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Christa Bauch: Dress Me Up!

"Dress up Christa by pulling the clothes to her with your mouse. They'll snap right into place!"

Budo & Fitness: Nya kataloger online:

"Välkommen att smygkika på vår nya katalog innan den släpps runt 20 januari (även på alla andra nya kataloger såsom: Better Bodies, Casall och Perfetto). B&F Fitness katalog som pdf fil 11 MB - bf1-2000f.pdf. B&F Budo katalog som pdf fil 9,7 MB - bf1-2000b.pdf."

fitladies.com:

"Fitladies.com is a web site affiliated with www.worldofmuscle.com and dedicated to fitness and bodybuilding athletes' web sites design and hosting. This is a FREE service for the athletes!

Each athlete gets:

• her own web space free of charge on fitladies.com
• her own site designed for FREE
• her own subdomain like: xxx.fitladies.com
• her own email account, or forwarding to her private email, like
• and much more...

Fitladies.com can also design or relook your web site, without hosting it."

The Orin J Heller Collection - Muscle Memories:

"When he was a kid, Orrin Jesse Heller saw a Strong Woman act at a carnival. From that day on he was an insatiable collector of material about female athletes. From the 30's to the 80's he sought out strong women in circuses, vaudville and pro-wrestling, taking snaps and movies of them posing and flexing. 

In all he chronicled nearly an entire century of Female Power. Now this massive collection, the lifes work of a man dedicated to beautiful feminin strength, is available on the web as a reference for the education and entertainment of a new generation of strength fans."

SKIP Sport: Träningsguide:

"Innan du sätter igång med träningen skall du tänka efter och bestämma dig för vad du vill åstadkomma med träningen. Sätt upp ett realistiskt mål. Sedan kan du välja väg för att åstadkomma det resultat du vill.

Men glöm inte att tänka efter när du tränat ett tag. Fungerar träningen som du vill, verkar resultaten komma, trivs du med träningsuppläggningen? Om inte så är det dags att korrigera träningen. Kanske träna lite oftare, lite hårdare eller med andra hjälpmedel."

armfan.com:

"armfan.com - armwrestling, celebs flexing, more, pics, videoclips, stories, amazon links."

Andy's Muscle Goddesses:

"Welcome to my Website. It is dedicated to the fantastic sport of Female Bodybuilding and the wonderful women that venture down this path.

In my opinion, muscles on a woman, even very big muscles, are extremely beautiful and erotic. I hope you will enjoy your visit, and I hope you will bookmark my site." (Feature!)

Anna-Marie Onesti, Trish Swander, Muscle Diva: Hard as Silk: Tonia Williams, Michelle Ivers, Andrulla the Queen - Andrulla Blanchettes Unofficial Homepage, Charlene Rink On-Line, Christi Wolf, Cynthia Bridges, Debi Laszewski, Desiree Ellis, Doreen Reck, Giovanna Rosa, Fawnia Mondey - Flexibility Girl, Lori Karl, Jenny Hendershott, Karen Hulse, Kathy Connors, Kristi Oakley, Kathy Meyers, Kelly Dobbins, Kelly Ryan, Linda Cusmano, Mandy Blank, Melissa Hall, Myra Michaels, Nancy Georges, Rena Mero, Rita Dytuco, Sandra Faas, Stacy Seaver, Suzette Helea, Tatiana Grigorieva, Timea Majorova, Theresa Hessler, Tina Jo Bagne Orban, Torrie Wilson, Trish Swander, Vikki Cole, Windy Dawn Haddad, Argentinian Muscular Girl's Web Site, The Shrine, Pillow & Shebeast Productions, Eric Freimanis Photography, Donne Muscolose, Fbb_fan's Female Bodybuilding Page, FBB - Northwest & B.C., FeMuFan - Female Muscle- and Fitness-Videos, ZT's Fitness Foxes, frenchman celebrity muscle, Remmer's Female Muscle Page, The Galleries of Muscle Goddesses, Doris Barrilleaux presents Bodybuilding, Muscular girls and Fitness women, Female Turkish Sports Page, armslammer.com - Female armwrestling & bicep flexing videoclips & pictures, Armwrestling and female flexing page

Remmer's Female Muscle Page Links

Stress and Exercise - A Personal Experience by Dr Mel C Siff:

"Stress has been a constant companion in my life. Two years ago, despite being a fitness fanatic (via strength and cardio training), vegetarian, consumer of almost every anti-oxidant known, a person with no family history of heart disease and one with absolutely no cardiac risk factors or elevated cholesterol, I experienced a near-fatal heart attack while lecturing to about 100 of my engineering students back inS Africa.

My recent experience really taught me in a highly practical way about so many of the myths and facts about cardiac rehab and aerobic exercise. For one thing, don't ever believe that years of fitness training is going to prevent a heart attack - there are so many other factors involved that it is vain and naive to think that any of us are even vaguely close to having all of the answers."

The Arm's Massive Power Page:

"This page is devoted to the shameless self promotion of me, Mark "The Arm" Olson. Arm wrestling champion, Powerlifting Champion, and personal power trainer."

Chisato Mishima - Ms. Fitness Professional:

"The Website of the Japanese National Fitness Champion - Chisato Mishima. Chief Instructor of the Body Sculpture Association."

The Temple of Michiko Nishiwaki:

"An actress, martial artist, (A black belt in Goju Ryu Karate and is practiced in the art of Chinese Wu Shu), an accomplished gymnast and dancer, stunt woman, fight choreographer, and Japan's first Woman's Bodybuilding and Power lifting Champion. She held these titles for three consecutive years."

Asiamuscle Network:

"Asiamuscle is dedicated to bodybuilders throughout Asia and Asian bodybuilders throughout the world, and their admirers."

Teen and College Age Bodybuilding Web Gallery

Muscle Central:

"I'd like to build a website centering around the people of bodybuilding and fitness. I want to continue networking and building relationships with the people envolved in the sport."

Euromuscle - Your European source for bodybuilding

BioMechanics Magazine Online

"The magazine of body movement and medicine."

Discovery Health: Olympic Athletes' Drug Usage Involved “High-Tech Cheating”: 8 december

"The year 2000, an Olympic year, is almost over and even the experts still aren't sure exactly what we saw in Sydney, Australia - how much was real and how much was drug-enhanced."

Geert Wever Digital Photography:

"All the photo's on this site are made by me personally. In the next coming weeks I will upgrade this site with manipulated art, mostly with female-fitness and body-building women. I hope you will enjoy my site and come back often."

PowerBlock - World's Best Dumbell

Muscle Elegance Magazine:

"Female bodybuilding and fitness only adult magazine featuring photographs of sexy, nude, naked, raw, powerful female bodybuilders and fitness models in interviews, contest, profiles, articles and layouts."

Cory Everson's Fitness Adventure:

"Cory's fitness adventure is an adult vacation/retreat filled with activities to awaken your mind, body and spirit."

Brandi Carrier Online - Miss Galaxy Winner, Life Quest Triple Crown World Champion

Natural Bodybuilding Foundation:

"Our goal is to share our knowledge, promote natural bodybuilding and serve as an information resource for natural bodybuilders."

Kiwi Muscle Babes:

"Features some of the best female physique talent from New Zealand."

SouthPump:

"Hola, here you will find some of the most beautiful and muscular IberoAmerican women, we decided to create a space for all the women who work their bodies to develope huge, nice and powerful muscles ready to smash both, weights and society's pre-concepts."

Bodybuilding and Fitness Iberoamerican Championship:
"After more than one decade the greatest bodybuilding event in Latin America came back to Lima, this was an non-miss event for any practicant or just aficionado of the muscle sport, the best athletes from this side of the world joined in the turbulent Peruvian capital."

beautyfitgym.com: 1999 Kenny Kassel's WOMEN'S EXTRAVAGANZA:

"On Saturday, October 2, 1999 in Secaucus, New Jersey, Kenny Kassel, of Beauti-Fit Talent Agency, and Bob Bonham, owner of Strong and Shapely Gym in East Rutherford, New Jersey, presented the 1999 WOMEN'S EXTRAVAGANZA."

Female Physiques:

"Welcome to my site that tries to help promote female bodybuilders and fitness women from "downunder" in New Zealand."

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Stileproject: Arnold prank jokes: 4 januari

"So this dude from some university somewhere was bored enough to take the entire audio of Arnold Schwarzenegger talking in Kindergarden Cop and do some prank calls with it.

I laughed my ass off listening to these. It really makes you realize just how stupid people are. Check these babies out! Arnold Prank 1 - Arnold Prank 2 - Arnold Prank 3 - Arnold Prank 4"

Dilbert comic creator Scott Adams has this alternative story on Arnold in the book The Joy of Work : Dilbert's Guide to Finding Happiness at the Expense of Your Co-Workers:

"Only rarely do people with complicated names become successful. They are "the exeption that prove the rule." Arnold Schwarzenegger is a perfect example. When he was a teenager, the forearm on his writing hand became huge from writing his name on school assignements. The other kids called hin "Big Arm." He was forced to lift weights with the other arm so the one oversized arm didn't make him walk in circles. The rest is history."

