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.
  
• GymRat's Weblog is a daily update of information by Magnus Branzen for eveyone who lifts--bodybuilding, powerlifting, general fitness and health issues, etc. It's about one-half in English and one-half in Scandinavian languages.
  
• 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.
• The weights mail list moderated by Michael Sullivan also has a web site. You can even read back issues on Michael Sullivan's WeightsNet.
• Seattle native Eric Anderson's bodybuilding and powerlifting site, Cyberiron includes a good set of beginning routines in its powerlifting section.
• For another comprehensive list of fitness web sites, try Charles Rotblut's Internet Fitness Resource Website.
• 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
• Women who lift--or who are interested in starting--should visit Krista Scott-Dixon's site on weightlifting and bodybuilding for women.
• Insite Fitness is an Australian site with articles, a forum and a gym search engine for five countries, including the USA.
• 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

• For male bodybuilding pictures try Bodybuilding.Org Picture Gallery.
• For female bodybuilding pictures, try Faith Sloan's Female Bodybuilding Page.
• Here is a non-commercial site that has lots of good information for beginners and intermediate weight lifters, Mark Crawley's MyMuscles.com.
• A comprehensive site by Canadian lifter Lee Hayward has Q&A, pictures, articles and forums to visit.

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.
• Another Washington State lifter, Wes Kampen, has a Monster Muscle Forum site.
• From our neighborhing state of Idaho, Andy Anderson's Power Page, which includes good information on the Wilks and other formulae to determine the overall best lifter in a meet.
• If you want to learn more about the Seattle-area powerlifting scene, you can send me e-mail.

Other Top Powerlifting Sites

• Jason Burnell hosts the STRENGTH mail list and has a great powerlifting site called Deepsquatter's World.
• For a great site about powerlifting, try Go Heavy by Tony Cardella Jr.
• A lively debate can always be found on The Unofficial USAPL Powerlifting Forum.
• Here's a powerlifting site with lots of photos, John's Page of Power.
• Mike Brookman's Power Page has a lot of good stuff, espcially for powerlifters.
• An interesting collection of material made famous by The New York Times can be found at The Truly Huge Web Page.

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