Fiction by Antonya Nelson Aug 28, 2006
He was making fists, flexing his elbows as if hefting barbells. Twenty-five, Emily instructed. (New Yorker)
Under your skin: A deeper look at body piercing and the bodies behind it Jun 20, 2006
The finished piercing product is a set of six surface barbells to the upper arm, just below Ellis shoulder ... Once healed in the next several weeks he wants to replace the six surface barbells with six captive bead rings and then string lace through the pattern of metal. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Now in Power May 19, 2006
"The Da Vinci Fitness Code" details the history of weight training, claiming it dates all the way back to the Stone Age and the Renaissance when people were lifting not barbells but stones and rocks used in daily life. And even with lukewarm reviews and international protests and boycotts of the film, the craze isn't showing signs of letting up. (Fox News)
