Bodybuilding Weightlifting Powerlifting Strongman Links, websites and info

Bodybuilding links and websites, bodybuilding contest schedules, powerlifting links and sites, strongman links, weight training links, women's fitness and bodybuilding info and links, weightlifting links, muscle history links, magazines, and personal trainers, nutritional info. We have over 200 banner links to selected sites that are free, professional and useful - no junk links or dead links - only the best. You will not find a better bodybuilding and strength training links page anywhere else on the web.

Vince's Muscle Shop Sports & Strength Supplements

good carbs chart with the best low-glycemic carbs

Bodybuilding Links - and selected links to powerlifting, strongman, weightlifting, women's fitness, workouts, bodybuilding history, classic bodybuilders, bodybuilding and strength forums and magazines, and nutritional sites

carb pyramid with the best low-glycemic carbs

Just for Women links to women's fitnes, figure and bodybuilding

grrl Athlete - practical training articles and support for women in bodybuilding and sports

Little Powerhouse Priscilla Ribie - 145 pound IPF power lifting record holder and bench press champ.

rielle Gazzara - a dedicated weight lifter who finds time for dialysis between managing a nutrition store, working out, and helping other people.

Stumptuous Women's Weight Training - real workouts in power lifting, Olympic lifting, kettle bells, etc for women by Krista Scott-Dixon. Some fun observations and musings as well

Kathy Roberts - natural powerlifting champ, inspirational writer, motivational speaker, and a role model for many high school girls

Serious About Fitness - a complete resource for active women

Veronica O. Davis - figure and fitness competitor, as well as a writer and public speaker and engineer

Fitness Atlantic - contest video, photos and bio. of women competing at the Fitness Atlantic

Ms Fit's Corner - Karen Session's training site with worhouts and a nice women's forum

Center Stage Figures - national figure champ Mary P. Bell offers online coaching for figure competitors

Team Boss Strongman - videos of Rick Freitag and the guys lifting heavy stuff

Atomic Athletics - Atlas stones, anchor chains, Indian clubs, kettlebells, grip training, book ripping, steel bending, retro strongman equipment and feats of strength - Many free Articles to read

North American Scottish Games Athletics - learn the basics of the caber toss, hammer throw, sheaf toss and other Highlander events. Links to other Highlander Games sites

North American Strongman - very active national amatuer and pro strongman organizations with contest all over the country. Profiles of NASS champs and a strongman forum

Bret Latta - strongman pro from Columbus Ohio

American Strongman Corporation - The American component of IFSA and the sanctioning body for national level strongman contests. Lots of contest photos and profiles of nationally ranked strongman

Fat Bastard Barbell Co - bending rods and nails, pinch blocks, thick handles, strongman equipment, etc

Minnesota Strongman - Dave ostlund's site

Linden Yard Crew - strongman training and equipment - Hamilton, NJ

Slaters stone molds and strongman equipment

100% Raw Powerlifting Federation - no shirts, no suits, no wraps, no drugs

Strength Online - many serious powerlifting articles by Lou Simmons, Wade Hanna, Stephen Korte, Doug Daniels...

Bench Press Supersite - articles, workouts, competitors, and world record holders

American Powerlifting Association - many events throughout the US. Powerlifter's forum

Big Steel - grip, strength, steel bending, feats of strength - training articles. Also gallery and profiles of old-time strongmen performers

U S All-Round Weightlifting - old-time lifting contests with everything from overhead to harness/chain lifts. Interesting competition photos.

U S A Powerlifting - the leading powerlifting organization in the U S, member of the International Powerlifting Federation

United States Powerlifting Federation - events sancioned in most states plus national level competition

Westside Barbell - squat and deadlift training from the legendary powerlifting trainer Louie Simmons - the only lifter over 50 years of age to squat 920 and total 2,100

Natural Athlete Strength Association - powerlifting, bench press contests, power sports and push-pull.

