Muscle & Fitness Magazine March 1984 Samir Bannout, Linka No Label

Muscle & Fitness Magazine – March 1984 – Samir Bannout & Linka Cover (No Label)

This March 1984 issue of Muscle & Fitness features 1983 Mr. Olympia champion Samir Bannout with Linka on the cover. The issue provides extensive coverage of the conclusion of the 1983 Mr. Olympia, Bannout’s personal story of victory, international Grand Prix reports, and contest features that capture bodybuilding’s global momentum in the early 1980s. It also includes top-tier training instruction and commentary from legends like Frank Zane, Franco Columbu, Clarence Bass, and Joe Weider.

The magazine is in good condition and has no mailing label. The copy shown in the listing photos is the exact item you will receive. Please review pictures carefully to assess condition. Every issue is shipped in a plastic protective covering, and combined shipping is available upon request.

Highlights and Contents

Editorial

• Winning Ways — Joe Weider (p. 5)

Instruction

• The Smart Way to Train Delts — Frank Zane (p. 32)

• Superfeature: Contest Preparation — compiled by Bill Reynolds (p. 56)

• How Mohamed Makkawy Trains Triceps — Rick Wayne (p. 150)

Bodybuilding

• Mr. Olympia 1983: Special Report, Conclusion — Rick Wayne (p. 38)

• Big O Victor: How I Did It! — Samir Bannout (p. 70)

• NPC Nationals — Bill Reynolds (p. 106)

• Women’s Amateur World Championship Flash — Bill Reynolds (p. 116)

• Grand Prix Flash Report: Swiss, Swedish, London — Rick Wayne (p. 138)

• Miss Olympia Flash Report — Rick Wayne (p. 158)

• Amateur World Championship Flash Report — Rick Wayne (p. 172)

Features

• Muscle Shaping? Yes! — Jeff Everson, LPT (p. 44)

• The Case Against Diets — Frank I. Katch, Ed.D. & Victor L. Katch, Ph.D. (p. 74)

• What’s Wrong with Today’s Superstars? — Franco Columbu (p. 82)

• Why Bodybuilding Is the Ultimate Sport — Loren Franck (p. 90)

• Dave Johns Takes His Own Medicine — Rick Wayne (p. 102)

• Shape of the Eighties — Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D. (p. 98)

• California Dreaming — Ken Leistner, D.C. (p. 104)

• Skin Care for Busy Bodies — Lia Schorr (p. 140)

• Rating High-Tech Machines — Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D. (p. 146)

• No Man Is an Island — Raymond Schuessler (p. 162)

Women

• Inger Zetterqvist, Middleweight World Champ — Bill Reynolds (p. 40)

• Lori Bowen: Legs with Muscle & Shape — Sheila Herman (p. 76)

• Candy Cosseists Fights for the Sport — Armand Tanny (p. 120)

Departments

• Feedback (p. 7)

• Benefits of Exercise: A Deciding Factor — Armand Tanny (p. 11)

• Sports Medicine: Cardiovascular Fitness — Jeff Everson, LPT (p. 13)

• Muscular Gourmet: Vegetarian Viking — Mandy Tanny (p. 15)

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

• Power: Heavy Loads — Mike Lambert (p. 19)

• Couples Corner: Training Togetherness — Jeff & Cory Everson (p. 21)

• Nutrition: Dizzy Diet Failures — Gregory Ellis (p. 23)

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

• Body by Betty: Body-Bye, Ballet Body — Betty Weider (p. 25)

• Bodybuilding MD: Female Hormones — Lawrence Lamb, M.D. (p. 27)

• Weider Principles: Quality Training — Joe Weider (p. 29)

• Mind in Bodybuilding — Peter C. Siegel, R.H. (p. 31)

• Inspiration: You Count — Millard Bennett (p. 234)

• Classified Advertising (p. 236)

• Sports Medicine Answer Line: Waist Away — John S. Comereski (p. 240)

• Ripped: Efficient Training Loads — Clarence Bass (p. 243)

• The Champ: Bob Paris — Rick Wayne (p. 248)

Cover: Samir Bannout & Linka.

This issue is particularly significant for collectors, showcasing Samir Bannout’s first-person account of his 1983 Olympia victory, Franco Columbu’s reflections on the state of bodybuilding superstars, Frank Zane’s delt training instruction, and Rick Wayne’s in-depth competition reports. It captures bodybuilding at a global high point in the early 1980s.