Once upon a time I joined an online bodybuilding community called Bigboys where I was one among many who wrote articles for free. In 1996 the founder John closed down Bigboys and I started Thorax’s Iron Page. In 1999 we had more than 15 contributing writers and we decided to change the name to Iron Magazine Online, or “Ironmag.com” for short. I also registered the domain name ironmag.com on December 12, 1999.
Some archived pages by the wayback machine can be found here.

In 2001 another Iron Magazine emerged and my co-founder was not particular happy about it since they tried to cash in on our name. But I couldn’t care less since I had jumped onboard the Swedish Edition of Ironman Magazine as Editor-in-Chief and was working and traveling +12 hours a day. Our Ironmag was put on ice in 2002 since all of us who started the magazine back in 1996 and 1997 where busy with our careers. Ironmag was after all a free non-profit project who gave a lot of writers a good start to launch their careers (including our own).

I never had any contact with the people at the other Iron Magazine but my cofounder did and he told me some funny stuff like they actually believed that they were first with their magazine and that they wanted our domain name “that we had stolen”. That really made me crack up, but I never wasted any energy on it. After all, we started in 1996 and registered the domain in 1999 while they stared in 2001 (which is also stated on their website).

The other day though, I found a hidden webpage. And this is so funny I just had to share it!
http://www.ironmagazine.com/nutrition1.htm

If you can’t reach the site, here’s a screen shot for your amusement.

Damn! I can take the lying and pathetic crap since it’s probably real in his little fantasy world… but poop! Poop is such a strong word coming from an adult. Uh, my abs are cramping up. Crap.

Anyways, I wish them best of luck. And since Ironmag was my child, I’m sure I’ll renew the domain for another two years.