Archive-name: misc-fitness/weights/pointer-faq
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Last-modified: 08/29/1996
URL: http://www.imp.mtu.edu/~babucher/weights/pointer.html

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misc.fitness.weights Pointer to FAQs and Resources      By: Brian Bucher
Last-Modified: 08/29/1996                               babucher@mtu.edu
http://www.imp.mtu.edu/~babucher/weights/pointer.html

FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions

This document is a Pointer to various FAQs and resources available on
the internet which deal with lifting and related areas.  Feel free to
distribute this as much as you want on home pages, archives, etc.

If you feel there is any resource which is missing, or if you have any
comments in general please email me at babucher@mtu.edu though the
author reserves the right to refuse any request for additions.

If you are relativly new to misc.fitness.weights please read at least
one or two of the FAQs before asking your questions.  These are here
in order to reduce the volume of questions that get asked over and
over.  (hence the term FAQ)

Contents:
        FAQs available
        * misc.fitness.weights FAQ
        * High Intensity Training (HIT) FAQ
        * Hardgainer FAQ
        * Training-Nutrition FAQ
        * Abdominal Training FAQ
        * Stretching FAQ
        * Why _not_ aerobics FAQ
        * Powerlifting Competition FAQ
        * Anabolic Steroid FAQ
        * the old misc.fitness FAQ

        Mailing Lists
        * Weights mailing list
        * Training-Nutrition mailing list
        * lowcarb list
        * Zone mailing list

        WWW sites
        (see below for list)

        News and IRC
        (see below)


******** [FAQs available] ********

---misc.fitness.weights FAQ---
Author:  John Gunstream (jstream@girch1.med.uth.tmc.edu)
Location:  http://www.imp.mtu.edu/~babucher/mfwfaq.html
Please read this before posting to misc.fitness.weights.  It is quite
extensive and should answer many of your questions.

---The High Intensity Training (HIT) FAQ---
Author:  Robert E. Spector (rob1@io.org)
Location:  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2748/hitfaq20.html
An excellent FAQ which advocates very high intensity training done
briefly, infrequently and with excellent form.

---The Hardgainer FAQ---
Authors:  Francis J. Kelly (Frank.Kelly@cs.tcd.ie)
          Craig R. Sadler (zia%sunstroke@sdsu.edu)
Location:  http://www.cs.unc.edu/~wilsonk/hardgainer.faq.html
           ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/misc.fitness.weights/
           Also posted to monthly to misc.fitness.weights
Another excellent FAQ for the genetically non-gifted person also known
as a "Hardgainer".

---The Training-Nutrition FAQ---
Author:  Paul Moses (theseus@dgs.dgsys.com)
Location:  http://www2.dgsys.com/~trnutr/FAQpage.html
           Also available by sending email to trnutreq@dgs.dgsys.com
           with 'request FAQs' in the subject line.
WARNING: The moderator for this list censors some information based on his
        personal opinions.


---Abdominal Training FAQ---
Author:  Tim Mansfield (timbomb@dstc.edu.au)
Location:  http://www.dstc.edu.au/TU/staff/timbomb/ab/
           ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/misc.fitness.weights/
           Also available by sending email to 
           weights-back-issues@fa.disney.com with the word "abs" in the
           body of the letter.

---Stretching FAQ---
Author:  Brad Appleton
Location:  http://www.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~k2/budo/sfaq/stretching_toc.html
           ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/misc.fitness.weights/

---Why _not_ aerobics FAQ---
Author:  Greg Anderson (hbunny@halcyon.com)
Location:  http://www.halcyon.com/hbunny/why_not_aerobics_faq.html
One of my favorites.

---The Powerlifting Competition FAQ---
Author:  Bill Piche (bapiche@cca.rockwell.com)
Location: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/4000/powerfaq20.html

---The Anabolic Steriod FAQ---
Author:  Fred Hosn (pssst@earthlink.net)
Location:  http://home.earthlink.net/~pssst/as-faq.html 
           http://www.cyberiron.com/asfaq.html

---misc.fitness FAQ---
Author:  Jeff Gleixner (glex@cray.com)
Location:  ftp://ftp.cray.com/pub/misc.fitness/misc.fitness.faq.html
The misc.fitness FAQ was the FAQ for the old misc.fitness group before
it was split into the three groups:
misc.fitness.weights misc.fitness.aerobics and misc.fitness.misc
note: you may view this using a browser but you must use ftp://
instead of http:// when typing in the address.


