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56 TRAIN, EAT, GROW 134 Hit the growth threshold with 4X training, and you’ll build new mass—guaranteed. 80 INTENSITY FOR IMMENSITY New pro Dan Hill, 24, works at getting huge—in and out of the gym. 98 HORMONE HIJACK Is the environment stealing your muscle gains? It’s very possible, and Jerry Brainum has some solutions. 116 A BODYBUILDER IS BORN: GENERATIONS Ron Harris hammers home some old-school iron wisdom: Treat all your children the same. 120 CANADIAN WHEELS Cory Crow gets the lowdown on Antoine Vaillant’s all-over-the-map leg zap.

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™ 6Training by Michael DAN HILL: INTENSITY FOR IMMENSITY Tips Rev Up Your Neveux. Rear View Hormone Hijack Is the Environment Stealing CONTE NTS Your Testosterone? All-Over-the-Map Leg Zap Antoine Vaillant’s Lower-Body Size Surger DECEMBER 2010 $5.99 PLUS: • Mr. Olympia: Action-Packed Full-Page Pics! • Bill Starr’s Seat-of-Power Glute Getter Vol. 69, No. 12 • Charles Poliquin’s Intrarep-Pause Mass Maker 132 MUSCLE-BUILDING MYTHS EXPOSED Please display until 12/1/10

Bodybuilder X reveals more truths about drug use and the HIT hoax. Plus, his FC_DEC_2010_F.indd 1 10/4/10 4:27:13 PM prescription for building mass drug-free. 150 IM’s ICONIC IMAGES More legendary photos that define , its history and its future. 158 IFBB MR. OLYMPIA The best bodybuilder in the world is crowned in Las Vegas. Did Cutler cut it 182 again, or is there a new king in the city of sin? HARDBODY 182 HARDBODY The Blank Facts: Beautiful Mandy Blank, a name synonymous with fitness past, has still got the look—and the physique. Wow! 192 6 BIG-BACK-ATTACK TIPS From the Bodybuilding.com archive, Christian Seufert presents a half dozen mass makers to rev up your rear view. 212 PROFILES IN MUSCLE: MARC MEGNA Conditioning specialist Marc Megna gives an inside look at what makes him tick and the training program and diet that make his muscles thick. 224 FEMME PHYSIQUE Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB women’s historian, highlights more greats in Britain— feminine muscle with an English accent. 234 ONLY THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE Bill Starr outlines your plan for shaping great glutes—your seat of power. 150 ICONIC IMAGES

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Contents_F.indd 19 10/4/10 5:50:39 PM DEPARTMENTSDEPARTMENTS 26 TRAIN TO GAIN Rx for lagging pecs, explosive reps and bench press shoulder stress. 132 38 SMART TRAINING MUSCLE-BUILDING Coach Charles Poliquin discusses intrarep MYTHS EXPOSED pauses for size and strength. 44 EAT TO GROW Does fish oil interfere with muscle growth? Plus, vitamin D toxicity. 66 NATURALLY HUGE John Hansen delves into the basics of training and eating for more muscle. 74 SHREDDED MUSCLE Dave Goodin analyzes his IFBB pro debut and describes how he did it drug-free. 76 CRITICAL MASS Steve Holman says do this, not that, to grow muscle fast. 178 BODYBUILDING PHARMACOLOGY Jerry Brainum has new info on kidney disease in steroid users—and a possible new ephedrine. 204 NEWS & VIEWS Lonnie Teper plays the name game, plus bodybuilding news from all over and Teper’s Rising Stars.

216 PUMP & In the next IRON MAN: CIRCUMSTANCE Our January issue kicks off the new year with some older, Ruth Silverman has the early-fall action from bolder muscle, starting with 60-something Robby Robinson. the female body sports. Gal photos galore here. Yes, that Robby Robinson, and he looks unbelievable—still has those incredible biceps peaks and loads of muscle all over 244 MIND/BODY his physique. Find out how he does it. We also have big Todd CONNECTION Smith’s training evolution—how it’s changed through his 20s, Ways you can gain supreme confidence, how to use lighter weights to build muscle and the 30s and 40s—and a feature on Def Leppard’s Phil Collen, BodySpace Physique of the Month. who rocks hard onstage and in the gym. Plus, David Young talks with Scott Mendelson and Eric Serrano, M.D., about 256 READERS WRITE macronutrient cycling, a sound system for getting shredded. Legendary Chet Yorton, midlife motivation and Find the January IRON MAN on newsstands the fi rst week of the greatest size program ever! December.

