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This month Diego Sebastian describes how he built his body into a lean, mean muscle machine—a jacked physique that makes jaws drop on the beach. We’ll have his complete workout and diet along with key motivation tips and tricks. Also, drug-free competitor Sonny Brown gives you an ab-etching routine that will carve your midsection into granite perfection. Plus, there’s the info-packed new Street-Smart Nutrition column from Ron Noreman. Good stuff to get you buff.

FEATURES

TRAIN, EAT, GROW 179

Steve Holman outlines radically quick mass workouts for chest, back, calves and abs.

FIRED-UP ARM TRAINING

Diego Sebastian’s sizzling supersets for bi’s and tri’s. Prepare for epic new size.

AWESOME POWER!

10 tips that will send your strength through the roof.

THERMOGENESIS

Part 2: Eat like a superhero. Joe Klemczewski, Ph.D., a.k.a. the Diet Doc, looks at ripping up from a unique perspective.

BENCH PRESS ROULETTE

Greg Zulak lays out techniques and variations guaranteed to make your pecs hit the size jackpot.

TRANSFORMATION

How Micah Van Yperen went from pudgy to pumped, reducing his bodyfat by 14 percent with maximum muscle gain.

THE 15-MINUTE BACK BLAST

Build your back wide and thick with this triple-threat tri-set attack from Roger Lockridge.

A BODYBUILDER IS BORN: GENERATIONS

Use “fun days” to fry a bodypart. Ron Harris takes you past the pain threshold with centuries. Fun? Really?

THE SIX-PACK DESTRUCTION WORKOUT

Competitor Sonny Brown takes you through a midsection-bombing session to acid-etch your abs.

XTREME TRAINING

Cornell Hunt looks at new tools for generating maximum performance—unique workout included.

HARDBODY

Check out these hot physiques from coach Ingrid Romero and Team Edge. That’s one mighty-sharp-looking coach. Whew!

DEPARTMENTS

TRAIN TO GAIN

Bodyweight bulls**t, continuous hypertrophy and dumbbell palm presses to shock your shoulders into new size.

EAT TO GROW

Holistic nutrition principles that you never see in muscle magazines from Ron Noreman. Plus, artificial sweeteners and Pavlov’s dog.

MHP MUSCLE AND POWER

IFBB pro Ben White gives his views on stretching.

ONLY THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE

Bill Starr presents his best deadlift variations.

SMART TRAINING

Coach Charles Poliquin on manipulating rep speed.

NATURALLY HUGE

Mr. Natural Olympia John Hansen talks genetics and muscle.

TWIG TO BIG

Vince Del Monte explains advanced barbell complexes.

NEWS & VIEWS

L.T.’s Olympia predictions—who’s got a chance for what at the Big Dance? Swami says…

PRIME-TIME MUSCLE

Ron Harris reveals how to rock the ages—it’s not an excuse, just a number.

MIND/BODY CONNECTION

Training with Bojana Vasiljevic and Eric DiLauro. Plus, Iconic Images.

PUMP & CIRCUMSTANCE

Ruth Silverman hails the new fitness stars and muses about the last Ms. O.

READERS WRITE

C.B. at 50, tats for twits, P/RR/S legs and an Insider thumbs-up.