
    • Body bashing
    • Professional Wrestler Owen Hart dies
    • Tales of too tight toilets

  • THE SPORTS BAR
    Where men gather to discuss the issues that plague their lives

  • HOT SHOPPE