News
Sergo Chakhoyan banned for life
World champion weightlifter Sergo Chakhoyan has been banned from competing in the sport for life, following a second positive test for a prohibited substance. It's a sad way to end an otherwise great career : he broke world records at both the 1994 and 2003 World Championships.
Cutting down on trans-fats
In the face of a growing obesity problem, the Australian government has asked fast-food retailers across the country to greatly reduce the quantity of trans-fats in their cooking. So far, many retailers seem to be agreeable to the idea - particularly with the unfavourable response anticipated by a negative reaction.
The Iceman climbeth
Wim Hof likes to stay cool. In September 2004 he spent 1 hour and 8 minutes in an ice bath, breaking his own world record from January that same year. The January effort, incidentally, wasn't his first.
Penny Farthing Championship
One of the more unusual events on the cycling calendar - Evandale's Penny Farthing Championships - is a series of races held in February each year. As you can see from the photo, it's quite a sight.
Naked Sundays
The owner of the Fitworld gym in the Dutch town of Heteren, Patrick de Man, is introducing a slightly unusual concept to the commercial fitness world : Naked Sundays. And yes, the naked gymgoers will be required to put down towels on the equipment before using it.
Boxing orangutans finally going home
After several years of enforced kickboxing matches, 48 orangutans have finally arrived back in their native Indonesia. The boxing matches were suspended in 2004 following numerous complaints - after all, boxing's great when you choose to do it.
Speedlinking
As I work to sort out a rapidly failing hard drive, take a look at a few of these :
- Another Marathon fatality | 26 Sep 2006
- 'Fat Man' crosses the line | 10 May 2006
- Bionic muscles | 18 Mar 2006
- Arnold Classic Strongman to be part of WSM 2006 | 23 Feb 2006
- BT ban smoking in vans | 21 Feb 2006
- Science Class Experiment Reveals Vitamin B12 Secret | 20 Feb 2006
- Muscle activation | 15 Feb 2006
- England smoking ban | 15 Feb 2006
- Kubik blogging | 12 Feb 2006
- Iron Sport | 12 Feb 2006
- The lost art of overhead pressing | 11 Feb 2006
- Jim's indicators | 10 Feb 2006
- Furey starts blogging | 10 Feb 2006
- Max effort training for strongman | 3 Feb 2006
- Thirsty people feel more pain | 1 Feb 2006
- Power struggle | 20 Jan 2006
- Tate talks Hypertrophy | 13 Jan 2006
- Arizona Iron Mine | 7 Jan 2006
- Choosing openers | 6 Jan 2006
- A grand challenge | 2 Jan 2006
- 2005 : A summary | 31 Dec 2005
- Feeds for Blogger sites | 30 Dec 2005
- 12 weeks to a bigger deadlift | 30 Dec 2005
- Deep fried culture | 30 Dec 2005
- The kids are getting bigger | 13 Dec 2005
- Preventing muscle wasting with Leucin | 12 Dec 2005
- Too large? | 23 Nov 2005
- Big hairy armpits | 22 Nov 2005
- Change of pace | 9 Feb 2005
- Ryan Kennelly presses 902 | 5 Dec 2004
- At a glance | 12 Oct 2004
- Race for the 1000 pound bench press | 10 Aug 2004
