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Muscle Training Illustrated – October 1978, No. 70 – Chester Yorton, Dennis Tinerino
This is the October 1978 issue (No. 70) of Muscle Training Illustrated, featuring Chester Yorton and Dennis Tinerino on the cover. This edition marks a historic focus on the ethics of bodybuilding and the sport’s shift toward natural competition, highlighted through an extensive Special Section on Bodybuilding & Drugs—a pivotal discussion during the late 1970s fitness era.
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Table of Contents – Issue 70
Pearl: Man of Gold – by The Editors (p. 5)
MTI interviews bodybuilding legend Bill Pearl.
The Man With Power – by Denie (p. 8)
Part II: MTI talks to Steve Reeves.
Special Section: Bodybuilding & Drugs
Let It Be Here . . . Let It Be Now! – (p. 12)
Dan Lurie: The Ethics of Physical Culture vs. Drugs – (p. 14)
It’s a Fact! – (p. 15)
C.F. Talks “Big Dino” – (p. 17)
A Lion in the Streets of Physical Culture—Yorton: The Legend – (p. 19)
Yorton: The Trainer – (p. 21)
Yorton: The Man – (p. 25)
The Countdown – (p. 26)
Dillon: P.R. Hot Rock – (p. 29)
The System: Judging the Fiber – (p. 30)
The System: Part II – (p. 32)
Natural Bodybuilding Fights Back – (p. 34)
Revenge of The Spartan – (p. 41)
Was Yorton Wrong? – (p. 42)
Glossary – (p. 44)
Credits (Special Section):
Publisher and Project Director — Dan Lurie
Editorial Technical Consultants — Dr. Martin C. Nalder; Dr. C.F. Smith; Chester Yorton; Artie Dillon; Robert Kennedy
Special thanks — Dr. Jacob Hack, Joe Nista, Leo Stern, Bill Pearl, Earl Maynard, Jim Manion, Mike Dayton, Dennis Tinerino, and contestants of the 1978 NBA Physique Championships.
Pictorial coverage by Denie, Mark, and Wayne Gallasch. Section compiled and illustrated by Denie.
Reader Photo Contest – by The Editors (p. 48)
Are you going to enter and win?
Star Talk – by The Editors (p. 82)
Gossip and contest results.
Cover Note:
Chet Yorton, organizer of the first-ever non-steroid bodybuilding contest, and winner Dennis Tinerino flank Miss Las Vegas, Keili Lynn Plever. Inset shows blood being taken from Tinerino — full story inside the special section. Photos by Denie.
This issue is a landmark in bodybuilding history, offering deep insight into the early movement for natural bodybuilding and featuring exclusive interviews and features with some of the sport’s most respected names.