BodySpace Official News Blog

In this light-hearted parody, featured BodySpace member “JediBB/Jedi MASSter” has his recent blog entry read by a distinguished orator’s cousin.  Follow along:

“Well the Excalibur was a relative success for me. Compared to my first experience there I did much better, up a whole weight class and I placed 7th instead of 9th. So progress is good. Of course I have my complaints about the judging and the placings of Cody and myself, but the point is I just need to keep getting better. If I just get good enough there will be no other option than placing better. It was a huge show though and two of the guys in my class have (or had) big sponsorships- Muscle Asylum and MuscleTech guys they were- so if I’m hanging in the top ten with them that is cool.

I must complain about the show logistics though. The show was very poorly managed. I wasn’t even through with registration and the show was already more than an hour behind schedual. It can be really annoying actually because it really f*cks the competitors up. I mean can’t they keep **** together? I’ve been a competitior in countless national and world class track meets and they run like clockwork- with 5 times the number of athletes and events! John Lindsay’s shows are supposed to be the best in the west and out of the three I’ve been in so far everyone has been a cluster f*ck wth unhappy athletes and incompetant help. I mean three of the heavyweights almost missed posing in the nightshow because the pump room help didn’t call them (or called the wrong numbers!)… that turned into posing routines with no pump time. Sh*tty. During the prejudging the judges forgot to bring out an athlete at one point so all of us heavyweights wound up having to hold a front double biceps for 2 minutes! while they figured it out. As soon as they did, they brought the dude out and started our mandatories over again. Basically every five seconds people that were supposed to know what they were doing were f*cking up and it felt like they were doing it out of apathy. Glad I dropped like 500 bucks on the event.

Anyway with that said I’m back to training for the next (not gonna stop till I win!) and can’t be stopped! Lol. Hope you all have a great day and train hard!”

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Attention all Bodybuilding.com Members:

The following sections of Bodybuilding.com will be completely offline from 3:00 p.m. MST on Sunday, May 3, 2009 through 12:00 p.m. (Noon, MST) on Monday, May 4, 2009:

• BodySpace
• BodyBlogs
• BodyGroups
• Workout Tracker
• Product Reviews
• Forums
• Photo Galleries
• My BB.com

During this time hardware and software will be upgraded to better serve and support the growing Bodybuilding.com online community.

The following sections of the site, however, will still be available to serve you during that time:

• SuperSite
• Store
• Chat Room
• Newsletters
• Careers
• Bodybuilders
• Teen Bodybuilding
• Contest Database

Thank you for your patience and cooperation!

Administration Staff

How would you like to be featured in your very own Wallpaper of the Week on Bodybuilding.com?  We’ve featured several BodySpace members in the past, and are looking to feature more in the upcoming weeks and months.  Check out our Wallpapers main page here to full scope of images that we feature:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/wallpapermainpage.htm

Here are some recent examples of BodySpace member wallpapers:

All of these wallpapers are available for download here:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/wallpapers_full_archive.htm

If you’d like to throw your hat into the ring for a possible featured wallpaper, please email your photo(s) to:

wallpapers@bodybuilding.com

And please put “BodySpace Wallpaper: Please Consider” in the subject line.  Thank you, and good luck! 

FYI, just a friendly reminder and warning about the current phishing scams going around via PM here on BodySpace and the forums.  What is phishing?  Wikipedia has a good explanation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

If you receive a PM (personal message) from someone you don’t know, BE WARY, and don’t click on any links that might be present within them, especially if they say something about your personal information being on another site (it’s a lie and a scam - don’t believe it!)

We get emails like this from people who unfortunately clicked on the links and now their accounts are compromised:

“I got the PM a few weeks ago saying that her name and mine were on some other site. So I followed her link and it sent me to a strange forum site. I deleated her PM and got out of the site. Did this have anything to do with somebody posting as me?”

The answer is YES, don’t click on strange links in PMs - you run the risk of having your account taken over by malicious phishermen.  Your account isn’t being “hacked” per se, you are actually (albeit unknowingly) giving them access to your account.  Don’t be the next victim!

Another similar scam is the dating PMs:

“hey there, I waz goin’ over here, and i unearthed your lil’ site…. Well, if you want to chatting with me, you could find me over at dating_bucket.net, my name there is clubbingfox. So, ya, hope to meet up with you there. always lookin’ to find more people. Allyson Turner”

Seriously, it’s not a hot chick wanting to hook up with you, it’s a scam - don’t click the link, or else you might be giving them access to your account! 

More phishing warnings previously posted here:

http://blog.bodybuilding.com/BodySpaceAdmin/2009/01/12/beware-of-phishing-pms/
(January 12, 2009)

http://blog.bodybuilding.com/BodySpaceAdmin/2008/06/16/possible-phishing-site-pms-going-around/
(June 16, 2008)

For more information and to report phishing, click here:

http://www.us-cert.gov/nav/report_phishing.html

If you did click on any links like this, please CHANGE your PASSWORD immediately!

(For your own protection against identity theft.)  Thanks.

Heya folks,

Several behind-the-scenes security fixes and minor changes to photo uploads were done today.

The only thing that will affect most people will be that animated GIFs are no longer allowed.  If an animated GIF is uploaded, it will be automatically converted to JPG, thus only using one frame of the animation.  Likewise, all photos that aren’t already in JPG format (like PNGs and BMPs) will also be automatically converted to JPG.

These improvements will result in faster page loading times, consistency amongst main profile photos, and decreased image storage requirements (since JPGs are compressed whereas BMPs are not, for example).

Kudos go out to our programming team and our BodySpace product owner, Brandon Poe, for these upgrades! 

Everyone please join us in welcoming your new 2009 Miss Bikini BodySpace, Lacey a.k.a. "liveandlove!”  Lacey made the long drive to Boise this past weekend to compete against other BodySpace ladies to earn this new but coveted title!

Click here to see just photos from the Miss Bikini BodySpace contest -

http://contest.bodybuilding.com/gallery/contest/12022/

And here to see *all* photos from the BFE (Boise Fitness Expo) -

http://contest.bodybuilding.com/gallery/contest/12012/

While in town for the BFE, Lacey also stopped by BB.com HQ and did a live JTV video chat for us.  You can check it out here:

http://www.justin.tv/clip/7dfac4f53afca185

UPDATE:  This video just in from our local FOX TV station here in Boise, in which Kim Lyons, Gunter Schlierkamp and Nick Scott were all interviewed while they were here for the BFE!  Check it out here:

If you couldn’t make it to BFE this time ’round, plan on it for next year, it’s a blast! 

Hi BodySpace Members!

Do you have a compelling transformation story?  Has Bodybuilding.com and/or BodySpace helped you to make that transformation? Would you like to inspire others with your own health and fitness accomplishments?

Bodybuilding.com is writing a book (to be published nationwide in 2010) featuring its top 30 transformation stories that will reach out to touch thousands seeking change in their health, fitness, and appearance, and we’d like for you to be a part of it!

To be considered for inclusion in the book, please send an e-mail to john.shumate@bodybuilding.com with the following information:

1) Your BodySpace username

2) Why your personal physical transformation story will inspire others (200 words or less, for consideration we need your response no later than April 15, 2009)

3) Your before and after pics (unless they are already up on your BodySpace profile)

Think of all the people dealing with physical issues and mindset barriers keeping them from living a better life, and how your own personal story could reach out and inspire them to change.

Don’t miss this important opportunity to help others by helping us tell your story and the story of BodySpace, the world’s most important and helpful fitness community!