******** [Mailing Lists] ********

---Weights mailing list---
Email:  weights-request@fa.disney.com
Moderator:  Michael Sullivan (sullivan@fa.disney.com)
WWW Page: http://www.WeightsNet.com/
note:  FAQ available at the WWW site or by sending email to
weights-back-issues@fa.disney.com with the word "frequent" in the
body of the letter.

---Training-Nutrition Mailing List---
Email:  trnutreq@dgs.dgsys.com
Moderator:  Paul Moses (theseus@dgs.dgsys.com)
note: see above in the FAQs section for more information
WARNING: The moderator for this list censors some information based on his
        personal opinions.

---lowcarb-list---
Email:   listproc@eskimo.com with  subscribe lowcarb-list yourname
List Owner:  julia@eskimo.com (?)
note:  FAQ available by emailing listproc@eskimo.com with 
"information lowcarb-list" in the body of the letter. (without quotes)

---The Zone mailing list---
Email:  zone-request@tgv.com with the command SUBSCRIBE in the body.
List Owner:  Asya...? (owner-zone@TGV.COM)


******** [WWW sites] ********

Cyberpump!  Home of the HIT squad.
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/4000/

The Training-Nutrition list Home Page
http://www2.dgsys.com/~trnutr/index.html

Griffin's Weightlifting Page
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~griffin/weights.html

The Weight Training Page
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~wilsonk/weights.html

CyberIron Bodybuilding
http://www.cyberiron.com/

Training with Fred Hatfield Home Page
http://www.tgx.com/cpu/fredhome.htm

National Bodybuilding & Fitness Magazine
http://nbaf.com/nbaf/home.html 

The High-Fat/Anabolic Diet
http://www.best.com/~pdornier/ad.htm

The Low Carb Diet Information Center
http://nmcs.com/lowcarb/

The Zone page (has many Zone-related links)
http://www.cs.umass.edu/~swan/zone.html

Introduction to muscle
http://www-neuromus.ucsd.edu/MusIntro/Jump.html

The Super Slow Home Page
http://www.halcyon.com/hbunny/superslow.html

International Federation of Body Builders (IFBB)
http://www.getbig.com/info/ifbb.htm

National Physique Committee (NPC)
http://www.getbig.com/info/npc.htm

American Drug Free Powerlifting Association (ADFPA)
http://www.adfpa.com/

International Powerlifting Federation (IPF)
http://www.tgx.com/cpu/cpu.htm

European Powerlifting Federation (EPF)
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/epf

The Truly Huge Web Page
http://www.concentric.net/~muscle/THPAGE.HTM

******** [News and IRC] ********

Newsgroups of interest:
misc.fitness.weights    Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, Weightlifting and more.
misc.fitness.aerobic    All forms of aerobic activity.
misc.fitness.misc       General fitness topics.
sci.med.nutrition       Physiological impacts of diet.
alt.sport.weightlifting (misc.fitness.weights is preferred due to the
        wider distribution)
any of the food newsgroups


IRC channels of interest:
#Bodybuild      General weight-training channel.
        note: use EFnet servers such as irc.mo.net irc.digex.net 
        irc.best.net irc.blackened.com  irc.tuscon.net and others found
        on the alt.irc newsgroup

#lowcarb        Discussion of the low-carb/high-fat diets.      
        Meetings at 10:00pm EST on Tuesdays for discussion.
        note: use Undernet servers such as us.undernet.org or
        undernet.org and others found on the alt.irc newsgroup


The most recent HTML version of this document is available at:
http://www.imp.mtu.edu/~babucher/weights/pointer.html  
If you would like the plaintext version send email to babucher@mtu.edu
with "request pointer.faq" in the body of the letter.

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