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Writing for Straight to the Bar

Are you a strength, fitness or health writer looking to get your name out there? Perhaps you're a Personal Trainer, Bodybuilder, Powerlifter or competitive Strongman. Or maybe you just enjoy throwing the iron around in your basement.

Whatever the case, writing an article for Straight to the Bar can really help to get the ball rolling. With more than 100,000 visits per month, this site can definitely put your name in lights. It'll give you your 15 minutes of fame.

To give you an idea of what we're looking for, here are a couple of recent articles that we've featured on Straight to the Bar. As you'll see, there's a bit of work involved - but the rewards are definitely worthwhile.

The Investments (part II and III) - Adam Glass
Straight to the Grip Contest - Jedd Johnson

Here's how to make it happen

If you simply want us to link to your site, shoot an email to tips AT straighttothebar DOT com. Note that we get a lot of email, and unfortunately we don't have time to respond to all of it. If we can, we will.

For articles that you'd like us to publish directly on the site, fire an email over to articles AT straighttothebar DOT com. Here are a few guidelines to make life easier for everyone involved :

Articles should be 500-1,000 characters. Plain text files will be just fine.
If you have a relevant image or two, add them to the email as separate attachments (if not, we'll just add our own)
If you'd like to include video content, make use of one of the many video-sharing sites (I'd start with Revver). Just copy/paste the embed code to the relevant part of your article.
Put a paragraph at the end which credits you as the writer, and points to your own site (if you have one). Only one paragraph please - this isn't a biography.
Something like this is fine :

Written for Straight to the Bar by John Smith. He blogs at Smith's Strength Site, and wants to help you become as strong as humanly possible.
All articles must be original works - they can't be duplicated on any other site (including your own). However, feel free to point to the published article - after all, it's yours. You'll be given full credit for it.

Overall, it's a simple process. If you're not quite sure if an idea would be right for this site, just email and ask. Chances are that if it's about any aspect of strength training, it'll fit in just fine.