Yahoo! News: Bigorexia Likened to Eating Disorders: 5 januari

"Imagine being Arnold Schwarzenegger but seeing a 98-pound weakling when you look in the mirror.

For a small subset of bodybuilders, that distorted view is what they see, and it can radically alter their behavior. Pumping iron becomes their life's focus, to the exclusion of family and work. Yet despite their bulging muscles, they're convinced they're still scrawny."

Andgor Toy Company: Personalized Action Figures:

Are you sad because you'll never be a action figure like Arnold or Dolph Lundgren? Here's your chance to become a hero!

"AndGor Toy Co., Inc. employees a team of in-house sculptors, trained at a professional level, with over half a century of sculpting experience combined! AndGor Toy Company can make YOU into the Action Figure of your choice, wearing whatever you want from casual clothes to formal wear, authentic military gear, football uniform, and more!" (Via MetaFilter) 

Dagsavisen: Tar flere dopingbrukere: 6 januari

"Tollvesenet gjorde nesten 30 prosent flere beslag av dopingmidler i fjor enn i 1999. Nå blir det vanskeligere å avsløre brukerne."

Aktuelt: Kamp mod doping styrkes: 3 januari

"Om fire år skal der tages dobbelt så mange dopingprøver som i dag. Det bør dæmme op for problemet, mener Finn Mikkelsen, der tvivler på stigning."

Yahoo! News: Sports Medicine Specialist Dies: 6 januari

"Dr. Robert Kerr, a sports medicine specialist known as the "steroid guru"' for supplying athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, has died."

Katrineholms-Kuriren: Här skötte sig atleterna:

"När fritidskontoret granskade idrottsföreningarna i Katrineholm åkte atletklubben dit rejält. I Finspång sköter sig atleterna bäst. Däremot fick Tisnarbro IF bakläxa."

Dagens Medicin: Informerade patienter och surfande läkare: 21 december

"Hur ska sjukvården hantera den surfande patienten? Hälsa och sjukvård tillhör de mest populära ämnena på Internet sedan länge men professionen har inte – hittills – varit lika alerta att ta till sig informationstekniken."

Hypothermia: Lisa Dixon, fitness model:

Computer gaming and bodybuilding/fitness is compatiable! There's some good coverage of what it takes being a fitness competitor on national level in the articles here on this site, which also happens to be one of Asia Carreras (which happens to be a hardcore gamer) favourite sites...

"My name is Lisa Dixon, and I am currently known to the gaming community as "Jason Hall's girlfriend." You may also know me from competing in the Fitness America pageant in 1998, or from competing in the "USA's" (a national competition for Fitness) in 1999. Both events were covered in the media. Generally though, I'm fairly low profile, but hopefully after this year's competitions, I won't be for long!"

filmfodder: Spotlight Movie Terminator 3: 3 januari

"According to a report at Dark Horizons "Nikita" star Peta Wilson is in the running to play "T3's" female terminator. This news comes straight from the muscled mandible of Arnold Schwarzenegger (so says the report), who dropped Wilson's name during a radio interview. Previous rumors named Famke Janssen ("X-Men") as the evil Terminator, but Wilson's "Nikita" reputation and legion of dedicated fans could push her to the front of the pack."

ABCNews: Resolve to plan meals ahead: 5 januari

"According to a recent survey, about 70 percent of U.S. adults don’t decide what to eat for dinner until after 4:00 p.m. that day. If you’re making a New Year’s resolution, consider resolving to plan meals ahead. This need not be as overwhelming as it sounds, and the benefits may surprise you."

Formula 1 Online: Fisichella: "I even went to the gym om xmas days!" (Via GymTrack News)

Aftonbladet: Alvarez utmanar Paolo Roberto och Armand Krajnc – byter viktklass: 6 januari

"Armand Krajnc och Paolo Roberto har slagits om uppmärksamheten i mellanvikt den sista tiden. Nu får de konkurrens av Fredrik Alvarez, som beslutat sig för att gå ned en viktklass. – Boxarna i mellanvikt kommer få problem med min slagstyrka, säger Alvarez." 

Northwich Guardian: Troubled gym members left 'in the dark':

"Keep-fit fans are still desperate to track down hundreds of pounds in membership fees after the company running Active Images gym, in Northwich, went into liquidation." (Via GymTrack News)

Richard Simmons - Weight Loss Support

Ascribe: FutureWatch Science Column: 'Hey, Good Lookin': 2 november

"Masculine beauty lies in the fertility of the female beholder. If a woman is looking for a fling when she is ovulating, she prefers a man with masculine features, like a strong jaw and square face. However, at other times during her monthly cycle, a woman likes a more feminine looking man for a short-term relationship. And if you're a man who wants to go steady, you're better off looking like Leonardo DiCaprio than John Wayne."

Yahoo! News: French Rugby Accused of Drug Use: 5 januari

"The former coach of the French national rugby team has said doping is a "reality" of the sport in France and blamed the problem on the country's grueling rugby calendar."

PrestonOnline: Keep-fit man, 57, dies at the gym: 5 januari

"Two off-duty doctors exercising in a gym battled in vain to save the life of a man who collapsed while working out. An investigation is now under way to determine why a member of Preston’s biggest gym, Virgin Active, died yesterday." (Via GymTrack News)

The Telegraph: Lack of exercise blamed as children get fatter: 5 januari

"Children are getting fatter with numbers of some overweight groups of youngsters almost doubling in 10 years, according to research published today."

Immortal Giant Nutritional Supplements:

"What you won't find is a company trying to sell you some unheard of supplement or trying to convince you that you have to take a million different products. What you will find is high quality, brand name supplements at low prices all the time."

Healthwell: Syndrome X: 5 januari

"An estimated two-thirds of all Americans have syndrome X. This mysterious-sounding term refers to a cluster of conditions many Americans are familiar with: abdominal obesity (a "spare tire" around the middle); high blood pressure, high blood triglycerides and high blood cholesterol levels.

These heart disease risk factors tend to occur together, thus the term "syndrome." However, if you have even just one of the conditions combined with insulin resistance — a prediabetic condition that can cause any of the others — you have Syndrome X."

Powerhouse Supplements:

"Serving consumers using bodybuilding, sports nutrition & weight loss supplements since 1991."

Creatine - did you know:
"Creatinine is what forms from creatine being stored in cells, where it is then removed from the blood by the kidneys. Creatinine is routinely checked in blood tests, serving as a marker of how well the kidneys are filtering the blood. Although creatine supplementation can raise blood creatinine, it has never been shown to be toxic or harmful to the kidneys."

Androstenedione - The History of Androstene:
Androstenedione was synthesized in 1935. A year later Dr. Charles Kochakian discovered that androstenedione had both androgenic and anabolic effects. These effects however, were only significant in castrated dogs, and even then much weaker than the effects of testosterone.

What is Creatine?:
Creatine is made up of the three amino acids: arginine, glycine and methionine. Our body produces creatine (it is made in the liver) and we also can get creatine from our diet. At any given time the average person has about 120 grams of creatine stored in their body.

DHEA or Dehydroepiandrosterone:
Dehydroepiandrosterone (pronounced dee-hi-dro-epp-ee-ann-dro-stehr-own), or DHEA as it is more often called, is a steroid hormone produced in the adrenal gland. It is the most abundant steroid in the bloodstream and is present at even higher levels in brain tissue.

How To Gain Weight - Weight Gaining Diet & Weight Gainers:
Generally gaining weight is easier than loosing weight. Simply put, eat more calories than you're burning, intake at least 2 times you lean body weight in protein grams, eat plenty of carbohydrates, and the fat, so what, your trying to gain weight.

Increase Your Strength - Add 40-lbs to your Bench Press in three weeks:
This sound yet simple approach will add serious pounds to your best bench in just 21 days - as much as 40 pounds and in some cases even more. And best of all, you'll put on some serious muscle in the process.

Using Creatine For More Than Muscles:
A Creatine researcher highlights promising medical applications.

What is The Atkins Diet?:
The Atkins diet restricts processed/refined carbohydrates (which make up over 50% of many people's diets), such as high-sugar foods, breads, pasta, cereal, and starchy vegetables. Core vita-nutrient supplementation includes a full-spectrum multi-vitamin and an essential oils/fatty acid formula.

The history of Creatine:
"Although creatine has just recently blossomed in America, its roots go back to the 1800s. A French scientist named Chevreul, who named it after the Greek word for flesh, discovered creatine in 1832.

In 1923 scientists discovered the average human body contained over 100 grams of creatine - and of that 100 grams, 95 are stored in muscle tissue."

Fitnessworld: Key Fitness Trends Found: 2 januari

"Each year, IDEA, The Health and Fitness Source, releases a survey that examines the demographics of the fitness market, along with the types of programs and equipment that are most frequently offered at fitness facilities."

HealthSurfing: American Council on Exercise has a new list for 2001: 5 januari

"Online fitness coaching, children's fitness and high tech equipment rank high among the predicted fitness trends for 2001. Personal trainers focusing on overall wellness will double in the next 3 to 5 years, according to the American Council on Fitness.

And many enthusiasts will bypass gyms for the great outdoors. Corporate employers, travel agencies, airlines and hotel chains will try to attract the fitness minded with a host of exercise options."

