Glutamine Destroying the Dogma, Part 1 by David J. Barr One of the most frequent supplement questions I get as a strength coach is whether or not athletes should use the amino acid glutamine for either performance enhancement or size gains. The topic comes up so much that it almost seems as though glutamine is a "no brainer" supplement just like creatine. In fact, its popularity is such that at least two separate online message boards, as ...

The Cheater's Diet A Complete Program to Maximize Your Cutting Cycles by Joel Marion Eat Pizza and Get Lean My goal was simple. The task was not. I was going to drop from 9% body fat to 6% in just two weeks. It wouldn't be easy, but with an intelligent, educated approach, I was sure I'd be able to come out victorious. I had my plan all drawn out. I knew what to eat and how to train. I even added in a good legal androgen supplement so I ...

Atomic Dog Biomechanics by TC The Atomic Dog is a weekly feature that isn't necessarily about weight training or bodybuilding. Sometimes it's about sports in general, sex, women, or male issues of some kind. At times it's inspirational, but it can also be informative, funny, and even a little weird, but hopefully, always interesting and a little controversial. We hope it reflects the nature of Testosterone magazine in that, just as no man is ...

Let's say you're at the doctor's office, or in the gym, and you step knee-deep into a conversation that involves a subject like anabolic steroids, various supplements, exercise routines, calorie intake, etc. The next thing you know, you're hit with some moronic statement that makes you want to bitch slap the person who just said it.

Short Topic Radical Methods for Increasing Strength by Dennis B. Weis, "The Yukon Hercules" I've been a published iron-game journalist and author for nearly 25 years and one of the most frequent questions I'm asked is, "What are some of the most radical and perhaps bizarre methods you have ever heard of for increasing strength?" There are at least two dozen bizarre methods I can quickly think of but three that are perhaps the most thought p...

The human body has a limited capacity to adapt to physical stress. As a result, it's important to know which exercises can give you the most bang for your buck. Including too many "limited effect" exercises in hope of covering all bases is a problem.

The Carbohydrate Roundtable, Part 2 Moderated by John M. Berardi Last week, John Berardi, Lonnie Lowery, Cy Willson, and that annoying Jared kid from the TV commercials discussed different aspects of carbohydrate metabolism. When last we left them, they were about to start explaining the differences between individual types of carbohydrates. Listen, with carbohydrate classification schemes out of the way (and hopefully most of Lonnie's argumen...

It's been nearly two years since Lonnie Lowery and I teamed up to get our macronutrient roundtable on. First, we invited Cy Willson to share in an interesting protein discussion.

Bodybuilding may never make it to the Olympics, but I believe that Olympic lifting will make it to bodybuilding. In fact, I've always recommended that bodybuilders use Olympic lifting at certain times during the training year.

Atomic Dog Write the Check by TC The Atomic Dog is a weekly feature that isn't necessarily about weight training or bodybuilding. Sometimes it's about sports in general, sex, women, or male issues of some kind. At times it's inspirational, but it can also be informative, funny, and even a little weird, but hopefully, always interesting and a little controversial. We hope it reflects the nature of Testosterone magazine in that, just as no man i...

Short Topic #2: Biceps, Fast or Slow? A Research Study Analysis by Tim N. Ziegenfuss Title of Research Study: The effects of eccentric velocity on activation of elbow flexors: evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging Research Team: Kornelia ...

Short Topic #1: 3-2-1 Shoulders by Chris Shugart When it comes to weight training, the deltoids are unique. On the one hand, they're probably overtrained. That's because the delts play a role in just about every compound exercise. Some estimate the front or anterior delts of a bodybuilder are five times larger then a non-weight trainer. Not only do most bodybuilders train the front delts directly, they also do things like inclines bench...

Atomic Dog Before and After by TC The Atomic Dog is a weekly feature that isn't necessarily about weight training or bodybuilding. Sometimes it's about sports in general, sex, women, or male issues of some kind. At times it's inspirational, but it can also be informative, funny, and even a little weird, but hopefully, always interesting and a little controversial. We hope it reflects the nature of Testosterone magazine in that, jus...

Short Topic Regurgitate your Lunch by TC The life of a magazine editor is often hectic. Between all the impromptu one-on-one trash-can basketball games, the occasional casting couch audition with some aspiring fitness model, and, oh yeah, editing and writing and stuff, there often isn't as much time to work out as I'd like. Sometimes, I don't have more than say, 15 minutes to spend in the gym. Pathetic, I know, but 15 minutes is always ...

The Microcurrent Revolution Another piece of the bodybuilding puzzle? by Chris Shugart Three people approached the stage, each with his or her own brand of pain. The first was an athlete with plantar fasciitis. The soft-spoken bearded fellow on stage pulled out a device that looked like a Walkman with two little wands attached. He touched the wands, or probes, to the athlete's leg and foot at a variety of angles. In about five minutes, the ath...

The Bulk-Building Workout by Ian King Old School Mass Building This article is written for those who want to bulk up. Now when I use the words "bulk up," I mean them in the old world sense — get big now, and who cares about a bit of extra body fat! So if you have plans to make it on the front cover of the next Men's Health, go away, and go away now! This article is about getting really big really fast, washboard abs be damned (for now...

Atomic Dog Sexual Misconduct by TC The Atomic Dog is a weekly feature that isn't necessarily about weight training or bodybuilding. Sometimes it's about sports in general, sex, women, or male issues of some kind. At times it's inspirational, but it can also be informative, funny, and even a little weird, but hopefully, always interesting and a little controversial. We hope it reflects the nature of Testosterone magazine in that, jus...

Exercises You've Never Tried, Volume 3 by Chris Shugart and TC Gym Rule #45 for T-men: If you train like everyone else in the gym, then you’re probably not training very well. Why? Because the average meathead uses poor form, only trains his chest and biceps, and only knows about six total exercises, most of which he accidentally learned by flipping through a 1987 issue of Muscle & Fiction while looking for bikini pictures. That’s too ...

Cy-BORG by Cy Willson Cy Willson was once a normal, rosy-cheeked youth who spent his days getting the heifers ready for the county fair. Then, one day, while plowing a neighbor girl in the barn, he was bitten on the ass by a radioactive cow. The bite transformed him, giving him strange powers. Most of them, like being able to sleep standing up, were pretty much useless, but others, like being able to digest pharmaceutical texts at great speed, were pret...

The Top 10 Testosterone Movies of All Time: Take Three by Ron Harris Note: This is the third installment of our Top Ten T-Movies series. TC and Chris gave their opinions the first two times around (issues #24 and #135). This time we leave it up to Ron Harris to round off the trilogy. Man Movies 101 Before I get into my personal choices for the top ten T-movies of all time, I feel compelled to explain that there are few matters of taste...