Publisher Steve Blechman
editor-in-ChiefexeCutive editor angela t. Frizalone
Creative direCtor alan Dittrich Jr.
Managing editor alan golnick
senior Writer ron harriSsenior sCienCe editor michael J. ruDolph, ph.D.
Contributing editors thomaS Fahey, eD.D.
victor r. priSk, m.D.
J.a. gireSi
Contributing PhotograPhers
chief photographer JaSon Breeze
ian Spanier
michael neveuX
per Bernal
Jimmy caruSo
hector menDoza
Bill DoBBinS
JaSon elliS
online editor ron harriS
http://www.musculardevelopment.comContributing JorDan Blechman
videograPhers nick Del toro, hector menDozaadvertising
advertising direCtor angela t. Frizalone
(239) 245-
direCtor of neW toDD hugheS
business develoPMent 416-346-
CorPorate offiCe 855-873-CirCulation Consultants irwin Billman
ralph pericelliCustoMer serviCe inquiries 855-873-
eMail: [email protected]subsCriPtion orders:
http://www.musculardevelopment.comadvanced research media, inc. reserves the right to
reject any advertising at its discretion.
advertisements meet legislation within country of origin.
muScular Development (iSSn 0047-8415) is published monthly
by advanced research media, p.o. Box 2278, Setauket, ny 11733.
copyright© 2010 by advanced research media. all rights reserved.
copyright under the universal copyright convention and the interna-
tional copyright convention. copyright reserved under the pan am
copyright. rate: $34.95 per year (uSa); $69.97 per two years (uSa);
foreign: $79.97 per year. nothing appearing in muScular Develop-
ment may be reprinted, either wholly or in part, without the written
consent of the publisher. Send editorial submissions to: customerser-
[email protected] or muScular Development,
p.o. Box 2278, Setauket, ny 11733. Stamped, self-addressed envelope
must accompany all submissions, and no responsibility can be as-
sumed for unsolicited submissions. all letters, photos, manuscripts,
etc. sent to muScular Development will be considered as in-
tended for publication, and muScular Development reserves the
right to edit and/or comment. periodical postage paid at Setauket, n.y.
11733, and at additional offices.
postmaster: Send address changes to muScular Development,
p.o. Box 2278, Setauket, ny 11733.
advertising office phone: (239) 239-245-8283. printeD in uSaUSCULAR
EVELOPMENT
July 2019 musculardevelopment.com MD 9
68 MD musculardevelopment.com July 2019 July 2019 musculardevelopment.com MD 69Franklin Is Switching MPD Star Logan
to Classic PhysiqueLogFrom the time the Classic Physique division made its debut in 2016, its an’s Run!
inception drew the interest of athletes in other divisions who found it more appealing and decided to cross over. From open bodybuilding, we’ve seen successful transitions from Chris Bumstead, Regan Grimes and Henri-Pierre Ano. Even more men from the 212 division found a new home in
Classic, most notably two-time Olympia champion Breon Ansley as well as Khaled Chikhaoui, and most recently Alex Cambronero (Danny Hester and Terrence Ruffin turned pro as bodybuilders, but never competed as pros until Classic came along). Those switching from the Men’s Physique
division (MPD) have had mixed success. Arash Rahbar has done extremelywell in Classic, while Sadik Hadzovic did well for a couple of seasons in Classic Physique but decided to put the board shorts back on this past spring. The next MPD pro to make the move to Classic is 28-year-old Texan Logan Franklin. I’m sure I’m not the only one who saw this
coming. Last August, I watched him beat out a stage full of 39 MPD pros to win the Tampa Pro, yet all I kept thinking was, “this guy is a little too big for Men’s Physique. I bet he would do pretty well in Classic.” Logan had been thinking the same thing for quite some time already at
PHOTOGRAPHy By JASOn ELLISBy ROn HARRIS that point, and now he’s prepping for the Tampa Pro again, but for the Classic Physique title. 78 MD musculardevelopment.com July 2019 July 2019 musculardevelopment.com MD 79BY RON HARRIS • PHOTOGRAPHY BY PER BERNALisn’t the weight coming off? Why are your abs still just a blurry suggestion of abs in the bedroom mirror at 6:00 p.m. when the light is hitt ing you just right, like that Egyptian tomb scene from What the hell? You’ve been dieting for a while now, and the results are lackluster at best. Why
“Raiders of the Lost Ark”? You think you’re doing everything right, but I’m here to be the dick that tells you no, you’re not. I have compiled seven very common blunders that prevent people from losing body fat. You are doing at least one of these, or maybe even all seven. Take a look and s ee what needs to be fi xed, and you will be well on your way to a ripped-up, alpha physique!86 MD musculardevelopment.com July 2019 July 2019 musculardevelopment.com MD 87The GODS of SHRED The GODS of SHREDcourse, size. As I oft en say, the name of our sport is body In the early decades of bodybuilding, the celebrated ideals were shape, symmetry and of BY RON HARRIS • PHOTOGRAPHY BY PER BERNALbuilding. Condition wasn’t something