Dr Squat - Fred Hatfield's power lifting site

Strogest Ever - Becca Swanson's doccumentary about her quest toward a 2,000 pound powerlifting total

Organization of Competitive Bodybuilders - training articles, competitors guide, and required posing info

**Click for all OCB Contests**
April, 2009	Baltimore, MD
April, 2009	Plymouth, MA
April, 2009	Richmond, VA
May 30, 2009	Indianapolis, IN
June, 2009	Wilmington, DE
June 6, 2009	Albuquerque, NM
June 13, 2009	W. Barnstable, MA
August, 2009	Washington, DC
August 29, 2009	Tempe, AZ
August 29, 2009	Burlington, NJ
September, 2009	Scarborough, ME
September, 2009	Indianapolis, IN
September 12, 2009	Los Alamos, NM
October 3, 2009	Dover, DE
October 10, 2009	W. Barnstable, MA
October 10, 2009	Bloomsburg, PA
November 14, 2009	Washington, DC

Supernatural - bodybuilding contests in Georgia & Alabama

April 11, 2009	Gainesville, GA
May 16, 2009	Montgomery, AL
June 13, 2009	Ft. Walton Beach, FL
July 18, 2009	Suwanee, GA
October 3, 2009	Marietta, GA
Nov. 7, 2009	Marietta, GA

June 13, 2009

Savannah, GA

**Click for all USBF Contests**
March 28, 2009	Vienna, VA
April 11, 2009	Cicero, NY
April 18, 2009	Baltimore, MD
May 2, 2009	Brick, NJ
May 16, 2009	Olean, NY
May 30, 2009	Plattsburgh, NY
June 20, 2009	York, PA
September 12, 2009	Brick, NJ
September, 2009	Vienna, VA
October, 2009	Scranton, PA
November 7, 2009	Binghamton, NY
November 14, 2009	Baltimore, MD

Natural Kansas City Classic - an NANBF contest

2009

Overland Park, KS

Gary Udit's bodybuilding and strongman contests in PA and OH

2009	Pittsburgh, PA
2009	Pittsburgh, PA
2009	Cleveland, OH

North American Bodybuilding Federation - contest throughout the Midwest

**Click for all NABBA Contests**
April 18, 2009	Parkersburg, WV
May 2, 2009	Canton, OH
May 23, 2009	York, PA
June, 2009	Elizabethtown, PA
August, 2009	Philadelphia, PA
November, 2009	Middletown, PA

National Amateur Bodybuilding Association - based in New York NABBA has contests in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and nearby states

**Click for all NANBF Contests**
April 17-18, 2009	Liberty, MO
May 9, 2009	Des Moines, IA
May 16, 2009	Bloomington, MN
August 2008	Philadelphia, PA
May 16, 2009	Kankakee, IL
May 30, 2009	Omaha, NE
June, 2009	Tulsa, OK
June 20, 2009	Bentonville, AR
July 11, 2009	St. Louis, MO
July 11, 2009	Norfolk, NE
September 2009	Council Bluffs, IA
September 12, 2009	Johnson County, MO
October 2009	O'Fallon, MO
October, 2009	Bentonville, AR
October 17, 2009	Elk River, MN
October 17, 2009	Cedar Rapids, IA
October 24, 2009	University Park, IL

NPC News - National Physique Committe - 20,000 members and over 800 competitions a year!

Fitness Atlantic - large bodybuilding/fitness/figure/bikini contest in Connecticut

International Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness - contests in many locations across the U.S. as well as in Canada

Georgia Bodybuilding - many NPC contest in GA

big bodybuilding summer contest in Jackson, MS

Weightlifting Encyclopedia - a wealth of knowledge on how to train and compete in the sport of Olympic weightlifting

Olympic weightlifting - plenty of info and links

Lift Up - History of Olympic Weightlifting

Dave Draper - a bounty of dependable and easy to read information on lifting weights and eating right. Dave has a very active and easy-to-use bodybuilding/weight lifting forum that is the best on the web.

