Weightlifting: Why You Should Start posted by Weightlifting Fan

Losing weight is high on a lot of people's lists these days, but many people with good intentions make the mistake of sticking to cardio or calorie restriction and overlooking weight training. These people don't realize it, but they're sabotaging their efforts by ignoring this crucial aspect of fitness.

When people say they want to lose weight, what they really mean is that they want to lose fat. The number on the scale isn't really what matters - losing a limb would bring that number down, but obviously that wouldn't be beneficial at all. Likewise, losing muscle mass would lower a person's weight, but it would increase his or her body fat percentage and overall fitness level. Excess body fat harmful to one's health, and it's that excess body fat that should be lost. In order to lose fat but not muscle, a regular weight training routine needs to be adopted. And for the ladies out there, don't worry - weight lifting won't cause you to bulk up unless that's really what you're trying to do. Work out with a fitness trainer for extra help meeting your goals, or become a fitness trainer yourself and learn how to help others discover the great benefits of weightlifting.

When trying to lose body fat, it's important to know how the metabolism works. Lean muscle mass requires a constant supply of energy in order to be maintained, while the maintanence of body fat requires no energy. The more lean muscle mass a person has, the more calories they will require even while at rest. This means that a person can lose fat without altering his or her diet simply by adopting a weight training routine. Or, if a person wants to speed up the fat loss, regular weight training along with calorie restriction will magnify fat loss because he or she will be burning more calories along with consuming fewer, leading to a greater calorie deficit each day. On the flip side, if you don't want to lose any fat, having a healthy weight training routine will allow you to eat more without gaining weight - you'll burn calories while doing the actual exercise, and you'll continue to burn calories at a higher rate throughout the day.

Facts you may not know about your own body posted by Weightlifting Fan

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Welcome to WeightLiftingFanSite.com posted by Sports Fan

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Inbound link contest winner announced! posted by Earn Money Blogging

A big thanks to everyone who participated in the "Inbound Link Contest".  We have a winner!  A big congratulations go out to Marija.  Thank you for all your hard work on this.  While we had a lot of people participate, Marija was able to win with only 4 links!  So it wouldn't have taken a lot to win this contest!  We'll be having another contest soon so stay tuned.

The whole purpose of this contest was to get our bloggers networking with other webmasters and to start to build up their inbound links which will help their traffic.  Even a few links can help you with the search engines as they will see you as more of an authority on your topic the more inbound links you have.

To learn more about marketing your blog check out this post: http://www.nbabasketballonline.com/sports_content-rev_share_faq.html#my_faq_2971

Marija's blog can be found here.  If you're a Knicks fan, check it out: http://www.newyorkknicksnews.com/marijak

The original post announcing the contest can be found here: http://www.nbabasketballonline.com/bloggers/weblog/2984.html

And if you're not already signed up with Google AdSense and making money from your blog, check out our Revenue Share FAQ page: http://www.nbabasketballonline.com/sports_content-rev_share_faq.html

Inbound link contest - Win $100! posted by Earn Money Blogging

To try and motivate our bloggers to get inbound links we're going to have a contest to see which blogger can get the most inbound links to their blog. The contest begins now and ends July 31st, 2008. To be entered in to the contest all you have to do is go out and get as many websites to link to your blog as you can and at the end of the month send us an email listing all those links. All links must be active from August 1st through August 7th when we'll be judging the entries - a winner will be announced on August 7th. All entry emails must be received by Midnight on July 31st, 2008. You can email them to sportsfan@nbabasketballonline.com

We're going to impose some restrictions on the types of links you can get so please see below for the full list of links that do NOT count.

To get started simply go to Google and find other websites and blog that are about the sports and teams that you write about. Email the website owner and ask them for a link by explaining that you think your blog would be a good resource for their readers. Or offer to write a guest post for them with your by-line and URL at the bottom of the article. Or offer to exchange links with them by writing a quick write up of their site and a reciprocal link back to them. Some webmasters will be happy to add you to their blog roll even if you don't give them a link back (which is ideal) but some may want you to link back to them - you can easily do this with a quick blog entry on your blog about their website.

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Accepting the MVP posted by Jordan Ikeda

Got a chance to attend the Most Valuable Player trophy presentation of a one Mr. Kobe Bryant yesterday. A whole host of media were there and after Stu Lanz introduced everyone, Phil spoke, followed by Alex Fedorak the KIA Motors public relations director (who presented the trophy to Kobe) and then Mr. Bryant himself. After Kobe said his piece, the media was allowed to ask some questions. The most refreshing part about the whole thing was how much he gushed over the camaraderie he shares with his teammates. Some of the highlights of the question and answer included a question by yours truly as well as one by Luke Walton, Kobe busting out a little Spanish, and his mention of Shaq and Mitch Kupchak.

On a quick side note, during the beginning of the press conference, Phil Jackson had this to say about his star guard: “Let me tell you that I don’t know anyone who deserves it more, who’s ever deserved this trophy more, anybody who has ever worked this hard to accomplish what he’s accomplished in this game as Kobe has.”

W-w-whaa? Didn’t he coach Michael Jordan…A Phil motivation ploy or his honest-to-god opinion? Only the Zenmeister knows.

Okay, let’s start with Kobe’s mini acceptance speech.

Kobe: I don’t know what to say to be honest with you. I think that this is such a blessing and such an honor to be here, and to receive this award. I can go through a list of thank yous starting with my family. They have enabled me to be the best that I can be by training everyday, they give up so much, sacrifice so much for me to be able to train and focus on games. I’m just very honored and blessed for them to be there, see my kids sitting in the front row, my agent Rob Pelinka and my friends and my teammates, the man who brought me here Jerry West. I mean, this is a beautiful day. A very special day for me. And I’m just deeply honored to be here. I couldn’t have won this award without the play of my teammates. This is a team award, this is a team award. This isn’t an award that I could have won alone. If that was the case, I would have won it when I was averaging 40 (laughs). This gets done because we all do it as a unit. So I can’t thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers and we have one MVP. I want to thank everybody for coming out and let’s get ready for tomorrow.