Contents_F.indd 20 10/4/10 5:51:16 PM Founders 1936-1986: by John Balik Peary & Mabel Rader Publisher/Editorial Director: John Balik Associate Publisher: Warren Wanderer Design Director: Michael Neveux More Than Sets and Reps Editor in Chief: Stephen Holman Art Director: T.S. Bratcher Senior Editor: Ruth Silverman I’ve just returned from the ’10 Olympia Weekend in Las Editor at Large: Lonnie Teper Vegas, and once again the event underscored for me one of Articles Editor: Caryne Brown the reasons I have invested a lifetime into bodybuilding— Assistant Art Director: Fernando Carmona Webmaster: Brad Seng the people. In the late ’50s, when I first read Iron Man and later the Weider publications, I was struck by the sense of IRON MAN Staff: Sonia Melendez community that was portrayed in the magazines. The core Contributing Authors: of the community was a shared obsession that could only Jerry Brainum, Eric Broser, David Chapman, be understood by becoming a part of it. It was a community Teagan Clive, Daniel Curtis, Dave Draper, I wanted to be a part of, a special club that seemed to be held together by Michael Gündill, Rosemary Hallum, Ph.D., John strength and muscle but was really about how strength and muscle made Hansen, Ron Harris, Rod Labbe, Skip La Cour, you feel. Jack LaLanne, Butch Lebowitz, Stuart McRobert, Even deeper was the workout itself, the process. The simple tools, the Gene Mozée, Charles Poliquin, Larry Scott, Roger Schwab, C.S. Sloan, Bill Starr, Bradley barbell and dumbbells—as was fond of saying, “It looks Steiner, Eric Sternlicht, Ph.D., Randall Strossen, dumb, but you have to be smart to use it”—could be a metaphor for the Ph.D., Richard Winett, Ph.D., and David Young community. The plates at either end joined by the bar and people joined by Contributing Artists: the common tool. Larry Eklund, Ron Dunn This year we celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Mr. Olympia con- Contributing Photographers: test, and all of the winners except Arnold were present. I spoke with many Ron Avidan, Roland Balik, Reg Bradford, Jimmy of them about our Caruso, Bill Dobbins, Jerry Fredrick, Isaac Hinds, shared obsession— Dave Liberman, J.M. Manion, Merv, Gene how they got started, Mozée, Ian Sitren what motivates them, Marketing/Web Producer: and so on—and I Helen Yu, (805) 385-3500, ext. 313 found that the core Accounting: Dana Clore, values are essentially (805) 385-3500, ext. 323 the same. Only ge- Advertising Director: Warren Wanderer, netics and ultimate (805) 385-3500, ext. 368 goals separate them (518) 743-1696; FAX: (518) 743-1697 from the rest of us. 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Writers and learn, is not only about physical transformation but also about the transfor- photographers should send for our Guidelines outlining mative life lessons that are acquired through the workout. specifications for submissions. IRON MAN is an open As I talked with the Olympia champions, another common thread forum. We also reserve the right to edit any letter or manuscript as we see fit, and photos submitted have an emerged—for each of them a particular photo provided the turning point implied waiver of copyright. Please consult a physician that started him down the path. Larry Scott talked of and Clan- before beginning any diet or exercise program. Use the cy Ross, Chris Dickerson remembered the singular image of Lee Roy Saba, information published in IRON MAN at your own risk. Samir Bannout talked of Frank Zane and Arnold. Arnold spoke of Reg Park IRON MAN Internet Addresses: and Larry Scott. Jay Cutler spoke of Chris Dickerson. If I ever needed proof Web Site: www.ironmanmagazine.com of the power of the image to capture the imagination and fuel the want, that John Balik, Publisher: [email protected] was it. Steve Holman, Editor in Chief: [email protected] Ruth Silverman, Senior Editor: [email protected] To me the world of bodybuilding has always been more than sets and T.S. Bratcher, Art Director: [email protected] reps. It’s about inspiration and exhilaration. In IRON MAN’s Iconic Images, Helen Yu, Marketing: [email protected] our new continuing feature, we pay tribute to great physique photography Warren Wanderer, Advertising: and its power to inspire. This month’s selections begin on page 150. I hope [email protected] you find them as powerful as I do. IM Jonathan Lawson, Ad Coordinator: [email protected] Brad Seng, Webmaster: [email protected] The IRON MAN mark is owned by World Endurance 22 DECEMBER 2010 \ www.ironmanmagazine.com Holdings and is used under license.

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