Go.com: Ali Film Takes It on the Chin: 16 oktober

"After months of intensive workouts, Will Smith is ready to step into the ring as Muhammad Ali. The trouble is, the film about the boxing champ may just have been KO'd."

Red Herring: Pills that think: 28 december

"If cars were made the way we make medicines today, we would dump steel, rubber, plastic, and cloth into a compressing machine and end up with something that doesn't work very well," says Harry Ferres, vice president of pharmaceutical technologies for SmithKline Beecham. What is needed, he says, is medicine packaged and presented to the body for just the purpose at hand. Work to accomplish that end has already begun."

TIME: The Fat of the Land: 8 januari

"The inventors of the Mediterranean diet have become the most overweight people in Europe."

Schwarzenegger.com: World Sports Award 2000: 4 januari

"On January 16th, 2001 Arnold will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Sports Awards in London - one of the largest international shows of it's kind, honoring athletes from around the world for their outstanding achievements and contributions. A hero to most of us, Arnold will have the additional honor of being presented the award by one of his own heroes, champion boxer Muhammed Ali!

Although Arnold will be unable to attend the event in person, he will accept the award "live" via satellite from the set of his current film, the action-thriller Collateral Damage."

FreeMedicalJournals.com

"Within the next two years, the most important medical journals will be available online, free and in full-text. The access to free scientific knowledge will have a major impact on medical practice and attract Internet visitors to these journals. Journals that restrict access to their Web sites will lose popularity.

The Free Medical Journals Site is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet."

Tim's Nutrition and Weightlifting Page

Sveriges Riksidrottsmuseum:

"Stiftelsen Sveriges Riksidrottsmuseums egen hemsida."

Crain's Muscle World:

For those of you who wish to order Captains of Crush grippers or other IronMind paraphernalia (since the online store at IronMind isn't ready yet) Crain's Muscle World have them available online.

"For 22 years Crain's Muscle World, Ltd. has been supplying the needs of powerlifters, bodybuilders and strength athletes around the world.

We provide the highest quality products for all of your nutritional needs. We also sell the finest equipment available, and provide unlimited resources, from the foremost authorities on strength and fitness."

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Kalmar Fitness Center

Is Heavy Duty a mind virus?

I'm currently reading Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme by Richard Brodie. Visit Meme Central for more information and to read the first chapter of the book online. Amazon.com editorial review: "If you've ever wondered how and why people become robotically enslaved by advertising, religion, sexual fantasy, and cults, wonder no more. It's all because of "mind viruses" or "memes"." This book could explain what I've seen and read of the Heavy Duty (and somewhat of HIT) mind set, which fits all characteristics of a mind virus. As is Mac Cultists and other people that are... Well, let us say a bit too subjective. And no, if you are training according to Heavy Duty I'm not bashing your beliefs, Mike Mentzer or calling you a bad person. Whatever makes your mind and your body progress should be nobody's concern - keep doing it. In fact, the exact same thing can, and should, be said about volume training being a mind virus. What I am doing is stating my observations - feel free to disagree, . Quote from the book: "From Chapter 3, you know that a mind virus, or any virus, has three requirements: a method of penetration, a way of reproducing itself faithfully, and means of spreading itself to other minds. When you have a concept or a subculture or a dogma that meets all these requirements, you have a mind virus." Penetration: These are actual Heavy Duty quotes: • "From the moment I started reading that first article, I knew Heavy Duty, high intensity training was the answer I'd been looking for." • "Mike, it was as if your words came off the page, grabbed me by the throat and shook all the stupid ideas about training right out of my head." Faithful reproduction: Quote from the book: "A mind virus needs a way to reproduce itself faithfully - without distortion or omission. That can be accomplished in a number of different ways: By saying a certain set of memes is the Truth, as many religions say about their sacred texts. Why would you want to distort or omit the truth?" These are actual Heavy Duty quotes: • "Actualize your potential in one year, with the only valid scientific approach to productive bodybuilding exercise." • "My basic premise is that your theory is complete, fulfilled, finished, achieved as is physics, maths, chemistry. You don't see math being changed and distorted and bastardized. I will now only read, listen or see anything on resistance training if it was written by MIKE MENTZER." • "Let me propose a question: would you rather go through life believing in something that is not true, or, would you rather have certainty about your training by learning the one valid theory of anaerobic exercise? I hope your choice will be for the truth so you can finally begin the journey of actualizing your maximum muscular potential." Spreading: Quote from the book: "Some of the ways mind viruses encourage spreading are: Programming you with a meme to the effect that teaching this to our children will help them. Programming you to evangelize the virus. These are actual Heavy Duty quotes: • "From day one I trained all of my clients with Heavy Duty high intensity exercise. For the first year and a half, I built my clientele, and my reputation in a small neighborhood health club. Then I opened my own studio, and the business has grown in leaps and bounds." • "I am a Floor Supervisor at 24 Hour Fitness in Las Vegas. I am in charge of making sure my trainers are using the best programs for their clients, amongst other things. The ideas you present on recovery ability and performing the least amount of work necessary are absolute Must Know information amongst my trainers. I encourage them to engage in scientific training and stray from "Traditional Programs"."

Idag har Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (IMDB) (Chow Yun-Fat & Michelle Yeoh) premiär på Sandrew Metronome-biograferna i Sverige. Om du har möjlighet att gå så är det ett måste att se den.

"Movies are supposed to be an escape. The great ones take you somewhere you have never been. This is a great action film - one that reminds you why you fell in love with the movies in the first place."

DrugNews: Rekordmånga tullbeslag förra året: 4 januari

"Förra året gjorde tullen rekordmånga beslag av narkotika och dopingmedel. Samtidigt ökade beslagsmängden av tobak- och spritsmuggling till 44,6 miljoner cigaretter och 605 000 liter sprit."

Yahoo! News: Saying You Exercise Creates Good First Impression: 4 januari

"If you want to impress someone, it might help to let it slip that you exercise regularly, Canadian researchers suggest. They found that information about your exercise habits bears significant weight when someone is forming an impression of what type of person you are."

Doc Searls Weblog: Advice to young people seeking IT careers:

9. Publish your passions. Publish a weblog on *anything* you care about. Make that your daily diary and keep it up. Answer every email response. Respond to other people's 'blogs. Your path will be blazed by buzz.

Also remember what Skoop Nisker says:

If you don't like the news, go make some of your own."

CNN: Company in Ukraine offers 'Fat in Chocolate': 2 januari

Homer Simpson dream has come true: "Mmmmm... reprocessed pig fat..."

"A Ukrainian candy company has begun marketing what may be the stickiest, richest and most fattening holiday treat on the market: pure pork fat covered in chocolate."

York Barbell: Strength and Health magazine avaliable for download:

"Strength and Health, the leading fitness publication of YORK Barbell Company for over 50 years returns to prominence with this first issue.

Strength and Health will drive improved athletic performance through sound strength training and conditioning information disseminated to the fitness field. The current editorial board includes college strength coaches, personal trainers, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and sport scientists."

Don't miss The Weightlifting Hall of Fame and Museum:

"The Weightlifting Hall of Fame contains a diverse history of the strength sports, their evolution from mythology to the early Olympic Games, and from the 19th and 20th century amateur and professional strongmen to the current specialized sports of Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting and bodybuilding."

The Star: Entry into Games a plus for bodybuilding: 20 november

"Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik thanked and congratulated the Asian Bodybuilding Federation yesterday for successfully making the sport one of the official events in the 2002 Asian Games in Pusan, South Korea."

YourHealthDaily: Study: Too Little Cholesterol Also a Risk:

"Most people are aware of the dangers of excess cholesterol, but recent research has found that those whose cholesterol levels are too low are also at risk. A healthy human body must have between 180 and 240 milligrams of cholesterol per 100 milliliters of blood, according to the findings."

Nando Times: Anorexic student sues Connecticut college: 3 januari

"A 20-year-old anorexic student sued her college Wednesday, seeking readmission after school officials turned her away because of her condition."

Yahoo! News: Supplement Helps Melt Fat And Build Muscle: 4 januari

"A team of Scandinavian researchers has identified a pill that appears to melt away fat while boosting muscle mass. While the supplement - conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) - is no magic bullet, it may prove to be a useful tool in combination with even light exercise, Dr. Jan Wadstein at Lund University in Sweden and a study author, told Reuters Health in an interview."

Newswise: CLA Reduces Body Fat: 3 januari

"A study published recently concludes that the natural dietary supplement conjugated linoleic acid reduces body fat in people who are overweight or obese."

BBC News: Childhood obesity soars in UK: 5 januari

"The proportion of children classed as overweight or obese rocketed between the mid-80s and mid-90s, a study has found."

CNN: Cellulite-busting workout relies on weightlifting: 3 januari

"Frustrated with fat and sick of cellulite? A new weightlifting program aims to bust those bulges by targeting problem areas and allowing women to get rid of cellulite buildup."

Yahoo! News: 5 Beginners’ Fitness Mistakes to Avoid: 4 januari

"Whether you’re starting from scratch or getting back on track, if you’re like many Americans you’re embarking on new workout program right about now.

