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An short story appeared on the Deseret News , on how Ryan DeLuca started BodyBuilding.com and turned it into “the Internet most-visited bodybuilding and fitness site” My favorite quote from the article: “He took a huge risk by getting a $20,000 loan to buy the domain name BodyBuilding.com” Huge risk You can read the whole story here .

By Nick Hallale There are still a number of myths about training with weights. This article will aim to set the record straight. Free weights are among the best tools available for sculpting your perfect body and have been around for a very long time. The ancient Greeks, famous for having the most perfect physiques in history, used weights. Ancient paintings depict their athletes doing early versions of weight lifting exercises using rocks and other rudimentary weights. Despite su

By Neal Spruce Controlling your weight comes down to one thing - managing calories. Your body is a complex machine that requires fuel to run your metabolism and perform all movement. Calories from the food and beverages you consume provide this fuel. If you burn all the fuel you take in, your weight will remain stable. If you end up with excess fuel that isn't burned, it will be stored as body fat and your weight will increase. Copyright (c) 2009 Neal Spruce It may come as a surpr

One of my other blogs has been getting a lot of attention regarding some posts I've made regarding weight loss products and other types of supplements. I have to be very careful as to what types of supplements I take because I take a Beta Blocker for my blood pressure and things like Ginseng and Flax could potentially cause my meds to not work. That would be counter productive for my greater health issues. You take meds to lower your blood pressure because(in part) of weight issues, then you tak

At 57 I still can’t decide if those insisting on always doing things themselves are deluded, arrogant beyond understanding, or so much brighter than I am, I’m doomed to forever be in the dark. The unrelenting confidence oozing from the pores of do-it-yourselfers piss me off if only on principle. How many times do they hafta reinvent the damn wheel — reborn as a richly elegant octagon — before they discover the problem is them? Of course there are usually so many questions they don’t even kno