September 2002 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. On the cover is Candice Walker.

Features

Train, East, Grow 35 Eight sets of eight to accelerate the hypertrophic state. Flavonoids Jerry Brainum uncovers the body and health building compounds in ntural foods. See, Mom was right. You need to eat your broccoli. Only the Strong Shall Survive Your aching shoulders tell you to banish bench presses for a while, but you're scared you'll lose ground. Bill Starr tells you how to do it and get bigger and stronger. IM Research Team David Young on dialing in your hormones for extraordinary gains without drugs. Give me a G! Give me a H! Mass Machine Skip LaCour gives you the goods on getting great gains and how he maintains his status as one of the most massive drug free bodybuilders alive. Fab Abs in Six Weeks Vince Gironda's magic midsection exercises - eight key moves for a rock solid six pack. Ripped Revisited Clarence Bass has his bodyfat measured at 1 percent - when he was eating peanut butter sandwiches every day! Here's how he got sliced without to much sacrifice. Fatigue, Part 1 You train to failure, but is it enough to set the growth mechanism in motion? Michael Gundill analyzes fatigue and what to do to blast past it. Aaron Maddron The new Mr. Intensity gives you his training, diet and supplement secrets to packing on shredded muscle. Fantasy Workout Our incredible, almost edible babe pictorial that'll have you drooling. Fifty mouth watering pages. Mmmm. The Myth The Sandwich goes one on one with big Sergio Oliva. Heavy Duty John Little explores the amazing once a week workout. IFBB Night of Champions Big dudes do body battle in the Big Apple. Mits Okabe's spot on photo report.

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Train to Gain Bust up bench press plateaus - one gal added 40 pounds to the bar in six weeks - build mass without weights, and abdominal contraction contraptions. Eat To Grow More uscle with vinegar, portable protein and toxic stimulants. Critical Mass Steve Holman shows how to rev up the lean machine in you. Prepare for very vulgar vasularity. Naturally Huge John Hansen on how to kick some mass. Bodybuilding Pharmacology Jerry Brainum goes cerebral and look at steroid use and the brain - can it harden that organ? Plus, he discusses GH and sexual function - can it harden that organ? Unchained Greg Zulak is back with a diatribe on safe steroids. Anabolic Drive Jose Antonio provides the facts on a new growth factor derived from pig muscles. It may give you new meaning to 'hogging the weights'. News & Views L.T. heats it up with plenty of hot topics. And speaking of hot stuff, Ruth Silverman's Pump & Circumstance, with its usual bevy of beauties, is on hiatus, so we have a special expanded all babes Hot Shots. Whew! Advanced Strength and Power Tom Incledon analyzes a new study that says L-carnitine Mind / Body Connection Sexpert Laura Moore says fake it to make it (this is for the guys) and Ron Harris discusses shooting stars (no, not the ones in the porn industry). Readers Write Inspiration sensation and more gorgeous glutes.