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The Art of Per Bernal
Works of ArtPer Bernal is among the all-time great physique photographers, having shot most of the world’s best bodies over the past three decades. Here, we pay homage to Per and some of the many the...
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Getting Pumped With Arnold Schwarzenegger
July 31, 2013: Iron Fitness Santa Monica, CAArnold Schwarzenegger is curling, which is something he’s done with great regularity for the past 50 years or so; something that comes as instinctively to...
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Think Coffee's Bad for You? Think Again
Ever since we began to learn of the correlation between caffeine and high blood pressure, that morning dietary staple, coffee, has gotten a bad rap. In recent years however, studies have shown java to...
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M&F Editor-in-Chief Shawn Perine sits down with February Iron Maiden, the gorgeous Nicole Michel.The gorgeous Nicole Michel stopped by the Muscle & Fitness offices to talk to Editor-in-Chief...
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Rise of the Machines: Arnold Schwarzenegger on Training With Machines
SHAWN PERINE: How does your training today compare with the way you trained in the ’70s? ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: I always have done each body part three times a week, with the idea being to train six...
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The Lean Mass 15 Workout Routine
Gain muscle or get lean? It’s an age-old conundrum that plagues physique-builders the world over. To those looking for both it can often feel like the Judgment of Solomon—an agonizing choice that...
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Demolish Your Delts with The Sprinter
In the summer of 1996, everyone was watching the Olympics, held in Atlanta, and all eyes were fixed on Michael Johnson. The world-record-setting sprinter with the unorthodox running style and gold...
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Lean Mass 15 Supplement Guide
Here are some of the supplements Muscle & Fitness Editor-in-Chief Shawn Perine takes when following his own LM-15 routine.Creatine"Creatine has been show in multiple studies to boost strength...
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Eat Like a Caveman: The Paleo Diet
It's 50,000 B.C. and you're jonesing for some grub. Since it's about 520 centuries before the first 7-Eleven opens, you have two options--head to the nearest forest and scrounge up some berries, seeds,...
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Healthy Eating: Phil Heath's Winning Meal Plan
Time was, if you were a professional bodybuilder, you were expected to eat and eat and eat, until you could eat no more. You'd stuff your piehole morning, noon, night - especially at night - in an...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Double-Split Workout
The double-split routine that keeps Arnold in Terminator shape to this day.The BreakdownDays 1, 3, 5AM - Chest, BackPM - Legs, Calves, AbsDays 2, 4, 6AM - Shoulders, Triceps, BicepsPM - Calves, AbsDay...
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Bodybuilding Protein Alternatives
Any of us who've put an ounce of thought into the process of growing and maintaining our muscles have also downed more than our fair share of poultry, beef, eggs and tuna and for many, the routine has...
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Phil Heath: The Future of Bodybuilding
If the sport of professional bodybuilding were a patient, it would be sprouting IVs and surrounded by a team of frantic surgeons alternately administering CPR and shouting things like "Clear!" The...
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Abs 101 Workout
Picture this: Two guys strolling the beach, checking out bikinis, both of them regular gym-goers. One has 18"arms, a billowing chest and... a baby-smooth midsection. The other guy's arms barely stretch...
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Austrian Alps: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Biceps Workout
In the 1970s, there was no need to consult grizzled mountaineers or your dentist’s dog-eared copies of National Geographic to find the world’s most awe-inspiring peak. Denizens of any local gym knew...
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Along Came a Spider Curl
My biceps aren’t big, but they do have detail and a bit of a peak, and I owe both to two things: my genetics, and spider curls. I can’t offer much help in the genetics department (talk to your parents...
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The 3X2 Strength Program
There's a natural tendency among us so-called evolved beings to gravitate toward chaos, and bodybuilders are no exception in our so-called "enlightened" 21st century. Back in the day, a person looking...
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Expert Advice on Your Biggest Training Questions
In the world of health and fitness, old wives' tales and gym lore are oft repeated, chapter and verse, as hardcore fact. Opinions are bandied about as truth, and legend is taken as history. Health...
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Our Editor's Fitness Philosophy
I get asked about my training pretty often, maybe because I’ve been doing it for so long that people think that I must know what I’m doing. It wasn’t until a recent photo shoot with the brilliant...
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Shawn Perine's Muscle-Building Workout Routine
5 Rules of Training1. Follow Your Own Path I decided to train like a bodybuilder. Others focus on strength. Still others aim to succeed in CrossFit. Each of our chosen paths are right for us, because...
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