Lift for Life - Kerry Dulin's natural bodybuilding site with plenty of training articles and some free e-books

Mind and Muscle - a monthly science-based bodybuilding publication with articles by well known authors

Palmieri Bodybuilding - Alan was a bodybuilder back in the 60's who at various times was a gym owner, karate instructor, bouncer, bodyguard, professional wrestler amd now an author on weight training and fitness

ABC Bodybuilding - one of the bset sources of accurate training and nutrition, and the science behind it

Mario Strong - natural muscle building with good information and an interesting history of musclemen in the movies and on TV

Fitness & Physique magazine - bodybuilding and contest prep articles

Introduction to Bodybuilding by Troy Pearsall - a free 30 page pdf book

Gym Gems - unique high-quality bodybuilding jewelry by gemologist Fran Frost. Barbell chains, tie tacks, etc. Olympic plate key rings, etc

Beverly International - direct link to the Beverly website with all of their supplement and training info

Anibal Lopez - the 1978 WBBG Pro-Mr. America and 1978 WBBG Pro-Mr. World. At age 63 Anibal is still in great shape, training other lifters, and spreading his Christian message,

Fire Iron - natural bodybuilding training and nutrition with Christian principles

Team Xtreme - these are some extremely powerful guys who perform strength shows around the world to convey their Christian message.

Bodybuilding Talk Radio - home of the Pro Bodybuilding Weekly show

Walter D Smith - a bodybuilder and professional speaker with an interesting and motivating story

Ann Louise Gittleman - authur of the Fat Flush Plan with info on detoc, enzymes, probiotics and improved liver function for fat loss and better health

A B C of Nutrition - Weston Price shares his research on nutritional basics, vitamins, minerals, nutritional guidelines & vegetarianism

U of Maryland Medicine - Supplements and herbs litsed by uses

Super Size Me - Brian Spurlock's documentary - 30 days of nothing but Mc Donald's fast food. Highlights the current national obesity epidemic and its causes & prevention.

Dr Mercola's Total Health site with lots of info on bad carbs and healthy nutrition

Udo Erasmus - Essential Fatty Acids info and products

Whole Health MD - link directly to their supplement dictionary

USDA Nutrient Databases on Carbs, Protein, Fats, Fiber, etc with listing alphabetically or by amounts

Wilstar's Low-Carb - many pages and topics relating to low-carb dieting, how it works, why it works, and how to do it

World's Healthiest Foods from the George Meteljan Foundation

Vince's Diet Page - text links to many bodybuilding, low-carb and ketogenic diets

Supplement Research Foundation - descriptions and articles on many types of supplements

Diet Riot - nutritional data on popular fast food restaurants and other diet info

Vitamin & Nutrition Cebter - this is an information site that thoroughly explains vitamins and minerals, what they do, and what foods they are in

Vince's Carb Page - more text links to glycemic index, low-carb, sugar dangers, etc

U of Maryland Medicine - Supplement Dictionary

Harvard School of Public Health - nutritional knowledge for healthy eating

Safe Supplements - information on specific supplement ingredients

Muscle History links and classic bodybuilders

Vintage Muscle Mags - for the collector of bodybuilding, weightlifting, physique and strength magazines

Classic Bodybuilders of the Golden Era - photos of hundreds of competitors from the late 50's and 60's

Iron Age - profiles of bodybuilders from the mid-60's to mid-80's

Forgotten Lifts - unusual competitive lifts and strongman stunts

Super Strength Books - rare vintage and colectors books on on Physical Culture and muscle development

Eugene Sandow - photos, book scans, historical pieces

Physical Culture Museum - strongmen from the 1800's and early 1900's - extensive site with plenty of book scans

Encyclopedia of Indian Physical Culture from 1950. Ancient stone ball lifting, stone dumbells, 6 foot tall Indian clubs - these guys were STRONG! - Click Back to India Index at bottom of page for more Indian physical culture books