While undoubtedly you have high hopes that your fitness regimen will succeed, you could fall prey to one of a handful of classic mistakes that could nip even the most well-intentioned plan in the bud. Here’s how to avoid the top five beginners ’ blunders:"

Mitt-liv.nu: Träna dig lycklig - en bluff?

"Känner du dig trött, håglös eller till och med deprimerad? Börja träna, svarar den kärnfriska, hurtiga kompisen - och du blir än mer nedtryckt i skorna. Dessvärre är det ett gott råd denne ger dig, forskning visar att träning kan bota depression."

Times Of India: Engineer uses sun to claim victory over hunger: 30 december

"Can the human body turn into a photovoltaic cell and covert the rays of the sun into energy? Sixty-four-year-old retired mechanical engineer Hira Ratan Manek claims it can. For the past 364 days, he claims he has not swallowed a single morsel of solid, living only on some boiled water and the star closest from the earth." (Via Fark)

The Washington Post: Finding the Health Club That's Fit for You: 28 december

"One way people choose to help themselves reach their fitness goals is to join a health club - or switch to a new health club that might better suit their needs, or make a pledge to start working out regularly again at the gym they have been paying dues to for months, even years."

Press & Sun-Bulletin: Exercise your options by joining a gym: 1 januari

"But remember: Choosing a gym carefully may be the difference between you getting in shape or returning to your couch to hibernate."

post-gazette.com: Former college athlete to stand trial: 29 december

"Knapp, a 6-foot, 310-pound cinderblock of a man, became so enraged during a traffic stop that he pinned a police officer to the street near the heart of campus and started choking him.

Defense lawyer Thomas Ceraso of Greensburg readily agreed that Knapp was carrying the anabolic steroids, often used by bodybuilders. One variety found in a duffel bag in Knapp's Volvo was marked "implant for feedlot heifers."

Experts say that users are sometimes given to emotional eruptions dubbed "steroid rage," and Ceraso suggested that during the trial, he might blame them for Knapp's explosion.

"It could well be a defense," he said after the hearing."

Savannah Morning News: Bronze ambition: 31 december

"Team Savannah's success, headlined by Cheryl Haworth's medal, leads list of year's top local sports stories."

Alabama Live: Monitors keep tabs on workout: 27 december

"Although getting into shape is important, spinning instructor Cathy Wagner wants people to do it properly and the Moorer branch offers a device to its members that most gyms do not.

"In my spinning classes we use heart rate monitors and do heart rate training," she said. "It trains your body to burn fat and to be more efficient when it does burn sugar, which is on the high end of your maximum heart rate."

The Star: Short bouts of exercise can boost your fitness level: 31 december

"Think exercise sessions must last 20 to 60 minutes to get you fit? Think again.

"This is completely unrealistic for most people," says Glenn A. Gaesser, a professor of exercise physiology at the University of Virginia, who specializes in jump-starting sedentary adults."

The Washington Post: The Bald Truth About Hair Loss: 2 januari

"Watch out for vitamin formulas, lotions and potions: Experts say treating baldness take lots of patience and money - and there's still no panacea."

Montreal Gazette: Debunking an urban legend: 26 december

"For several years, Simpsons creator Matt Groening has been credited as the author of one of the most widely circulated humour essays on the Internet. It's called "Women Speak in Estrogen and Men Listen in Testosterone," and it's about the fundamental differences between men and women."

The IOC World Conference On Sport And New Media:

"Today the IOC is already using the Internet and other new media to improve our information flow and operations. We are trying to determine how to apply some of the more imaginative applications of new media to enhance the fans experience without diminishing our ability to sustain the Olympic Movement and the Games.

The fact that we brought over 700 leaders of the sports world together with the new and traditional media for the first time shows how aggressively we are going after a solution," said Richard W. Pound, Chairman of the IOC Marketing Commission and Internet Working Group."

www.marioarts.de by Mario Rieger:

Mario Riger have guestposed on the biggest bb-competitions in the world as Predator, Robomario, Judge Dredd, The Mask, Magic Vampire, and even more characters... Who knows, perhaps he'll even show up in Sweden...?

AllProTraining:

Creatine and Young Athletes:
Dr. Di Pasquale discusses whether or not teens should use creatine.

Who Needs to Use Nutritional Supplements:
Dr. Di Pasquale reports, you decide.

Static Stretching Guidelines to Increase Suppleness and Minimize Injury:
Coach Coleman introduces safe, effective and individual approach for including stretching in your practice and some basic guidelines for achieving maximum results without risking an injury.

Proper Lifting Techniques When Doing Upper Body DB Lifts:
Coach Coleman introduces safe and effective exercises to develop a strong and well-balance chest and shoulders and minimize the risk of injuries in the area.

Amino Acid and Protein Supplementation:
Dr. Di Pasquale discusses the performance of individual and selectively combined amino acids and proteins.

The Use of Nutritional Supplements - Stacking, Cycling and Timing:
Because of their nature and diversity, stacking, cycling and timing of nutrititional supplement use has taken on meanings of their own quite apart from the use of ergogenic drugs.

Coach Nemish: Abdominal Training Part I:
Coach Nemish discusses the benefits of unstable abs training in his first article of a three article series on abs.

Coach Nemish: Abdominal Training Part II:
Coach Nemish compares two popular abdominal exercises in his second article of a three article series on abs.

Coach Nemish: Abdominal Training Part III:
This third article on abdominal training takes a slightly different look at two training devices that have been advertised on the market.

Seal Exercises for Core Strength and Flexibility:
Coach Coleman presents some extremely effective drills designed and used by the Navy Seals for developing of the major physical qualities: strength, flexibility and agility.

Gunther Schlierkamp: How to practice posing for a competition

Davin's Bodybuilding and Fitness Pages:

"This is where you will find "real world" information and tips on natural bodybuilding and general fitness, without all the boring scientific talk."

MSNBC: Fitness club faces cancellation suit: 3 januari

"Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan offered a reminder to consumers Wednesday while filing suit against a downtown fitness club for allegedly failing to give consumers notice of their three-day right to cancel membership contracts."

Cint: Nya lagar som berör dig:

"Vid årsskiftet träder en massa nya lagar i kraft, vara många berör dig. Kolla hela listan på regeringens hemsida (OBS! .PDF-fil!)

Run4Fun: Nettet skyld i doping-boom: 4 januari

"Mængden af beslaglagte dopingmidler i Kastrup Lufthavn slog alle rekorder i fjor. Og det er internettets skyld, vurderer Toldvæsenet."

The Arnold Fan: The alleged Arnold Groping incident - Photographs Reveal the Truth Behind the Lies!: 3 januari

"Most Arnold Schwarzenegger fans are aware of the allegations made against the muscled one detailing alleged groping incidents with some various female television personalities in London. 

As you can imagine, the story caused a great deal of disruptions among fans (especially our female fans) that were outraged with the accusations."

Norges idrottsförbund: Jagland ønsker trening i arbeidstiden: 3 januari

"Jagland ønsker en ordning hvor arbeidstakere får trene gratis i arbeidstiden. - En slik ordning kan gi miljøforbedringer og reduksjon i sykefravær på arbeidsplassene, sier Ap-leder Thorbjørn Jagland til NRK."

American Body Building: January Notes and Opinions on Bodybuilding: 1 januari

"Lots of interesting notes to comment on this new year, including the state of a new pro season coming up mid-February, starting with the Pro Ironman in Redondo Beach, a city next to Los Angeles.

Some big bodybuilders got in trouble last year, either with the law or with themselves."

CBS Healthwatch: Athletes Seek Competitive Edge in Strange Places: 

"A menu of caterpillar fungus, seal's penis, and extract of sea horse seems exotic even to folks familiar with the nutritional peculiarities of elite athletes looking for an edge on the competition.

Now, taking a mid-workout break with a refreshing libation made from hornet grub stomach juice gets a nod from many world-class endurance athletes." (Via Webtrainer News)

New York Times: VAAM: Faster Than a Speeding Hornet: 3 januari

"Top athletes in Japan say the drink works wonders in preventing dehydration, maintaining energy levels and preventing fatigue.

"About half an hour after I drink it, I can feel energy penetrating all of my muscle groups," said Ms. Arimori, who won a silver medal in the marathon at the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992 and a bronze four years later in Atlanta under Mr. Koide's coaching."

Fox Sports: Athletes pitch drug products in interviews: 2 januari

"Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly turning to a tactic that gets them news coverage of new drugs — paying celebrities to tell reporters about their struggles with illness." (Via SurfJones)

Just Move: Lower prices make healthy snacks more tempting: 3 januari

"When it comes to food, taste is a powerful motivator. But according to researchers, money may be sweeter than candy."

ascribe: Social Support Key to Encouraging College Students to Exercise: 3 januari

"College students are more likely to exercise if they have social support for being active, but the best kind of social support differs between men and women."

The Athletes Diary:

"The Athlete's Diary is a multisport computer log, available for Windows, Macintosh, and Palm. A special-purpose database program designed explicitly for athletes. You can log your training, view it in a a variety of formats, and analyze it to your heart's content."

Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data:

"Search for values in the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 13."

Dietetics.com:

"Since 1994, A World Wide Networking Organization of Nutrition and Dietetic Professionals."

