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THE WINDING PATH OF MCGRATH

BY GREG MERRITT PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAVEL YTHJALL

He turned to see the Ford badge—the one in the centre of the grille—coming 
at him like a punch he could never duck. And then came the sickening roar 
of metal collapsing and glass shattering and, thankfully, an air bag inflating, and the Jeep Cherokee that Frank McGrath was driving spun its way across the snowy street. The crash should’ve ended his life. It -likely would have if not for 
the muscles—the fleshy suit of armour—he’d spent 20 years expanding. If he had died then, McGrath would’ve gone down in the annals of bodybuilding as another “What if?”—the enigmatic star of popular ads who never fulfilled his tremendous potential. But because he survived, he was determined not to waste another day, not to squander any potential, and never to wonder “What if?” Before the crash, Frank McGrath was on cruise control. Afterwards, he went into overdrive.

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MIGHTY PEN

BY DAVE LEE PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARK ROYCE

Watching Phannary Pen do her thing in a bikini and heels, 
it’s hard to imagine that the 26-year-old was a self-professed tomboy for most of her life. And not just any old tomboy who preferred jeans to dresses and was just as likely to come home with scraped knees and elbows as the next kid on the block, but a 5'2½" (with emphasis 
on the “half”!) basketball player who ran the court as point guard from junior high to high school. To keep 
fit, she added track and field to her after-school activities and became 
a regular fixture in the weights room.

In 2008, Pen watched her first contest and by the following year, she was onstage winning figure class B and the overall at the NPC Central Valley Classic. Most recently, she placed runner-up in her class in the 2011 NPC USA. Pen credits her new passion for helping her find a side of herself she never knew existed. “Through figure competition, I discovered my feminine assets,” Pen says. “It was a little later than most girls, but it just goes to show that you never know when the neighbourhood tomboy might turn out to be a swimsuit model.”

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NEW YEAR, NEW MASS

BY NEIL HILL AND DAVE LEE

If there’s a better way to kick off a new year than by adding tons of raw muscle to your physique, we want to know. What was that? A little louder, please. Didn’t think so. OK, so the tons are really pounds, but we’re talking adding 12 pounds or more. How? Two words: Neil Hill.

Nicknamed “Yoda” for his Jedi Master knowledge of bodybuilding, Hill is an IFBB pro and one of the industry’s leading experts in the art of getting huge (and ripped, but that’s for later). Y3T is his revolutionary training system, and it’s helping other IFBB pros like Flex Lewis, Brandon Curry, Hidetada Yamagishi, and Zack Khan forge championship physiques. Now you can benefit from his 20-plus years of experience in the sport.

In his own words, Hill takes you through Y3T step by step and gives you the workouts—plus a sample meal/supplement plan—to help take you into the big zone. So if you want to make this year count—and we mean really count—turn the page 
and prepare to pack on size like never before with Part 1 of our ultimate mass-gain special.

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