Weight Training News

Bodybuilders are a peculiar bunch. They're extraordinary physical specimens, driven to sculpt their legs, biceps, shoulders and glutes into chiseled masses of impenetrable muscle.

Billie Paea is on a quest for a body with ''perfect symmetry''. In addition to working out twice a day, seven days a week, the Canberra bodybuilder, personal trainer and hip-hop dance instructor goes on a strict carb-depletion diet before competitions, all for what is still an amateur pursuit for him.

Midas touch: International gold medallist Joelle Christine said bodybuilding is a "fun hobby and a great personal challenge".

A BODYBUILDING supplement is to be tested on pregnant women by researchers, who believe it can prevent brain damage during difficult births.

Women's fitness has come a long way since skinny defined the ideal body and a muscled arm was cause for alarm.

Perth cardiologists are alarmed by a rising number of young and middle-aged men with heart damage after using amphetamines and body-building supplements.

The crowd of 30 people or so stood around, talking, signing cards and catching up on the latest news.

'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi showed off her amazing beach body in an orange string bikini in Miami during Art Basel.

After her pregnancy in 2009, Christine Hodges couldn't keep the weight off. At her heaviest she weighed 267 pounds and said she no longer recognized herself in the mirror.

The holidays have given us Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but no provision for something like Workout Weekdays.

Every little boy grows up wanting pretty much the same thing - to be a superhero.

The service will help people wanting to find a personal trainer for weight loss, body building, flexibility, rehabilitation or general fitness.

The number of soldiers caught taking illegal drugs has nearly doubled in just two years - due to the popularity of sports supplements containing banned substances.

A BRISBANE woman who tracked down her birth family to uncover her medical history has discovered she has an extremely rare heart condition.

Bodybuilding supplements are extremely popular and some of them are known for their great results.

Q: The month of December has always been the most difficult month for me to stay in shape and find time to work out.

My husband and I are both in our 50s and have exercised religiously for the last two years.

The documentary Generation Iron posits that the structure of success in bodybuilding is built along a hypothetical fault line with talent on one side and hard work on the other.

Northern Territory Police crime scene examiner by day and bodybuilder by night, Senior Constable 1/C Kirsty Ray has taken out the overall female Australian/Asia Pacific Champion title for 2013.

Getting in a good workout is often accompanied by pain. You may not necessarily experience the pain during your training but will usually start to feel it hours later, or within the next day or so.