Arbor Nutrition Guide:

"The world's largest catalogue of nutrition resources on the Internet, particularly suited to health professionals."

CompuTrainer:

"The World's Best Bicycle Training Technology for World Class Performance."

PC Coach software for running, triathlon, cycling, fitness

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Anvil: Conversations that should never have happened:

"Nancy: How was the gym? Any cute girls?
Chab: No, and I looked. I usually like to pick out a girl and follow her around to the different stations.
Nancy: Isn't that like stalking?"

New York Times: Many Americans Fed Up With Diet Advice: 1 januari

This seems to have been a good and timely release of the study - many papers and news sources hooked into it.

"As many Americans make New Year's resolutions focusing on weight loss and healthier eating habits, a new study released today highlights a growing tendency to disregard expert dietary advice." (Fri registration krävs för att komma åt New York Times artiklar.)

New Jersey Online: Study: Many claim they've had their fill of conflicting diet advice: 2 januari

MSNBC: Dietary messages backfire: 2 januari

The Nando Times: Conflicting diet advice making Americans skeptical, study finds: 2 januari

food ingredients online: Conflicting dietary messages cause nutrition backlash among consumers: 2 januari

Netrition: Study knocks hair analysis: 2 januari

"Hair analysis is generally an unreliable method of diagnosing nutritional deficits and exposure to environmental toxins, according to a study of six commercial laboratories in the United States."

BBC News: Hair health test 'worthless': 2 januari

The HIT FAQ v3.0:

"The acronym "HIT" stands for High Intensity Training.

HIT in extremely basic form means organizing your workouts so that they are:

1. Hard - as hard as possible in good form.
2. Brief - 1-3 sets of a few basic exercises performed in an hour or less.
3. Infrequent - No more than three times per week, often times two, or even one.
4. Safe - HIT is intended to be an extremely productive protocol, but also one that stresses safety. One of the fundamental goals of strength training is to act as injury preventative."

Ivanko Barbell: Heavy Metal:

"We've dedicated this area of our website to you, the lifter. We hope you will find the information provided here beneficial to your training.

Topics include: workout tips for the beginning, intermediate and advanced lifter, monthly training routines from respected strength athletes around the world, a chat room, message board and upcoming events."

Welcome to Keto.Org:

"This site was created to get accurate information about ketogenic dieting to the public for free. This will be a long-term, ongoing project of a very large scope. Our first goal will be to get the basics online.

Ketogenic Diet Summary, Ketogenic Foods, Ketogenic Health Information and Dozer's Ketogenic Diary, Updated Daily!"

BBC News: US doctors offer full body scan: 2 januari

"A controversial new health check that involves a full body scan has been developed in the United States.

Dr Eisenberg said: "People regularly walk in here on a daily basis, who are physically fit, eat a reasonable diet, have just had a recent stress test and are at the stage of advanced cardiovascular disease and high risk for sudden death from heart attacks."

How many realized the twin meaning of Arnolds oneliner in The 6th Day? "I had the breakfust of champions." LOL!

Pro-Trainer Online: Protein Supplements Vs. Protein Foods:

"Fledgling bodybuilders may not know as much as veteran bodybuilders but they inevitably know that protein plays a role in their future bodybuilding success. Where should this protein come from? To answer this question, we will look at the role of protein in foods versus protein supplementation."

BBC News: Skipped meals health risk: 3 januari

"Many people skip meals because the frantic pace of modern life means they are too busy to eat, a survey has found. Experts warn that this could put people's health at risk."

BBC News: Tamoxifen heart disease link ruled out: 2 januari

"Women taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen are at no more risk of developing heart disease, researchers find."

Pro-Trainer Online: Designing Effective Fat Loss Programs:

"So it's a brand new year, and time for that annual spike in gym membership and personal training sales as most of the United States tries to make "this the year" to get in shape. What do most of these clients want? They want to lose weight!

This being the cornerstone of our profession every January (and the rest of the year for that matter), it would be useful to have all the important and effective fat loss points complete with scientific rationale summed up in one short and sweet article."

food ingredients online: Study shows CLA reduces body fat: 3 januari

"A study published recently in The Journal of Nutrition (December 2000, Volume 130, ##12) concludes that the natural dietary supplement conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) reduces body fat in people who are overweight or obese."

All In One Fitness Tracker:

"A software package that monitors a user's fitness activities and results. The program allows users to record aerobic, weight training, jogging, walking, cycling and swimming workouts and log repetitions of various exercises such as sit-ups and pushups."

WPW Online Magazine Issue 8: 2 januari

"Issue 8 of WPW Magazine On-Line" features the article and all-color stage photos from the recently held 2000 Nationals. This event will not be featured in our newsstand magazine until the June 2001 issue. WPW Online Magazine, which continues to be an excellent value with 223 images for $19.95."

Mikko Laukkanen: Bodybuilding:

"I'm using a method called Mega Duty which was developed by a finnish guy K.P. Ourama. It's a HIT-method like Mentzer's Heavy Duty and it really works at least for naturals. The supplementation is also an important factor in weight training. To get more information on supplementation, check out newsgroup sci.med.nutrition."

Sports Stars - Bodybuilding Singapore:

"You will get to know more about the local bodybuilders from Singapore from Teen to Nationals. There will be updates on the bodybuilding events with photo coverages.

You will also get to know about the happenings in our island and around the asian region with news articles of the bodybuilders and competitions results."

Connie Garner - Ms. World Fitness 2000:

"I have three major competitions planned for 2001. The second is the Scandinavian Fitness Pageant in Helsinki Finland (my second home and language) in September.

For those of you who don't know me really well my family are from Finland and one of my cousins who lives there, Riku Kiri, is a world strongman champion."

Suzanna "Six Foot Lioness" "Ms. Natural Olympia" McGee's January Newsletter Online:

• News from Venice
• Recipe - Egg nog with whiskey
• Playing the Game of Life
• Power of Choice
• Build some muscle mass
• Working bodybuilders
• Five quick ways to lose fat and feel great

Passa på och gör som Suzanna, skaffa en gratis .com-domän till din muskelhemsida!

You can do as Suzanna and get your own .com-domain for free! That is if you have a website about bodybuilding, weightlifting, fitness, strength sports or anything regarding the muscle business. Your site will have logos/links to 1st Place Nutrition.com - more about this offer from Lance Peterson:

"My name is Lance Peterson and my company (1st Place Nutrition.com) would like to sponsor the athletes and fans of strongman, weightlifting, powerlifting, and the like. We will host and design a site for anyone, including Swedish websites. Fan pages are also welcome!

Examples of our free sites: www.vinceanello.com and www.sixftlion.com. We would be grateful it if you could let your readers know about our free website service. It will really help the sport.

What we are willing to offer is a free website with webhosting space, www.yourwebsite.com. We are also willing to give you some basic help in setting up your site (logos, coding, etc). Note, if you are a competitor or expert we will provide premium support in all aspects of site design for free.

Anyone interested can contact me at or give me a call at 877-422-1297 (ask for Lance). Thank you very much for your time, Lance."

Starta din egen webblogg! Beskriv din egen träning/diet (som Rookie Westin, personalen hos Iron Magazine eller Brooks D Kubik gör - eller som jag gjorde en gång i tiden), din klubbs olika initiativ och framtidssatsning (som Björn Stolphammar gör med Jönköpings SK - inspirationsvarning utfärdas!) eller ditt gyms olika karaktärer. 

Om din träningsdagbok är online sätter det kanske en aning mer press på dig att föra in data, samt förbättra dem :-). Feedback från besökare är en annan fördel.

But I warn you, weblogging is addictive...

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SportsJones: Former NFL lineman Pat Toomay wrestles with three demons - Lombardi, Landry, and his dad:

Strange, I come to think about Richard Sandrak when reading the below passage. I wonder why... NOT!

"I was around 9 or 10, I guess, when my dad started the exercise sessions, in conjunction with our first sojourns into organized sports. Weights. Calisthenics. Regularly, whether my brother and I wanted to or not. The rationale was always present - "My dad never worked with me. Someday you'll thank me for this."

IronMag.com: Announcements: 2 januari

+9.4 kg / +21 lbs in eleven weeks - of which +6.7 kg / +14.7 lbs was lean body mass - solid work, dude, musclememory works!

"The public has spoken! Joachim's training journal is back by request. He will share with you his strategies and thoughts on training, nutrition and supplementation."

Tävlingen Sverige Snyggaste Biceps har en ny webbadress.

Gymgrossisten: Nyårsrean har startat! Gör årets klipp!

The Arnold Fan: "THE 6TH DAY" CONTEST 2!: 1 januari

"Please help Adam Gibson stop the illegal cloning by answering 25 questions based on Arnold Schwarzenegger's hit film "The 6th Day"!

Are you still interested in a promotional "The 6th Day" summer-jacket or an official "The 6th Day" cotton bag and Dutch poster? If your answer is yes, then get your ass to the Contest and enter to win those prizes now. Entry deadline is February 25th, 2001"

IronOnline: Henrik's Diet Calculator: 2 januari

Det är samma Henrik som skrev om sin resa i musklernas Kalifornien för ett tag sedan: My California Bodybuilding Adventure.

