Weighty Matters: The Best of the Net on Lifting Weights

LINKS

General

  • Looking for a workout partner? A free Internet matching service called buddyup.com will match sports enthusiasts in several U.S. metropolitan areas, including New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, with more to come. Weightlifting is one of the sports they offer.
  • A site for bodybuilders is MuscleBuilding.info, which has a forum, a newsletter and lots of links--as well as use of the new "info" domain on the Internet.
  • The late strength guru Mel Siff created a general strength, fitness and training discussion group called, what else but, Supertraining. It still functions as a great resource for anyone interested in strength training.
  • Another list of fitness and bodybuilding sites is Lewis Wolk's A-Z Fitness and Bodybuilding Links.
  • Here's a search engine specific to bodybuilding and powerlifting sites, Searchbodybuilding.com.
  • For a great overall site for Powerlifting and Bodybuilding with good FAQs and opportunities to ask the experts, try Bill Piche's Cyberpump
  • Here is the misc.fitness.weights Home Page in Web-friendly format, maintained by Trygve Lode. You might also want to check out his Illustrated Dictionary of Weightlifting and his comprehensive guide to that crazy newsgroup, The misc.fitness.weights FAQ.

Bodybuilding

Powerlifting

Washington State and Pacific Northwest Sites

  • If you live in Washington State (like I do) and are interested in powerlif ting (as I am), visit the Washington State Powerlifting Page.
  • One of the strongest female powerlifters in Washington State has her own site, Priscilla Ribic's Little Powerhouse site.
  • Doug and Courtenay Schurman's BodyResults is another Washington State site for anyone who wants to get into shape, but it is particularly good for mountain climbers and lifters interested in Westside training.
  • Did you know that a Washington State Supreme Court Justice is also a powerlifter? Read about the high court's Iron Woman, 59-year-old Faith Ireland, in this article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Other Top Powerlifting Sites