Muscle & Fitness Magazine January 1984 Rory Leidelmeyer, Rachel McLish No Label

Muscle & Fitness Magazine – January 1984 – Rory Leidelmeyer & Rachel McLish Cover (No Label)

This January 1984 issue of Muscle & Fitness features Rory Leidelmeyer and Rachel McLish on the cover, marking the beginning of a year that would highlight both the rise of new champions and the continued influence of bodybuilding pioneers. Inside, readers will find comprehensive training instruction, nutrition science, competition coverage, and in-depth features from some of the sport’s most respected athletes and experts, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Larry Scott, Mike Mentzer, and Lee Haney.

The magazine is in good condition and has no mailing label. The exact item pictured is the one you will receive. Please review listing photos carefully for condition. Each issue is shipped in a plastic protective covering, and combined shipping is available upon request.

Highlights and Contents

Editorial

• The Steroid Controversy — Joe Weider (p. 5)

Instruction

• Basic Training for My Back — Jeff Williams (p. 38)

• Beginning Bodybuilding Superfeature — Bill Reynolds (p. 72)

• Scientific Sports Training — Bob Ward, Ph.D. (p. 96)

• Muscle Priority for Perfect Pecs — Scott Wilson (p. 130)

Bodybuilding

• Mr. Olympia Contest Flash Report — Rick Wayne (p. 33)

• The USA Championships: Women — Sheila Herman (p. 60)

• Mixed Pairs — Sheila Herman (p. 64)

Features

• Amino Acids: Essence of Life — Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D. (p. 44)

• Inside Tom Platz (p. 52)

• Flotation for Recovery, Visualization — Tim Conaway (p. 54)

• Why I Need a Training Partner — Larry Scott (p. 58)

• M&F Interview: Charles Garfield — Mike Mentzer (p. 68)

• Tension Control — Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D. (p. 84)

• Lee Haney’s Impossible Dream — Rick Wayne (p. 86)

• The Secret of Dieting — Frank I. Katch, Ed.D. & Victor L. Katch, Ph.D. (p. 100)

• Flexibility — John S. Comereski (p. 106)

• Dr. Allen Lechtman on Aging — Armand Tanny (p. 117)

• What is Real Strength? — Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D. (p. 118)

• Aerobics: Key to Definition — John Dicksa (p. 124)

• Larry Ferris: Launched into Orbit — Armand Tanny (p. 126)

Women

• Cory Everson: Woman with Bionic Blood — Jeff Everson (p. 48)

• Survival of the Sexiest — Mandy Tanny (p. 90)

• Benefits of Competition — Loren Franck (p. 104)

Departments

• Feedback (p. 7)

• Benefits of Exercise: Jumping Rope — Susan Smith Jones, Ph.D. (p. 11)

• Sports Medicine — Michael Yessis, Ph.D. (p. 13)

• Muscular Gourmet: Seasoned Greetings — Mandy Tanny (p. 14)

• Physiology — Frank I. Katch, Ed.D. & Victor L. Katch, Ph.D. (p. 17)

• Weider Principle: Burns — Larry Scott (p. 19)

• Bodybuilding MD: Blood Pressure, Part 1 — Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. (p. 21)

• Power: Deadlift — Rickey Dale Crain (p. 23)

• Kinesiology: Lateral Prone Raises — Michael Yessis, Ph.D. (p. 24)

• Body by Betty: Diet vs. Exercise — Betty Weider (p. 27)

• Nutrition: Lipotropic Agents — William N. Taylor, M.D. (p. 29)

• Couples Corner: Pairs Judging — Jeff & Cory Everson (p. 31)

• Book Review: The Mr. Olympia (p. 227)

• Inspiration: Think Big, Stand Straight — Millard Bennett (p. 228)

• Ripped: Peanut-Butter Sandwich Revisited — Clarence Bass (p. 231)

• Exposé: Amphetamines — William N. Taylor, M.D. (p. 233)

• Classifieds (p. 237)

• The Champ: Lori Bowen — Bill Reynolds (p. 240)

Cover: Rory Leidelmeyer & Rachel McLish.

This issue is a must-have for collectors of vintage bodybuilding magazines, offering early coverage of Lee Haney’s rise, Rachel McLish’s continued prominence, and in-depth features on Tom Platz, Larry Scott, Cory Everson, and Mike Mentzer. It captures the transition of bodybuilding into the mid-1980s, when the sport was evolving into a global phenomenon.