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The Big Picture by DAVE LEE
Early sports memories... I started playing football in school when I was 9 and played all the way through college. I also started wrestling around the same time and continued all the way through middle school. The only reason I stopped wrestling was because I wanted to gain weight for football. I also ran track and did all the field events starting when I was 12 and I did track all through college...

Anth-ology by GREG MERRITT
First is the adventurous yarn of a young Anth Bailes discovering bodybuilding. Then there’s the potentially tragic but ultimately inspiring account of Bailes persevering after a shocking diagnosis. Finally comes the uplifting saga of his winning pro status at his first attempt. Each of the three volumes of this tale has a Dickensian title; another trilogy of short training stories—narrated by Bailes—is also included. Together, they tell the story of an Englishman who, while living all his 35 years near his place of birth, found his home in the wide world of bodybuilding.

Super Sized Shoulders by JIM STOPPANI & DAVE LEE
As the old saying goes, shoulders make the man. Even with the more showy chest and arms in the permanent glare of the spotlight, a good set of shoulders stand out in any circumstance. Shoulders are one of the few body parts that are easily visible—whether you’re on a bodybuilding stage, showing off at the beach, or fully clothed (think favourite T-shirt or a tailored suit). For a truly heroic set of shoulders, you need to build overall mass. But deltoids should be equally impressive when viewed from the front, side, or rear, so you also need to emphasise each of the three individual delt heads to ensure balanced development. Our four-week plan, split into two phases lasting two weeks each, does just that. Follow it to the letter, put everything into each workout as if it’s your last, and at the end of the programme you will be rewarded with boulder shoulders (we couldn’t resist).

Also in this issue
34 Super Sized Shoulders
100 Chest Challenge
116 H.U.G.E.®: Partial Reps
28 British Muscle In Germany
50 Anth-ology
60 The Big Picture
70 Perfect Symmetry
82 UK Champions
122 Chicago Muscle
168 Phil Heath: The Gift Unwrapped
170 Kai Greene: Kai\'s Corner
172 Flex Lewis: The Welsh Dragon\'s Lair
174 Shawn Rhoden: Flexatron
175 Erik Fankhouser: The House
176 Fouad Abiad: The Hoss
177 Roelly Winklaar: The Dutch Beast
178 Frank McGrath: The Wrath
179 Mike Liberatore
14 Editorial
16 It’s Only My Opinion
18 Hard Times
94 Get Big Column
108 From The Trenches
130 Looking Back
140 Advanced Nutrition
146 Gym Bag
152 Lift Strong
154 Only The Strong
156 Big Ass Mass
158 Hardcore Nutrition
160 The Diet Doc
164 Ask The Guru
166 Extreme Muscle
182 ET Column
190 Under The Microscope
192 The Shot

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