"I have enclosed an Excel worksheet that very easily calculates a person's menu plan in terms of total calories, protein, fat and carbs. It's a worksheet I made for myself some years ago.

The smart thing is you can easily calculate what happens if you try to increase or decrease some of the foods. You do this by typing in the yellow column named "Gram this meal" — carbs, protein, fats and calories are then calculated."

New York Post: Gym not so dandy for your fiscal fitness: 2 januari

"Brian Rush works out at a Bally gym in Brooklyn, where he claims a misleading sales pitch tricked him into an ironclad contract with fees totaling $1,670." (Via Lots of Co.)

AST: The AST Sports Science Daily Q&A:

"Each day Paul Delia answers a new question in detail about the "How Tos" of training, nutrition, supplementation, research, what works, and what doesn't work.

The AST Sports Science Daily Q&A is known around the world as the "Tell it like is" source for accurate information. Viewed by hundreds of thousands of athletes around the globe!"

The Arnold Fan: The ARNOLD FAN Enters a New Year with a Bang!: 1 januari

"Definitely, this will be a big year for The ARNOLD FAN! We can't thank you enough for all your continued appreciation and support these past five years. The year 2001 will be our best year yet, with plenty exciting exclusive TAF events to be announced in the very near future!

And as always, our overall objective will remain the same: to inform and promote all of Arnold's films, charities & projects and strive to make them as successful as possible. We just want to continue to drive ourselves and strive to be the best we can be.... as The Source for Schwarzenegger Fans™!"

FitnessComplete:

"Your comprehensive free online fitness reource in an easy browse format written by an ex UK Royal marines PT Instructor with a wealth of practical real-world experiece."

Musclephotos.com: The Internet BodyBuilding Championships:

"The results of the worldwide Internet voting for the Internet BodyBuilding Championships™ are announced on the IBC Message Board.

In the next week, a great deal of material for discussion will be added, including the rather different decisions the judges made in Oakland on September 9th, as well as comments that came on some of the ballots."

Scientific American: Lend Me Your Ear: Mars 1999

"In May 1747, on the good ship Salisbury, Lind carried out probably the first proper controlled trial in the history of clinical nutrition. For 14 days, he kept six pairs of scurvy patients on the same diet but gave each pair different medicine: cider, elixir vitriol, vinegar, seawater, a "medicinal paste" and oranges with lemons.

The citrus fruit did the trick. In 1753 Lind published "A Treatise of the Scurvy," as a result of which, years later, the Royal Navy started issuing lime-juice rations to sailors. Who then never got scurvy but had to put up with being called "limeys."

Sports Coach:

"The aim with Sports Coach is to provide information on a number of coaching and training topics, which I hope, will help athletes and coaches achieve their athletic goals and assist students studying sport related qualifications."

New York Times: Letters: Tax Junk Food to Fight Obesity: 2 januari

"Alcohol is judged sinful so we created a "sin tax." Cigarettes are deemed unhealthy so we created a tobacco tax. Isn't it sensible then to pass a "fat tax"?

The fat tax would be for foods containing more than a prescribed percentage of the daily minimal fat intake and would be progressive: the more calories from fat, the higher the tax." (Fri registration krävs för att komma åt New York Times artiklar.)

New York Times: Personal Health: Eat Your Vegetables! But Choose Wisely: 2 januari

"Could the reason Americans eat so few health-protective fruits and vegetables be that the very same plant chemicals that are deemed healthful do not taste very good?" (Fri registration krävs för att komma åt New York Times artiklar.)

NutriBase: Art Olsen lost 375 pounds:

"Do you think that shedding those 10, 20, 30 or more pounds will be the most difficult thing you've ever had to do? Meet Art Olsen. Art lost 375 pounds in 70 weeks by tracking everything he ate, recording every exercise he performed, and logging in his body weight every day. Determnation, dedication, and NutriBase made the difference for Art."

30 good reasons for choosing NutriBase 2001:
4. No nutrition software product today compares - even remotely - to NutriBase. Our technology is unmatched at any price. Please look at the Software Comparison Chart to see how our low-end products outperform some of the most expensive products on the market today.

Exercise Calorie Expenditures - Sorted by Activity:
This table is provided to give you an idea of how many calories you may be expending while performing a range of activities for 30 minutes. Each column shows the estimated calories for the specified body weight.

Last Rep Sportswear:

"We created a line of printed sportswear that demanded respect. A line of clothing that told everyone around us that second would never be good enough. We don't care if you are in the gym, on the mountain, or in the surf, if your not wearing LAST REP and giving 200%....You aint sh#t!"

Rob Wood's Guide to Fitness Testing:

"A comprehensive site on all things to do with fitness testing, including discussions and descriptions of over 30 tests."

Skip La Cour: Skip La Cour's Mass Machine E-Newsletter: 2 januari

Skip has some well put observations about 'Balancing Your Life to Meet Your Bodybuilding Goals':

"When I've been my best on stage, I can assure you my level of focus was incredible. I can also honestly tell you that, at that same very same time, my personal relationships, business, moneymaking ability, and household needs suffered in direct proportion.

You simply need to choose what’s most important to you in life and be willing to "pay the price" required for success. Find comfort in the fact that everyone who is successful doing what they do are also paying the same hefty price—no matter how it may appear on the outside."

Jesup Gym Equipment: Commercial Equipment Lifetime Guarantee "Since 1984"

Jason Gallant - The leader in all Natural Bodybuilding

"Jason reviews movies: What Women Want; I give this movie out of a possible 20 inch bicep, 17 inches!"

Personal Training on the Net:

"The Best Education Resource for Personal Trainers on the Internet."

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Norges Idrettsforbund: Personlig utvikling viktig for klubbmedlemskap: 22 december

"I boken ”Frivillig innsats” (Wollebæk, Selle, Lorentzen, 2000) er blant annet motivene for å melde seg inn i frivillige organisasjoner og grunner for å gjøre en frivillig innsats i organisasjonene kartlagt. Idretten skiller seg ut på flere områder."

AllOutTraining: Gym Talk:

AllOutTraining.com, a new total fitness website, is giving Internet users a personal trainer to call their own. He's online. He's virtual. He's Sven. "Sven," the animated 3D online trainer, answers your questions with a Swedish accent - complete with facial expressions! This ever-cheerful fitness expert gives AllOutTraining users straight answers about exercise and fitness routines -- and maybe a few chuckles, too.

After hearing "Sven" I'm not sure if us Swedes should feel insulted or complimented. Well, atleast he sounds like Stephen Hawking, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists and perhaps the closest to solving the TOE - Theory of Everything. Besides all that, he has guest-starred on Star Trek TNG, Futurama AND The Simpsons! Read more on The Stephen Hawking Pages.

Aktuelt: Doping-fangster slår alle rekorder: 2 december

"Tolderne i Kastrup Lufthavn har beslaglagt næsten tre gange så mange dopingpiller og ampuller i år som i 1999.

Lederen af København Politis narkoafdeling, Erik Bjørn, siger, at doping ligger langt nede på politiets prioriteringsliste. Hvis der ikke er tale om organiseret kriminalitet, er det ikke noget, politiet ofrer kræfter på."

AllOutTraining: Fitness Site Streams Video Training to Internet Users - Free: 18 juli

"Americans are hitting the gyms like never before - before work, after work, and wherever they can squeeze a minute. The problem? Learning those workouts. Without splurging on expensive trainers or spending hours reading books, it's hard to avoid getting frustrated.

Newly-launched site allouttraining.com (AOT) may have the answer. They call it the Body Map."

BodyResults: Core Training for Sport:

"Your core consists of the rectus abdominus, internal and external obliques, and erector spinaes, all the muscles in your mid-section that allow you to transfer movement and power from the upper body to lower body and vice versa.

The following integrated, whole-body movements allow you to develop strength that will carry over more readily to your sport – say good-bye to hundreds of crunches!"

Yahoo! News: Program Helps Young Girls Accept Their Body Size: 1 januari

"Bombarded by media images of rail-thin celebrities and preyed upon by advertisers who use these images to set cultural standards of beauty, many girls are already veterans of the war on body fat by the time they reach puberty.

But teaching girls as young as age 10 about the media's influence on body image and self-esteem and helping them find ways to resist these images may lead them to accept their bodies and themselves, researchers suggest."

Nutribase: Consumer Nutrition Software:

"NutriBase News announces the free availability of NutriBase SR13 Navigator, the nutrient data software that contains the entire USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 13 (the latest release).

NutriBase SR13 Navigator is slick. It's easy-to-use. It's fast. It's fun. It's highly respected. And best of all... it's free!

NutriBase SR13 Navigator lets you View, Rank, Query (Boolean AND) and perform food name searches across 18,589 foods. Access the basic nutrients, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, and additional nutrients (caffeine, alcohol, etc.) for these foods."

SportsFemmes.com Magazine - Your Source on Canadian Women's Sports and Female Athletes:

Femmes Blogs är en riktig webblogg med inriktning på träning - coolt. Och mycket lätt att uppdatera genom funktionaliteten hos Blogger, www.blogger.com.

SportFemmes.com och dess redaktör Leesa Barnes fick Youth Achievement Award i kampanjen Women We Admire, läs mer i denna artikel.

