APC - American Physique Committee, Inc. Group that administers men's amateur bodybuilding in America.

Adrenal - Pertains to the adrenal or suparenal glands located atop the kidneys.

Demar, Clarence - Won the Boston Marathon 7 times (1911, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928 and 1930). He also competed on 3 U.S. Olympic Marathon teams, although he failed to win a medal.

Drying Out - Encouraging loss of body fluids by limiting liquid intake, eliminating salt, sweating heavily and/or using diuretics.

Dwyer, Fred - Marty Liquori's high school coach.

Enriched Foods - foods to which nutrients, usually B vitamins and iron, have been added to improve their nutritional value

Pirie, Gordon - British distance star of the 1950s, Pirie won an Olympic silver in the Melbourne Olympics 5000m.

Poundage - The amount of weight that you use in an exercise, whether that weight is on a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.

Weightlifting - The competitive form of weight training in which each athlete attempts to lift as much as he can in well-defined exercises. Olympic lifting and power lifting are the two types of weightlifting competition.