Human Anatomy Online - and excellent detailed graphic display of the muscular, skeletal, and all other systems of your body

Medicine Plus by the National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health

Beating Cancer with Nutrition - proper diet and supplements can substantially bolster cancer recovery. This includes vitamins & minerals, EFA's, antioxidants, carnitine, whey protein, healthy whole foods. and NO Sugar! -listen to a webcast by the author

Nutrition & Cancer- nutrition is a low cost, non-toxic, scientifically-validated therapy that can help to prevent or significantly delay the onset of cancers and also substantially improves quality and quantity of life for medically treated cancer patient

Medicine Plus - 165 interactive health tutorials

PubMed - the database of health and medical articles provided ny the National Institute of Health

60 minutes webcasts of actual surgeries in Bones, Joints and Muscles - Brain and Nervous System - Cancers - Child and Teen Health - Digestive System - Ear, Nose, and Throat - Endocrine System - Eyes and Vision - Genetics/Birth Defects - Heart and Circulat

Sports Injury Clinic - virtual sports injury therapist. Click where it hurts and follow the symptoms charts for likely cause and suggested therapy

U of Maryland Medicine - Surgeries & Procedures

U of Maryland Medicine - animations of the body's system including muscle & muscle fibers

Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics - bones, muscles, tendons & nerves

SCOI Orthopedic Anatomy - skeletal system and nerves

Merck manual of Medical Information - a very thorough manual that takes som etime to explore. Chapers on all the body functions, accidents, drug info, anatomical drawings and more / animations, videos and photos

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary

PDR Family Guide to Over-The-Counter Drugs

Trigger Point Therapy Workbook - about referred pain

I am proud of my links page and I am always searching for good links to add.
Many of these sites do not have links pages of their own, or participate in "links exchange". That is why you will not find many of these great sites listed on other commercial links pages.
I always appreciate a link back to Vince's Muscle Shop, but the primary requirement to be on my links page is that the site simply offers useful information for our visitors, and also for me. These links are my own reference library.

Vince

Dick Hoyt, the guy who has pushed his disabled son Rick through marathons and triathalons

Brink Zone - popular author, trainer, and nutritional consultant shares some of his extensive info

Body Recomposition - Lyle McDonalds site about human physiology, muscle gain, fat loss and body recomposition. Lyle has published 5 books

Mike Hahler's Agressive Strength - Mike is a strength coach and kettlebell instructor who writes articles for many strength magazines and shares this info on his site

Working Class Fitness - Strength and Conditioning Tips, Advice, and Products for the 'Regular Guy.' Lots of articles on low-cost basics

Think Muscle - plenty of really good weight training and nutrition articles by a variety of aurhors including Lyle McDonald, Will Brink, Thomas Incledon, Bryan Hayock

Arthur Jones Exercise Science - a library of writings from the inventor of Nautilus equipment

Power Athlete - strongman, powerlifting, clubs, kettlebells, and bodyweight exercises

Gym Journal - track up to 150 standard exercises and 12,000 food servings to log and chart your progress

Disciples of Strength - Christian theme workout shirts

Vince's Workout Page - many text links to more routines and exercises

Elite Pro Wrestling Training - with wrestling legends Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, and Les Thatcher

Red White & Blue Fitness for firefighters, law enforcement and military

Seal Quest - Navy Seal preparation and training with extensive workout info - this is hardcore body training

Indain Club Exercises - published in 1866, it has complete workout routines

Dave Draper's Iron Online health & fitness database

Cross Fit - good video and slides of weightlifting exercises

Exercise Rx - a great resource for text book descriptions of individual exercises, individual muscles, and basics of nutrition. 1900 pages of info

Elite Fitness Systems - Dave Tate's site for big power and strength - many more articles on left side menu

Natural Champion - training and nutrition articles

Physical Training Fitness for Combatives - this Indian Club training manual is from 1887

Strength Cats - articles on general strength and sports training

Polquin Performance - strength training from Charles Polquin who has coached Olympic medalists in twelve different sports including the US female track and field for the Olympics 2000.

