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It is men, not women, who have promoted the cult of brutal masculinity; and because men admire muscle and physical force, they assume that we do too.

Amateur Female Bodybuilding Gallery

Pictures, pictures, pictures! This site contains nothing but competition and publicity shots of the top female bodybuilders. If that’s what you’re looking for, you won’t be disappointed; the selection here is truly impressive.

American Bodybuilding

This site has a great section containing rules, judging criteria, and schedules for many bodybuilding and fitness federations and contests. It also includes info on fitness magazines, fitness centers, and links to other sites.

Betterbodz

This site promises to replace the “science fiction” of nutrition and training with scientific facts. The highlight of the site is the library of articles, through which you can get information about everything from antioxidants to weight loss. A great browsing resource for the non-hardcore amateur bodybuilder.

Cyberpump!

A great site for hardcore HIT (high-intensity training) bodybuilding enthusiasts, including articles, a search engine, training guidance, a Q&A section, and a reader feedback system. A whole online community waits for you here!

Faith Sloan’s Bodybuilding Site

Partly a fan page for Faith Sloan, a leading female bodybuilder, and partly an educational site. Lots of articles about training and nutrition and its own bulletin board where users can communicate with one another.

Hardgainer’s Home Gym Home Page

This personal site has some great resources for the person who works out in his or her home. There are several calculators for figuring up your reps, many articles about setting up your own home gym, sections with tips for particular exercises, a nutrition analysis tool, and a Body Mass Ratio (BMR) calculator.

Muscle & Fitness Online

The online edition of the popular print magazine Muscle & Fitness, this site contains some great information for the amateur bodybuilder, including training, nutrition, and sports medicine articles. There are even articles on S-E-X (nothing dirty, but rather topics such as “Vascectomy Health Risks”). Definitely worth checking out!

Muscle Media: The Art & Science of Body Building

An online version of the popular newsstand magazine, this site offers much more than the usual “teasers” that print magazines often provide online. There are many meaty articles, including an advice column, and audio clips from your favorite body- building experts.

Muscle Memory

This site is dedicated to preserving the history of competitive bodybuilding. Its central feature is a search engine with which you can search for a bodybuilder’s name and find out what competitions he or she has won. You can also see alphabetical lists of people or chronological lists of contests.

Musclenet: The Virtual Gym

Something for everyone! You can search a database of gyms for a place to work out, buy equipment and workout apparel, link to over a dozen bodybuilding magazines online, post messages in a member forum, and tons more. There is so much content here, you’ll find it hard to tear yourself away to go work out!

National Bodybuilding and Fitness Magazine

Geared toward the beginning bodybuilding enthusiast, this site has loads of helpful articles from the current and previous issues of the print magazine of the same name. You can also access message boards and a moderated bodybuilding forum.

National Physique Committee

NPC is the official amateur organization of bodybuilding and fitness for the IFBB (International Federation of Body Builders). Like the minor leagues in baseball, the NPC serves as a training ground for amateurs who are on their way to the pros. Learn all about the upcoming matches at this site, and order NPC-logo clothing.

Natural Physique Systems

A great place for the beginner interested in natural (drug-free) bodybuilding. You can learn how to pose for the judges, read about upcoming contests, get training tips, and more.

POWERLIFTING.com

A gateway to powerlifting information on the Web, this site provides loads of links in categories such as events, rules, publications, training routines, commercial sites, clubs, and image libraries. A great place to start your search for powerlifting info.

The Female Bodybuilder Ring

Over 30 links (at last count) to Web sites featuring news and information on female bodybuilding. There are links for fan pages for individuals as well as general links that provide basic information about the sport.