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Miracle on 19th Street. . . The Evolution of a Bodybuilding Landmark!

1906"Opened in 1982 and sold in 1997, ‘Better Bodies' was a touchstone for many people for many reasons. It was the right gym at the right time for the right group of people. I still get e mails from former members waxing poetic about what a special time that was..."

--BRIAN MOSS

The above quote is taken from the tribute website recently established for the legendary bodybuilding gym ‘Better Bodies' (www.betterbodies1982.com). It says a lot about a gym when an actual website is set up in its memory rather than to solicit memberships!

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Classic Arm Training with David Hughes

DHughes3Welcome to the era of prosthetic bodybuilding! Not only can genetically-disadvantaged bodybuilders have their once-weak calves diamondized by a plastic surgeon, but those lacking a genetic predisposition for a thick chest (or even just an aversion to hard training) can receive insta-pecs. Even men (using the term loosely here) with flat posteriors can get their rear chassis overhauled with rounded cheek shaped ass implants. Forget about deadlifts and squats!

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Retrospective: Wrecking Pecs with Mike Morris!

MikeMorrisMike "the Human Forklift" Morris first stepped onstage as a scrappy 110-pound, fourteen-year-old, he surprised everyone to win the AAU Teenage Mr. Camden County. Sixteen years and forty contests later, Mike is an off-season 270-pound owner of an IFBB pro card, which he earned as the heavyweight and overall champ at the 1999 North American Championships. Over the years, Mike has learned a few things. We asked him to share some pointers on building a huge and powerful chest.

 

 

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Chiropractic and Sports Injuries: Top 5

Being both a bodybuilder and a chiropractor means I get a lot of questions from fellow athletes and gym members.  I'm ok with that, because it makes more sense for a guy who is having pain or symptoms during his workouts to ask for advice from a health professional who understands what he is going through.  Good luck asking your family practice doctor how to minimize low back stress when doing a set of 500 pound squats!  (Don't even get started with bench press mechanics!)  With that in mind, I've compiled the five most common questions about chiropractic and its relationship to the hazards of working out.

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Stuff I Like: 9-30-09

THE FEDS ARE COMING! EVERYTHING MUST GO!

NEEDTOBUILDMUSCLE.COM SLASHES PRICES ON IT'S ENTIRE PROHORMONE INVENTORY TO HEAD OFF THE FEDS AT THE PASS....  STOCK UP WHILE YOU CAN BECAUSE THIS WON'T LAST.

When you want to determine if a supplement or drug is effective you can push all the scientific literature aside.  The best and most assured means of determining a substance's efficacy is to watch what the FDA does with it.

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