Better U - plenty of information on lifting weights, diet & nutrition, anatomy, exercise descriptions, etc

Hormonal Fitness - from Rob Faigin, the author of Natural Hormonal Enhancement with info for diet & exercise as they relate to hormones and muscle building

Health Fitness Broadcast with Sherri Horner. Listen to Sherri's past shows with bodybuilders, boxers, fitness instructors, dieticians, doctors, and many people who have recovered from serious illness.

Wrestling Weekly with Les Thatcher and Doc Young - live broadcast

Armwrestling - competitions, video, interviews, training

Explosively Fit - Coach Danny O'Dell's great collection of strength training articles

Stand Apart Fitness - free registration and plenty of good info on training

Infinity Fitness - Scott Mendelson's site full of information and videos

Experienced trainers from the Dave Draper Iron Online Forum. I have kept my workout log there for 3 years and these guys know what they are doing. Bill Keyes. Byron Chandler. Dan Martin. Bill Peel. Chris McClinch

Baseline Fitness - a 1500 sq ft private training gym oprated by Eve Ann and Scott Buxton in Columbus OH

Vinny Galanti's Training Station in North Jersey near NYC - Vinny has been Mr. New Jersey, Mr. East Coast, and Mr. USA

Annello Body Fitness in Parma OH - train with power lifting legend Vince Anello - click on Vince Anello's name to see his amazing 810 pound competition deadlift

Mike Francois former Arnold Classic champ - competition training online or in Columbus OH

Mike Davies Fitness Factory - online or in Columbus OH - training, nutrition and contest prep for male and female competitors

Joe DiAngelo - Personal Trainer and Nutrition Expert to the stars and other highly motivated people in New York City area

Personal Trainer Network with registered trainers in Chicago and all suburbs

Scott Ismari - personal trainer and competitor in the Litchfield IL area

Kareem Petteway - personal training in the Washington, DC area.

Great Trainers - a directory of personal trainersin the U.S.

Mike Robinson - personal training in the Dayton OH area

City Gym St Pete FL - training with Tera Guzman

Snyder Athletics - personal training from Marc Snyder at his gym in Marion OH

Forums - bodybuilding, powerlifting, supplements, women's fitness

Dave Draper's Iron Online - The BEST bodybuilding and powerlifting forum / Great Info, Very Active, Very Friendly, plenty of old school - THE BEST!

Lift for Life - supplements and bodybuilding forum / Great Info, Very Active

Discuss Bodybuilding - supplements and bodybuilding forum / Great Info, Very Active, Very Friendly

ABC Bodybuilding - this is a very professional supplement and bodybuilding forum with plenty of research and doccumentation - one of the Best

100 % RAW - powerlifting and strongman forum / Good Info, Moderately Active

Anvil - strongman & heavy lifting forum/ Great Info, Very Active -BEST place for strongman info

Dr Squat - Fred Hatfield's powerlifting forum / Great Info, Very Active

Bodybuilding.PT - Portugese language bodybuilding forum / English version - click at bottom of main page

Iron Age - classic bodybuilder discussion forum / Very Active

CrossFit - cross training and power forum / Very Active

SAF Girl Talk - women's fitness and figure competition forum / Good Info / Moderately Active

Animal Forum - supplements & heavy lifting forum / Great Info, Very Active, some R-language

Beverly International - supplements & bodybuilding contest prep forum / Good Info, Moderately Active

Isatori Real Solutions - supplements & bodybuilding contest prep forum / Good Info, Moderately Active

Gaspari Hardcore Forun - supplements & bodybuilding contest prep / Good Info, Moderately Active

Muscular Development - supplement and bodybuilding forum / Good Info, Very Active, ignore the Anabolics steroid topics

