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Body for Life


Body for Life is a 12-week diet and exercise program, and also an annual physique transformation competition. Body for Life makes use of principles that have been widely known in bodybuilding. It has been popularized by a bestselling book of the same name. ...read more from Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

  • It was created by Bill Phillips, a former competitive bodybuilder and the founder of EAS, a manufacturer of nutritional supplements.1
  • Body for Life addresses energy expenditure of the body in relation to the energy input, by incorporating resistance exercises to build skeletal muscle and increase the metabolism over the long term.1
  • The first annual Body for Life competition was held in 1996. 1

The Top 10 Resources on Body for Life

Selected by our Guides and Physician Review Team.

  1. WebMD: Body For Life Diet: What It Is
  2. Abbott Laboratories: Body For Life
  3. EveryDiet: Body For Life (Eating For Life)
  4. DietsInReview: Body For Life
  5. The Diet Channel: Body For Life Diet
  6. Get the Skinny on Diets: Body For Life
  7. Yahoo Health: Body For Life Group Listings

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Research Notes References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wikipedia: Body For Life

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