Here’s a quick update before the weekend. I’ll be off to the Swedish Athletic and Fitness Nationals in Karlstad in a few hours. Since I’m car-pooling with Luke Ray (of eSunless/Jan tana), I might not show up until late evening due to stopping at every gas station along the way for a cup of coffee (inside joke).
I’ll be taking some photos for BODY Magazine, but since I’m somewhat practicing with my new photo gear and since I have +10GB of memory cards, I’ll probably be shooting like crazy. If you compete this weekend and want some photos of you in action, please feel free to contact me for a delivery on CD or DVD. Each photo will be in 3872 x 2592 pixels (10 MP), 300dpi and in jpeg format (about 4.5MB in size.)

And for all of you that have requested new updates from OLB II, please be patient. I have a lot of data collected and a few notes that I need to put together. The last couple of weeks have been really hectic, so that’s why there have been only a few updates. I also caught a little cold and took about two weeks off from the diet. I’m back on it now though, at about 5% body fat.

That’s it for now. Thanks’ for reading!

I’ve added my article and Q&A column from BODY Magazine #8, 2007 to the articles archive, as well as two old articles from Exhale Magazine #2, 2003 (Styrka del 2 and En söndag i köket).

Now, let’s move on to something completely different. I’ve been very busy lately, especially when it comes to writing. So if you contacted me by e-mail recently, please be patient. I have a huge queue of e-mails that I’m working on shortening and I will get to your e-mail eventually. Please note that any training or nutrition related questions should be sent to either Stadium.se or BODY.se. I don’t have time to answer more than a few short private questions a week. I’m sorry about that, but I have to prioritize my clients and my contracts. If you want quick and detailed answers you simply have to pay for my services as a client.

I’ve finally complied an archive with links to all the articles I’ve written (including Q&A) over at Stadium.se. You can find them in my articles archive. Please note that all articles are written in Swedish.

Weeks 10 to 11 of the OLB II journey is now online. Check out my progress here: OLB II – weeks 10 to 11.

 
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.

Weeks 7 to 9 of the OLB II journey is now online. Check out the results here: OLB II – weeks 7 to 9.