the athletes, fans or judges put much of a priori on. The main reason is that until much later, there wasn’t enough knowledge about how to lose suffi cient amounts of body fat to display crisp, clear muscle separations and striations. Diets tended to include plenty of red meat and whole eggs along with heavy cream in rudimentary protein shakes, and cardio of any kind was unheard
of. Thus, muscles were covered under a thin veil of fat and water even at the highest levels of competition. There were rare exceptions, which were punished rather than rewarded. The most notable example was Vince “The Iron Guru” Gironda, who was scored dead last in events like the Mr. USA in the 1950s for showing “too many ugly veins.” The standard up until the 1970s was to be
lean enough to show abs and a hint of muscle separation in areas like the chest, back, delts and legs. The 1970s is when body fat fi nally began to show a downward trend, and muscle defi nition steadily improved. The fi nal three years of that decade witnessed the Mr. Olympia reign of Frank Zane, who was half the size of Arnold yet showed cuts and details The Austrian Oak and other
past champions never had. The stage was set for an entirely new outlook on physiques. It would no longer be good enough merely to be big and have nice shape. Now you would also have to be able to clearly see each muscle group distinctly. Eventually, bodybuilders routinely took to the stage with body fat in the low single-digit percentages, and “condition” became a common term.
Here are the men who would take condition to new levels— the Gods of Shred!In the early decades of boBY ROdybuilding, the celebrated ideals we HARRIS • PHOTOGRAPHY BY PER N reBEshape, syRNALmmetry and of102 MD musculardevelopment.com July 2019 July 2019 musculardevelopment.com MD 103PHOTOGRAPHY BY SALOMON URRACABY RON HARRISDe La Rosa:
The NexT ChapTeRstarted. although I didn’t place where I had hoped, I am proud of what I have been able to accomplish. Last year on “Victory does not always lay on a number or a trophy. Some victories are won long before the competition ever
this very stage I was broken. Broken in every way. I had lost everything seemingly overnight, and this Saturday I had it all back and then some. Not the material things, but myself! My heart, my passion, my desires, my dreams! The grind doesn’t stop here though. We keep working. The Olympia stage will see me this year!”
Victory comes in many Forms –posted by Jonathan De La Rosa, the day after the 2019 New York pro
movies of all time was “Rocky” in 1976. Sylvester Stallone played the title character of Rocky Balboa, a One of the greatest feel-good
washed-up palooka from the mean streets of Philly who had squandered his talent as a boxer and scraped by as a low-level enforcer/debt collector
for a local mobster. Then somehow, he got his shot, a surprise invitation to challenge the world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed, in a
special bicentennial title match on live television. Rocky rose to the occasion, training like a man possessed, relishing this second chance at the
life he was supposed to live, and managed to go the distance against Creed. He did not beat the champ or win the title, yet there is no question
he was victorious. Balboa had triumphed over his own doubts and lack of self-esteem, as well as the legions who had counted him out and
written him off.to win the New York Pro on May 18 in his native New York. 2018 had been Jonathan De La Rosa was training
the hardest year of his 35 years on this earth. Just as he was about to start the first of four contests he would compete in from early March to late
July, his wife Swann broadsided him with her intentions to divorce him. As any loving husband in this situation would be, De La Rosa was stunnedand devastated. Ejected from his own home and relegated to the corner of his parents’ basement, Jon struggled to figure out what path to take next. He decided to make a clean break and move to Florida, away from his family and friends— all
except one critical friend. Seven-time 212 Olympia champion Flex Lewis invited him not only to come train at his private facility, The Dragon’s Lair, but to become his training partner. Not long after, Jonathan began working under the coaching
guidance of the man who took Flex from an unknown regional junior champion to the greatest 212 bodybuilder of all time, Neil “Yoda” Hill. Jonathan retooled his training and nutrition approach and took to his contest prep with a renewed energy
