Forums

Forums can be very useful to the individual looking for information to help them in their quest of body transformation.  Topics will range from nutrition, cardio exercises, fat loss, muscle growth, recipes, and so on.  If you have a question about your body posting it ina forum will get you an answer.  In fact you will get a lot of answers.

That is the beginning of the potential problem with forums.  The variety of answers can become confusing and may not actually be the best suited answer for you and your particular body.  Everyone will have an opinion.

The other problem that happens when enrolling in a forum is it becomes a social network site for some people.  Too much time is spent posting in the forum and not going to the gym or working out.

Used properly though, the forum can be an asset.  Below are three that I highly recommend,

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	Cost:  Free Owner:  Marc David                Kris Anderson-Supplement 101 Registered Users: 15392 Total Posts:  333,591 Total Forums:  45 Total Topics:  37922 Active Users:  206 9(at time of review) About: Discuss Bodybuilding was stared in 2003.  It is a very active fitness forum that has a good renage of topics.  It is well moderated by Marc David and a team of experts.   Posts seem to have a pretty fast time of response.  A good forum for the the beginner and intermediate with very good topic range.  There is Premium Membership for a $10.00 minimum for one year.  DiscussBodybuilding.com
	Cost:  Free Owner:  John Stone Registered Users:  20,377 Total Posts:  562,807 Total Topics:  36,678 Active Users:  516 ( at time of review) About: A well balanced forum about fat loss, strength training, and muscle building.  Posts have a good series of responses that relate to the original comment.  Good information in the posts regarding nutrition.  Membership can be upgraded to VIP for an annual fee of $15.00 and up as an annual fee to $500 for a lifetime membership.  JohnStoneFitness.com
	Cost:  Free Owner:  Iron Magazine Registered Users:  33,493 Total Posts:  1,623,057 Total Topics:  77291 Active Users:  1952 (at time of review) About: A very active and busy forum with many responses to a post.  Most posts on this forum seem to be in the topic of building muscle.  More about building muscles than losing fat.  The members are typically older, and there are topics that they warn can be offensive.  IronMagazineForums.com
	Cost:  Free Viewing Owner:  John Beraldi Registered Users:  26,319 Total Posts:  88,956 Total Topics:  10,014 Active Users:  80 (at time of review) About:  Although the Precision Nutrition forum is a membership site one can view the postings in the forum.  I have found this very useful for myself.  There are excellent posts relating to nutrition and fitness.  As a sampler view this thread at the Precision Nutrition Forum.