Bodybuilding For You - supplements and bodybuilding forum / Good Info, Very Active, ignore the Anabolics steroid topics

Mind and Muscle - ssupplements and bodybuilding forum / Good Info, Very Active, ignore the Anabolics steroid topics

Wannabe Big - supplements and bodybuilding forum / Good Info, Very Active, ignore the Anabolics steroid topics

Bodybuilding Dungeon - supplements and bodybuilding forum / Good Info, Very Active, ignore the Anabolics steroid topics

Hardcore House of Bodybuilding - supplements and bodybuilding forum / Good Info, Very Active, ignore the Anabolics steroid topics

Bodybuilding.net - supplements and bodybuilding forum / Good Info, Very Active, ignore the Anabolics steroid topics

Journal of Hyperplasia - research articles on training, anatomy and nutrition

Military.com - a forum for all branches of the military

Oconus - Overseas Military Portal with stores that ship to APO/FPO

Stair Climbing:
Tower Running
Take the Stairs

Competition Prep
O C B New Competitor Guide
Lift for Life Competitor Guide
O C B Posing Guide
Animal Pre-Contest Diet

Beverly Champs Gallery
OCB Champions Gallery

Camp Muscle - shirts, tanks, pantsm shorts for bodybuilding women and men

Muscle Collection - shirts, tanks and other clothing for bodybuilders

Tempest Cycles - their sideways V-Twin Conquest was the most awsome bike that I saw at the Columbus Easy Rider show. Check it out

U S Bodybuilding Federation - bodybuilding and power lifting organization with events in PA, MD, MA and NY

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Sioux Country - Women's bodybuilding, fitness & figure forum with many currrent pros on the boards

John Seif - bodybuilder and trainer in Columbus, OH

**Click for all NGA Contests**
February 21, 2009	Detroit, MI
March 28, 2009	Atlanta, GA
April 4, 2009	Buffalo, NY
April 11, 2009	Kaysville, UT
April 18, 2009	Rochester, NY
April 18, 2009	Murrysville, PA
April 18, 2009	Idaho Falls, ID
May 2, 2009	Boise, ID
May 2, 2009	Peoria, IL
May 2, 2009	Plymouth Meeting, PA
May 16, 2009	Salt Lake City, UT
June 6, 2009	Greensboro, NC
June 13, 2009	Longview, TX
June 20, 2009	Folsom, CA
June 27, 2009	Nashville, TN
June 28, 2009	Annapolis, MD

**Click for all INBF Contests**
March 21, 2009	Savannah, GA
March 21, 2009	Buffalo, NY
April 04, 2009	Sheboygan, WI
April 25, 2009	Phoenix, AZ
April 25, 2009	Matawan, NJ
April 25, 2009	Columbus, OH
April 25, 2009	Madison, WI
May 09, 2009	Austin, TX
May 16, 2009	Dayton, OH
May 30, 2009	Falls Church, VA
June 06, 2009	Marlborough, MA
June 06, 2009	Port Washington, NY
June 27, 2009	New York, NY
July 18, 2009	Sacramento, CA
August 01, 2009	Evansville, IN
August 08, 2009	Arlington, WA
September 12, 2009	Port Washington, NY
September 19, 2009	New York, NY
September 26, 2009	Sacramento, CA
October 10, 2009	Rochester, NY
October 10, 2009	High Point, NC
October 24, 2009	Poughkeepsie, NY
November 14, 2009	New York, NY

World Bodybuilding and Figure Championship - by Carlos Jordon in Duluth GA

March 28, 2009	Duluth, GA
September 26, 2009	Duluth, GA

Bigger Faster Stronger - Helping athletes succed since 1976

Bigger Faster Stronger - athletic training in all sports and weightlifting

Marunde Muscle - Jesse's strongman competitions and Callie's strength and figure competitions

Christ Strength Gym - strongman training and competitions with Orie Barnett