and purpose.extremely competitive, as it usually is. 2015 winner and recent Arnold Classic South America champion Juan Morel The New York Pro turned out to be
had decided to hang on to his diet for five more weeks after Brazil, due to popular demand of his legions of local fans in New York. Another New York
heavy hitter, Akim Williams, had been competing since the Arnold Classic at the start of March, but he too could not resist battling it out for his devoted
hometown fans and supporters. Yet another big and bad New Yorker, Justin Rodriguez, was in the fight. The lineup was packed with further top-notch
talent in the form of Europeans James Hollingshead, Milan Sadek and Tim Budesheim. Jonathan was ready to take on anyone, including his good
friend Juan. He displayed his trademark blend of full, round muscle bellies, ideal structure and shape, and cuts to spare. Admittedly, he could have been
harder from the front, but it was still a tremendous improvement over his look at the 2018 shows.In the end, Jonathan placed fourth. It
wasn’t what he had trained for or hoped to score, but he put it all into perspective. Considering the downward spiral his life had been tumbling down just last year,
De La Rosa was a winner that night. The best part was that he understood this and relished just how far he had come from the last time he had stood on that
stage. Here is how he put it shortly after the contest was over.muscular, which is why everyone from UFC fi ghters at weigh-ins to fi rst graders will throw up a half-assed front double biceps pose to communicate power and Arms are the one body part most people associate with being strong and BY RON HARRIS
confi dence. Arms also happen to be the muscle group you can show off most oft en due to the way we as human beings in 2019 dress most of the time. You can’t walk tank top, which went out of fashion about 25 years ago, no one can normally check around too many places in shorts, so there go the legs. Unless you’re in a string
out your chest, shoulders, back or abs. You need to be shirtless for that. But you can almost always wear short sleeves, whether it’s a T-shirt or a polo. And once the weather heats up, short sleeves and sleeveless shirts become not only the norm, but fully acceptable. This is the time of year to show off your biceps and
why not work extra hard on them to make them even more glorious? This calls for a triceps in all their glory. And while there are still a couple of summer months left , specialization program.
July 2019 musculardevelopment.com MD 95Show Off Huge Arms
This Summer!
94 MD musculardevelopment.com July 2019norm, but fully acceptable. This is the
time of year to show off your biceps
and triceps in all their glory. Get a
comprehensive arm-training routine
plus tips for rapid arm growth in “Sun’s
Out, Guns Out!Show Off Huge Arms
This Summer!” on page 94.Be prepared
for some serious lactic acid burn and
some insane pumps. You’re going to be
pulverizing your arms without mercy
twice every eight days, after a full day of
rest when you should strive to get plenty
of actual rest and eat up.
Victory can come in many forms, and
it doesn’t always happen onstage or
by receiving a trophy. “Some victories
are won long before the competition
ever started,” IFBB pro and Betancourt
Nutrition athlete Jon De La Rosa said.
2018 had been the hardest year of Jon’s
35 years on earth, but he turned things
around with the help of his family and
seven-time 212 Olympia champion Flex
Lewis. “I stood tall and got up every
time I was knocked down. Life will
always have its ups and downs, but the
idea is to never let your light be dulled,”
Jon tells MD. Read his story in “De La
Rosa: The Next Chapter” on page 102.
Muscular Development is your
number one source for building muscle,
and for the latest research and bestscience to enable you to train smart
and effectively. Our team of physicians,
industry experts and research scientists
has these reports on improving
performance this month:
“Get Ripped and Hard With
Yohimbine”Fat Attack, page 44
“Do You Need Less Protein on
Days That You Don’t Train?” Nutrition
Performance, page 52
“Best Supplements for the Muscle
Pump” Supplement Performance, page 60
“Special Report: Clenbuterol Cuts
Both Ways” Muscle Growth Update, page
66
“Long-Term Calorie Restriction Can
Impair Testosterone” Testosterone, page
106
“Enhance Recovery and Performance
With Massage” Bodybuilding Science,
page 108
The rest of the book is packed to
the binder as usual— making MD your
one-stop, most authoritative source for
optimizing muscular development with
the latest cutting-edge research on
training, nutrition, fat loss, performance-
enhancing drugs, muscle growth and
bodybuilding science— and exclusive
information from the industry experts,
insiders and bodybuilding legends who
make it all happen. See you next month!