Women of Wrestling:
"New wrestling format allows women to play non-stereotypical roles."

Trainer Dan's Fitness Frontier

Netsweat: The fitness instructor FAQ:

"The purpose of this FAQ is assist and inform all fitness instructors (aerobics instructors, personal trainers, coaches, etc.) of resources available to them as well as offer advice to help them be more successful and to better the profession as a whole."

Bodybuilding Brotherhood Style - Home of TRULY Hardcore Natural Bodybuilding

National Post Online: Weightlifting a defence for World's Strongest Man: 13 december

"Doug Hepburn, who has died aged 74, was a scrawny child born cross-eyed and with a club foot who took up weightlifting as a defence against the cruelties of schoolyard bullies.

In time, he became known as the World's Strongest Man." (Via Naturalstrength)

Video Fitness: consumer guide to exercise videos:

Workout Logs:
Click to download the following workout logs, created by Video Fitness readers especially for video exercise enthusiasts. Use them as is, or use them as inspiration for your own custom logs.

Featured Article - Top 10 Fad Diets:

"People are losing weight eating bacon and eggs-others by eating only grapefruit or cabbage. Some claim to lose weight in their sleep or by breathing differently. Are these diets safe and based on scientific research?"

Hardgainer Bodybuilding & Weightlifting FAQ:

"A Hardgainer is a genetically-typical person (if there is such a thing). To be more specific he/she is born with no special genetic 'gifts' which enable them to pack on muscle mass quickly. Such people cannot gain lots of strength using VOLUME training, but a hardgainer can make impressive gains using less frequent workouts with considerably less volume."

Yahoo! News: Members of the Military Need More Exercise: 1 januari

"If you think people in the armed services are healthier and fitter than the rest of us, think again. Newly-released survey results suggest that the majority of service members are above national standards for weight in proportion to height, and more than half of service members exercise less than three times a week, or not at all."

T. Reilly Clothing Company

WebMD: Think-2-3-4! Think-2-3-4!: 13 december

"In one trendy Los Angeles health club, people are toning both brains and bodies. The concept: an early-morning treadmill workout blended with trivia questions, headline news reports, book discussions, even a feng shui expert - whatever aerobics coach Nelson Aspen can dream up." (Via Femmes Blogs)

natural bodybuilding co uk:

"This site is primarily aimed at the promotion of natural bodybuilding and aims to promote health and fitness through training with weights and general exercise. The site is, therefore, not affiliated or endorses any one particular organisation."

Pure Power:

"This site is devoted to the pursuit of drug-free strength. If you want to learn more about time-tested methods for getting bigger and stronger, you've come to the right place.

Non est vivere sed valere vita. Life is not merely to live, but to be strong."

Yahoo! News: Mineral Supplements May Give Athletes An Edge: 1 januari

"Athletes may improve their performance by incorporating trace mineral supplements in their diet. In fact, this strategy could turn out to be a legal, healthy and perfectly acceptable alternative to doping, and perhaps even give Danish athletes an advantage in international competition, the chief coach of the Danish Elite Athletes told Reuters Health."

Fitness Online:

"The Fitness Online mission is to provide you, the user, with all the information, tools, and support you need to achieve your personal health and fitness goals.

The Fitness Online Network is the leading health and fitness content destination on the Worldwide Web, and the online home of the Weider family of magazines: Shape, Men's Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Flex, Natural Health, and Fit Pregnancy."

Lifespar:

"Lifespar is the finest piece of training equipment ever developed. It is a single piece of finely crafted training equipment designed to encompass what a heavy bag, speed bag, and double end bag accomplish, it is the ultimate fight trainer, Lifespar.

"It's unparalleled" - Sylvester Stallone"

Norges Idrettsforbund: Hva bruker de frivillige tiden på?: 22 december

"Rundt 2400 årsverk i frivillig arbeid legges ned i idrettslagene, hvorav kun 20% er rettet mot aktivitet."

The H.I.T. & Hard Training Links:

"I feel that the H.I.T./Hard Training Community deserves a good Links page! As a H.I.T.'ter or Hard Trainer you take your training more seriously then most people do. You train with heart and passion. You were not satisfied with the misinformation of the muscle comics and the bogus supplements they sell, you were smart enough to know it was B.S.. So who deserves a links page more then you do? No one! That's who!"

EurekAlert: Some Americans, fed up with conflicting diet and nutrition messages, respond with less healthful eating habits: 1 januari

"As incremental advances in scientific knowledge cause shifts and reversals in diet and health messages, what are confused, frustrated consumers to do?

Some appear to be responding by tuning out the conflicting advice and eating less healthful diets, according to a study by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash."

Arnold Classic: 60 days left until Arnold Fitness Weekend 2001!

Dags att ta fram sparslantarna och köpa en USA-resa för att se den bästa bodybuildingshowen? Ronnie Coleman är den första regerande Mr O som väljer att delta i Arnold Classic... Kim Chizevsky kommer att köra sin första proffsfitnesstävling...

Här är Alans bilder från förra årets weekend. Micke Wikström vann förra årets läsartävling Millenniets Mesta Bodybuilder och fick träffa Arnold. Köper du en VIP-paket får du också träffa och ta ditt foto tillsammans med Arnold Schwarzenegger...

There are 60 days until the Arnold Fitness Weekend 2001, March 2-4, in Columbus Ohio. It's not too late to get tickets to all the events of the weekend, including a photo with Arnold and attend the Saturday banquet, again with Arnold!

Arnold Fitness Weekend 2001 Discussion Forums:
"A place for you to leave comments about the weekend, suggestions about how to make the weekend better and more enjoyable."

New York Daily News: Be Skeptical of Fad Diets Pushed in Ads & Mailings: 1 januari

"Although it may seem tempting to try a fad diet — or order some instant weight loss product you see advertised — the best result you can expect if you do is temporary weight loss.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news. But the bottom line is that dieting takes effort, and any plan that promotes easy or effortless long-term weight loss is an illusion."

The Times: Swifter, higher, stronger . . .: 16 september

"Remember when you weren't allowed to lift things in case 'your womb dropped'? When strong girls were freaks? Not any more. Libby Purves looks at the rise of the body beautiful - with muscles."

SportsJones: The Year 2000 in Sex and Sports:

"A look back at the difference sex appeal, gender, and sexuality make in the games we play."

New York Times: Inventors Help Fulfill Resolutions to Lose Weight: 1 januari

"Exercise while you clean, or take a shower or ride in an airplane. That is the promise of several new exercise systems that have been awarded patents, just in time for those whose New Year's resolution is to get in shape." (Via SportsJones)

The Times: Elderly take lead in rush to the gym: 14 augusti

"There's a new group of customers working out at the gym and they are far more determined about improving their health than are the young trendies posing in Lycra shorts.

Health-conscious older people are keen to develop the strength they need to avoid bone fractures, walking frames and difficulties climbing stairs."

Shawn Ray: 2001 Wishes:

"I wish for national exposure on television relating to bodybuilding so that others may come to appreciate what physical fitness and extreme training can do for a person's confidence and appearance.

I wish for more prize money, more sponsors, better drug tests, getting rid of synthol, shorter prejudging, new MC's like Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey or Sinbad."

Business 2.0: It's Fourth and Long for Online Sports Sites: 28 december

"They have ravenous fans. Advertisers drool for their demographics. Their visitors stay on the sites for hours. So why are many leading online sports sites looking for sugar daddies?"

phys.com: 

Food Fact Finder:
"Get the facts on more than 4,000 foods!"

Buying Guide: Athletic Shoes:
Finding the right pair of shoes requires a little homework, but Brunick's tips will help you find an athletic shoe that will work for you, not against you.

The Times: Tongans inspired to shed pounds by keep-fit king: 26 augusti

"The world's largest monarch slimmed down to 23 stone and started a nation running."

Entertaindom: Waisting away: 27 december

"Former "Roseanne" star John Goodman has called in a nutritionist to help him shed some weight. The roly-poly actor, who currently weighs in at 400 lbs., has always made jokes about his girth -- but close friends and family have persuaded him to seek health by reminding him his dad Leslie died from a heart attack at the age of 36.

The 48-year-old's agent, Stan Rosenfield, says, "He's working with a nutritionist and he's losing weight, not gaining it. He's on the Zone diet and eating protein and vegetables."

HealthSurfing: Goals must be realistic for new habits to stick: 1 januari

"Every New Year, people make resolutions about eating less and exercising more. Most resolutions fail within days, say experts, because people set unrealistic goals. To keep your resolution, say experts, establish a plan of achievable smaller steps."

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Muscle Monthly Newsletter Volume 1, Number 10: 1 januari

Howz it Work?: Beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate (HMB):
"Do I recommend HMB? Yes. In spite of evidence to the contrary (Kreider’s study), I have felt that HMB has significantly helped not only myself, but also my clients who use my unique loading regimen to make faster than average gains."

Concept2:

e-ROW:
"e-Row is a Windows-based software package for use with one or more Concept2 Indoor Rowers. e-Row enables rowers to race a rival over the Internet, train with a computer-driven pace boat, or store data for later analysis."

