Hoop Dreams (Westerly Sun)

Determined to build muscle? This cannot be achieved without dedication, sheer hard work and sound nutrition. With a solid foundation in place you can help the process along with supplements like creatine, whey protein, prohormones, testosterone boosters and amino acids.

Hoop Dreams (Westerly Sun)

Physical Therapist Jan Chamberlain turns the hula hoop into fitness fun! Physical Therapist Jan Chamberlain of First Physical Therapy in Westerly. Do you remember the hula hoop? We would climb into that big olâ€™circle, grab hold of opposite sides and give it a quick spin around the mid section.

First Edition Cycling News for July 20, 2007 (Cyclingnews.com)

Rabobank's Michael Rasmussen is experiencing one of cycling's greatest honours, wearing the Tour de France's yellow jersey, but at home in Denmark not everything is as rosy with his national federation dumping him from the national squad in a row over drug testing.

Form & Fitness Q & A (Cyclingnews.com)

Got a question about fitness, training, recovery from injury or a related subject? Drop us a line at fitness@cyclingnews.com . Please include as much information about yourself as possible, including your age, sex, and type of racing or riding.

Their time to go the distance (Boston Globe)

In the four months since he started training for his first triathlon, held in Hyannis six weeks ago , 41-year old Dean Ferioli has shed 30 pounds and 100 points off his cholesterol count. So invigorating have these competitions become for Ferioli, a Bridgewater police officer and construction company owner, that he's entered one nearly every weekend since, including a ...

Calendar -- Des Moines (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)

The Chimera - Through Aug. 30. New Works by Kimberly Fitch. The Lift, 222 Fourth St. 288-3777. Free. Janice Baker, Dance - 1:30- 2:30 p.m. Friday. For ages 5-12. Camp Fire USA, 5615 Hickman Road. 274-1501.

Williston teens to compete in national biking championship (The Burlington Free Press)

Fourteen Chittenden County athletes, including three teenagers from Williston, will join the best mountain bike racers in the country this week to compete in the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships at Mount Snow.

Events & More (Daily Southtown)

Julio Angeles, of Bridgeview, recently graduated from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.

Nigeria: Of Lawyers, Public Office, Ethics And Leeches (AllAfrica.com)

allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience

Women's infield provides marquee events in Madrid - IAAF World Athletics Tour (IAAF)

19 July 2007 - Madrid, Spain - The 'Meeting de Atletismo Madrid 2007' - a Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2007 - will take place on Saturday 21 July and offers a star-studded field which comprises six reigning outdoor World champions.

Health calendar (Honolulu Advertiser)

Accupressure for Stress Reduction, Marie Riley shows how gentle pressure on shiatsu points in the arms and shoulders can relieve tension with jin shin and tai chi practice, for 55 and older; 9:30-11:30 a.m.; July 20; Windward Community College Hale Kuhina 115; $9; register: 235-7433.