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PRINTED IN USA January 2016 musculardevelopment.com MD 13 VOL.53, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2016 CONTENTS ft 001.166 MD’S U LTIMATE 2016 MASS PROGRAM Your Complete Training and Diet Guide! By Ron Harris I GGESTBI BODYBUILDING STORIES OF 2015 120 By Dan Solomon 96 FREE POSTER! SPONSORED BY DEXTER JACKSON: 90 THE AGELESS WONDER! Exclusive Interview by Ron Harris 124 MAJOR DISTRACTION: MICHELLE LEWIN Internationally Renowned Fitness Model and Icon 126 Photography by Per Bernal 16 MD musculardevelopment.com January 2016 110 JOSEJOSE RAYRAYMOND’S TOP 10 ARM EXERCISES Building Massive Bi’s and Tri’s With The Boston Mass By Ron Harris JOSE RAYMOND’S TOP 10 ARM EXERCISES Building Massive Bi’s and Tri’s With The Boston departments HEALTH & PERFORMANCE THE WEIGHT ROOM 60 RESEARCH: HEALTH & 25 MD PEOPLE PERFORMANCE By Steve Blechman & 30 HOW I SEE IT! Thomas Fahey, Ed.D. By Kevin Levrone, Shawn Ray and Dorian Yates 68 RESEARCH: SEX By Steve Blechman & Thomas Fahey, Ed.D. 34 TRUE BRIT By Peter McGough 84 MUSCLE GROWTH UPDATE The 37 BODYBUILDING MECCA Year in Review: Highlighting the Most By Bev Francis and Steve Weinberger NUTRITION & Signifi cant Research of 2015 By Michael J. 38 THE VOICE By Dan Solomon PERFORMANCE Rudolph, Ph.D. 50 RESEARCH: TRAINING 39 CHICK CHAT By Bob Cicherillo 134 BODYBUILDING SCIENCE By Steve Blechman & Thomas Fahey, Ed.D. The Year in Review: Highlighting the 42 DLB By Dana Linn Bailey NEW! 58 RESEARCH: NUTRITION Most Signifi cant Research of 2015 46 GLOBAL BODYBUILDING UPDATE By Steve Blechman & Thomas Fahey, Ed.D. By Michael J. Rudolph, Ph.D. By Adina Zanolli 64 RESEARCH: SUPPLEMENTS 48 MUSCULARDEVELOPMENT.COM By Steve Blechman & Thomas Fahey, Ed.D. By Adina Zanolli 76 NUTRITION PERFORMANCE The Year in Review: Highlighting the Most Signifi cant TRAINING Research of 2015 By Michael J.