Bodybuilding.com is the leading bodybuilding web site with a claimed 'million plus' forum members. It also sells bodybuilding and health supplements -- lots of them -- over 12,000 products according to the web site.

According to an FDA notification, on 3 November, Bodybuilding.com and FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of a nationwide and international recall of all lots and expiration dates of 65 dietary supplement products that were sold through the company's website, www.bodybuilding.com.

FDA believes that the recalled products contain the following ingredients that are currently classified, or the FDA believes should be classified, as steroids: "Superdrol," "Madol," "Tren," "Androstenedione," and/or "Turinabol." Acute liver injury is known to be a possible harmful effect of using steroid-containing products. In addition, ther FDA says that steroids may cause other serious long-term adverse health consequences in men, women, and children. These include shrinkage of the testes and male infertility, masculinization of women, breast enlargement in males, short stature in children, a higher predilection to misuse other drugs and alcohol, adverse effects on blood lipid levels, and increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and death.

Customers who have any of the products in their possession, says the FDA, should stop using them immediately and contact their physician if they have experienced any problems that may be related to taking one or more of the ingredients listed above. Any adverse events that may be related to use should be reported to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program.

The FDA says that consumers should return any unused products purchased on the company's site to the company. 

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The following is a list of the recalled supplements.

• 4Ever Fit D-Drol
• Advanced Muscle Science Dienedrone
• Advanced Muscle Science Liquidrone UTT
• Anabolic Xtreme Hyperdrol X2
• APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Mastavol
• APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Revamp
• APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Ultra Mass Stack
• APS (aka Advanced Muscle Science) Ripped Stack
• Better Body Sports Finadex
• Black China Labs Straight Drol
• Black China Labs Straight Phlexed
• Body Conditioning Solutions TestraFLEX
• Bjorklund Methyldrostanolone
• BOSC Enterprises Epi-Tren
• BOSC Enterprises Magna Drol
• Chaparral Labs Epivol
• Chaparral Labs Pheravol-V
• Competitive Edge Labs M-Drol
• Competitive Edge Labs P-Plex
• Competitive Edge Labs X-tren
• Diabolic Labs Epio-Plex
• Diabolic Labs Finabolic 50
• Diabolic Labs Revenge
• Ergopharm 6-OXO
• Ergopharm 6-OXO Extreme
• EST (aka Engineered Sports Technology) MethAnstance
• Extreme Labs Susto-Test Depot
• Fizogen ON Cycle II Hardcore
• G.E.T/ (Genetic Edge Technologies) SUS-500
• G.E.T/ (Genetic Edge Technologies) Tren-250
• Hardcore Formulations T-Roid
• I Force Nutrition 1,4 AD Bold 200
• I Force Dymethazine/Reversitol Combo Pack
• I Force Reversitol
• I Force Nutrition 17a PheraFLEX
• I Force Nutrition Dymethazine
• I Force Nutrition Methadrol
• IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Bromodrol
• IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Grow Tabs TR
• IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Mass Tabs
• IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Oxodrol Pro
• IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Ripped Tabs TR
• IDS (aka Innovative Delivery Systems) Rapid Release
• Ripped Tabs
• Kilo Sports Massdrol
• Kilo Sports Phera-Mass
• Kilo Sports Trenadrol
• Monster Caps Monster Caps
• Myogenix Spawn
• Nutra Coastal D-Stianozol
• Nutra Coastal H-Drol
• Nutra Coastal MDIT
• Nutra Coastal S-Drol
• Nutra Coastal Trena
• Performance Anabolics Methastadrol
• Performance Anabolics Tri-Methyl X
• Purus Labs E-pol Inslinsified
• Purus Labs Nasty Mass
• Rage RV2
• Rage RV3
• Rage RV4
• Rage RV5
• Redefine Nutrition Finaflex 550-XD
• Redefine Nutrition Finaflex Ripped
• Transform Supplements Forged Extreme Mass
• Transform Supplements Forged Lean Mass

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His latest book, published by Human Kinetics, is called the Women's Home Workout Bible, subtitled A better body for every budget.

The first thing that impresses about this book is the quality of production -- large format and with superb color photograph illustrations of exercises and equipment.

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Tempo in weight training is the rhythm at which you raise and lower a weight, including the rest time at the top of the lift and at the bottom of the lift. There's much discussion in weight training circles about the best tempo for various outcomes, but this mostly applies to bodybuilding and general weight training rather than powerlifting or Olympic lifting.

Tempo has a particular numeric scheme to describe the different phases. For example, 30X1 would mean:

• The first number '3' is the time in seconds to return the weight in the eccentric or negative phase.
• The second number '0' is the pause at the completion of the exercise or at the starting point.
• The third character 'X' means an explosive lift in the concentric phase. This would be the raising of the dumbbell in an arm curl for example. X stands for explosive movement, but this could be 2 to 5 seconds in an alternative tempo arrangement.
• The fourth number '1' is the pause at the top of the lift (or press) -- when you have bent the elbow and lifted the dumbbell to maximum contraction in an arm curl for example.

Many schemes are possible, depending on the program you're following and the results you're after. "Superslow" training, for example, might use a 10-second lift rather than an explosive lift. I know of no reliable research that shows that training at this very slow tempo has any advantages.

For novice and general fitness training, you could use 3331 or even 3631. Remember that the first number is the eccentric or negative movement of returning to the starting position while lengthening the muscle and increasing the joint angle. Older trainers seem to benefit from an explosive (X) concentric phase according to recent research, and explosive lifting is a standard training methodology for developing power for sports or other requirements where speed and strength are required.

Back extensions and hyper-extensions work the lower back muscles, the erector spinae, which appear to play a role in maintaining a strong and pain-free back.

You can do back hyper-extensions on a mat on the floor or on a fitness ball, but a specialized gym station is available in many gyms. It's often called the hyperextension bench. See how it works here:

How to Do Back Extensions

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