Concept2 DYNO:
"The Concept2 DYNO is a whole new way to "lift weights". Based on the same air resistance principle as the INDOOR ROWER, the DYNO is a strength training device that offers 'lifts' in three basic positions; Leg Press, Bench Press and Seated Row."

Powerstep, the ultimate lower body, powerlifting tool

Skip La Cour: Instant books for half price until January 5th:

"All Skip La Cour's INSTANT BOOKS! (books e-mailed to you on downloaded files) are now 1/2 off their regular price! Hurry! This offer will end January 5th!"

Mr. Olympia 2000 Weekend Photo Album

Life Fitness Academy: Article Database:

The articles are about exercise and fitness-related topics, such as exercise feedback & calorie expenditures, strength modalities and heart rate zone training.

• The Importance of Functional Strength Training
• Strength Training for Women
• Overcoming Exercise Autopilot

Sorinex.com: Living Strong...The Memories:

Strength Building Tips from Sorinex Custom Exercise Equipment

Garth Brooks and Richard Sorin have some fun with the Captains of Crush #3 gripper.

One of All-Time greats, Ed Coan, gives the Captains of Crush #3 a ride.

WaddleOn.com - The Internet Guide to Becoming an Athlete:

"Penguins inform, inspire, motivate and laugh together on the road to fitness and self-discovery. The miracle isn't that we finished. The miracle is that we had the courage to start."

Cybex Institute:

"Dedicated to the delivery of functional information on human performance sciences to the commercial, consumer and athletic arenas."

Preventative Exercises for Shoulder Injuries:
Rotator cuff injuries are common in older individuals or those individuals with an athletic history. You can help lower your risk of injury by performing the following four exercises designed to strengthen the rotator cuff.

Ready? Set your Goals!:
Want to succeed? Setting goals is the key.

FLEX: FREE 2001 Calendar:

"The 2001 Bodyonics Pinnacle / FLEX Calendar is available only in the February 2001 edition of FLEX magazine. Get inspiration and amazing photos every single day with our exclusive 2001 calendar. And it's free with your purchase of the February FLEX!"

Yahoo! Experts: Fitness and Nutrition, Weightlifting & Bodybuilding

"Yahoo! Experts is a forum for users to exchange information. Ask an expert a question or become an expert yourself!"

Maximuscle: Drugs in Sport:

"The most comprehensive list ever compiled on banned and permitted drugs in sport. Now including supplement & herbal section. Over 5000 medicines, drugs, & supplements listed! Download the FREE demo or buy the full program here!"

Scitec Nutrition Online: MyoMax Study - Gain 15 pounds in six weeks!:

The average results of the six-week long study indicate that you can:

• gain 15 pounds of mass, in relative terms 10%
• gain 10% on your arms
• double your performance in the gym

Allsports: World Record:

"Congratualtions to Dicky Jasiewicz and his eight man team from Dickys Gym - Batley on gaining the world record and entry to the guinness book of records

We at Allsports are proud to have played a part in helping them on this mammoth task. Just try picking up a hundredweight (55 kilos) of coal in a sack, never mind running with it for 80 miles."

Sports Supplements:

"The directory was been founded by myself, a regular gym enthusiast, for other like minded people intersted in bodybuilding, fitness and sports in general, throughout the United Kingdom.

The directory is presented in 3 sections easier browsing. These are Sports Supplement Brand Names, Retailers & Stores and a Best Deals & Special Offers section."

A Beginner's Guide to Sports Supplements:
"In summary, no supplement is 100% neccessary. They are only aids to your workout and diet, I cannot stress the importance of this.

Supplements, despite the advertising and marketing claims, are pretty much the same from company to company. Read the adverts, remember they are adverts and decide for yourself."

SearchSport:

"The award winning guide to the best sports sites on the web. One of the oldest sports directories, (since 1996), we're striving to put together links to the best resources for you."

Expert Body Sciences:

"Pouting Silently told Cliff that him and Paul had been lifting trees and rocks in the forest to get strong. That's when Cliff got the idea to use his one semester of dentistry school knowledge to help make Paul and Pouting Silently's "Tree Rock" sessions more efficient.

By 1900, Cliff had a list of over 500 exercises you could do using a fallen tree and a couple of big rocks. He tried to sell his work with no success."

EAS: 2001 New Year's resolutions show commitment to better overall health at top of list: 22 december

"You get out what you put in. The relevance of this saying directly correlates to the success or failure of a New Year’s resolution, especially when it involves fitness. EAS offers tips to help accomplish new year’s fitness goals."

EAS launches the premier training web site: 14 juli

"EAS is introducing Goal-Specific and Sport-Specific training programs on EAS.com. These personalized, interactive training programs provide a customized combination of muscle activation techniques, strength training, stretching, nutrition, and supplementation, specifically designed for the individual athlete or fitness enthusiast."

High carbohydrate post-exercise drinks may cause fatigue: Juni

Data lead us to suggest that excessive liquid carbohydrate consumption following resistance exercise may cause acute feelings of fatigue, irritability, and mental dullness. The consumption of a balanced mixed nutrient feeding under isoenergetic exchange may be more appropriate.

Designer Protein: Personal Protein Calculator:

"What Are Your Protein Needs? Use this Protein Calculator to make positive your body is getting what it needs... And that you are accomplishing your personal goals!"

AST: AST Sports Science Nutritional Calculator:

"Just enter your body weight below and you will be provided with a precise recommended nutritional breakdown of daily calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Use this nutritional strategy to maximize muscle growth without adding additional body fat."

AST: Max-OT On-line Training Course by Paul Delia:

"With over 35,000 people enrolled from all over the world, Max-OT is the most talked about training program in existence. Find out for yourself why Max-OT is the most effective muscle building training program ever invented."

Max-OT på svenska

AST: Latest research from the 47th Annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine:

• Protein supplements improve the health of older women.
• Creatine supplementation does not cause muscular injury or cramping in a variety of athletes under various training conditions.
• The effects of whey protein supplementation and resistance training on body composition and performance.
• Creatine supplementation appears to increase mineral uptake and bone formation.
• An essential amino acid supplement improved time to exhaustion in untrained individuals.
• Creatine supplementation is just as effective in older men at building muscle and strength!

AST: Vill du ha en gratis AST keps? Fyll i våra snabbfrågor

AST: FatTrack datoriserad fettmätare:

"Nu finns det ett nytt digitalt sätt att mäta din rena muskelmassa och dina underhudsfettnivåer säkert och korrekt. FatTrack är en datoriserad fettkaliper som lagrar varje mätning i sitt minne och räknar sedan ut din fettprocent direkt och med exakthet."

AST: Få maximal effekt från kreatintillskott:

"Vi vet alla att kreatin monohydrat fungerar. Det är bara så. Varför är det så att vissa gånger får du mer från en "cykel" än andra gånger? Det är flera förklaringar till detta. Det går också relativt enkelt att justera och du blir säker på att du får full effekt för snabbare styrka och tillväxt."

AST: The effects of psyching up before a big set on the weights:

"So what does this all mean in terms of your training? Don't kid yourself when it comes to exercise selection. Nothing can simulate the results you obtain from using heavy barbell squats, deadlifts and bench presses. You may think you are working hard on machines but it ain't the same and you won't get the results you're after."

Bodybuilding Competition FAQ Version 1.1:

"Why is a FAQ needed on bodybuilding competition? Believe it or not, the sport of bodybuilding is very confusing. Even competitors who have been around the scene for a few years are still uncertain as to how things actually work. This FAQ is an attempt to answer some of the most frequently asked questions."

National Post Online: Firm claims device lets you lose weight by watching TV: 30 december

"A Miami-based company is marketing a product that is a couch potato's dream: a little white box, Motovision, that plugs into a television and helps people lose weight while doing nothing more strenuous than watching TV.

Experts are skeptical." (Via MetaMuscle)

Breast Augmentation and Breast Implants Information Web:

"This is a place for women to share experiences, opinions and information on breast implants, breast augmentation, breast enlargement, plastic surgery and recovery."

Aftonbladet: Oldsbergs fem bästa smaltips: 31 december

"Gå ner i vikt och motionera mera. Kanske det vanligaste nyårslöftet av alla. Och lättast att bryta. Ingvar Oldsberg ger dig sina bästa tips för att få kroppen i trim efter all julmat och nyårsfirande."

Po Bronson: Exerpt from 'The Nudist on the Late Shift':

"Even when they're having fun on a Sunday morning, competition is in these guy's bones.

The lawyer that was writing checks says, "This is a very, very charactheristic moment for Silicon Valley. We've taken a lot of flak for not being political enough, for not being benefactors to social causes. But you can trick us into donating money just by making it competitive. It's gotta be a challenge.

I remember when Larry Ellison wanted to give some money, I can't remember to whom. He couldn't just give the money. He challenged a world-class triathlete to a bar-dipping contest, and Larry did something like sixty-three bar dips, which is almost inhuman, about like doing five hundred push-ups."

I just finished reading the above book and I'm curious if anyone have more information about this bar-dip contest with Larry Ellison? If so, please mail .

If the second richest man in the world does sixty-three bar-dips, how have does the richest man in the world (Bill Gates) do? ;-)

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