From her bio at patagonia.com:

“”I learned to climb with my older brother, sister and her boyfriend in Southern California in 1975. I was 14 years old at the time and simply happy to tag along with them wherever they went climbing. Most weekends were spent in Joshua Tree or at Tahquitz and Suicide Rock, but occasionally we would go to a few local practice areas such as Big Rock, Stoney Point. My opportunities multiplied when I bought my first car and began traveling to new places on my own. I would sometimes venture out to more distant places like the Needles or Mount Woodson, and during my last years of high school, I spent my summers climbing in Yosemite for as long as my limited savings would allow.”

Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Christopher M
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From the MusclePhone home page: “Sign up to the left to receive text messages on your phone or text MUSCLE to 64274…. As a Muscle Phone subscriber you will received the latest news, gossip and NPC & IFBB contest results within seconds of them happening. You no longer have to rely on friends providing you with show results or waiting online for someone to post the news. You’ll learn of breaking news and industry gossip as it happens.
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Posted on May 12th, 2008 by Christopher M
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With a new track, a featured shot put competition in the middle of the football field, American record-holders in the men’s and women’s pole vaults and a BALCO doping pariah on an improbable comeback, Saturday’s Tom Moore Modesto Relays has a little something for everyone.An Olympic year brings out all manner of athletes, from those in the infancy of their careers to those in their prime and those resolutely holding onto the dream.Consider Chryste Gaines one of the latter. Now 37, this Stanford graduate served a two-year doping suspension for her involvement in the BALCO scandal and has not run competitively outdoors since 2004. Her sanction ended in June. She’s entered in the 100 meters Saturday.

Top-shelf athletes coming to Modesto include shot putters Christian Cantwell, Dan Taylor and John Godina, triple jumpers Walter Davis and Kenta Bell, high hurdler Anwar Moore, hurdler-long jumper Jenny Adams and pole vaulters Jenn Stuczynski, Jeff Hartwig, Toby Stevenson, Tim Mack and Nick Hysong.

Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Christopher M
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Click the photo for her full performance gallery on femalemuscle:

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NBC Official Gladiators Profile of Stealth (Tanji Johnson).

And do not forget last year’s Huffingtonpost piece (via Amaz0ns) where Tanji came across as “too smart” for the AG producers.

Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Christopher M
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He goes by the name Genex and his blog is Muscleaneous. He is one of the best and most prolific female muscle reporters on the Internet. Go check out more on his blog and tell him Christopher and Lori say hello.

Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Christopher M
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Source:The Acorn of Agoura Hills, California: “Women’s sports pioneer Lisa Leslie is more than just the first female to dunk a basketball- she’s a star off the court with prolific dealings in fashion, business and broadcasting.

“Don’t Let the Lipstick Fool You, the Making of a Champion” is a new hardcover by Kensington Books that chronicles the life and career of the WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) star, and it’s written by Agoura Hills resident and award-winning sportscaster Larry Burnett.

Stardom didn’t come easily for Lisa Leslie, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and undeniably one of the best female athletes of all time. She grew up in South Central Los Angeles with a mother who drove a truck and a father she barely knew.

Timid, awkward and over 6 feet tall by the time she was in the sixth grade, Leslie struggled as a child. She turned to the basketball court as an outlet, and once scored 101 points in the first half of a high school game.

Larry Burnett
But Leslie learned she could be a force off the court as well. The greatest college player of her time while at the University of Southern California- and a groundbreaking star in the women’s pro game- Leslie also became a highly-paid model and let her tall, attractive frame prove that size counts for women, too.”

Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Christopher M
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Source PR Newswire: Now in its beta stage, MyFitTribe is poised to launch with great initial potential interest. MyFitTribe.com has a myriad of features including all of JamCore’s aforementioned online personal training services previously as well as the ability to create a user profile, add buddies, messaging, instant messaging, personal blog, exercise database, video database, groups, forums, podcasts and more, all tied together with RSS syndication of almost all the content.
* Fitness
* Hardcore
* Health
* Natural Health
* Nutrition
* Product Reviews
* Questions & Answers
* Tribe Doctor
* Weight Loss
* Zen
* Celebrity Gossip

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by Christopher M
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IFBB Pro Monica Brant

(photo credit: John Stutz)

Take a look at Monica’s website

“Monica Brant is the most important figure in the history of the women’s fitness movement”, says Jim Rosenthal, Senior Writer Weider Publications. Since her first appearance as a cover girl for Muscle & Fitness Magazine in November 1994 she has gained momentum and is currently at the top of the female fitness world, evident by her unprecedented national and international magazine exposure – over 100 covers and almost as many articles/interviews to this date.

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by Adam Lea
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Who wins the battle of the tennis babes?

Tennis-X tells us…

Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Adam Lea
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