Planet Muscle article

I have a new article out in the November issue of Planet Muscle magazine. The title of the article is "Radical and New Muscle Building Hypothesis." It's my first article for PM, and I must give thanks to Everson (the editor) and the magazine for doing a bang-up job with the article. The layout, photos, and the amount of space it gets in the magazine is great.

Check it out. It's on newsstands now.

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Marvin Eder’s Mass-Building Methods

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