In September 2015, the CEO and founder Ryan DeLuca stepped down from his role, announcing he would be succeeded on an interim basis by Liberty Media CFO Chris Shean.

Bodybuilding.com grew out of wholesale-creatine.com, an online storefront created by teenage web marketer and amateur bodybuilder Ryan DeLuca in 1997, to capitalize on the rising popularity of creatine supplements.

As of 2014, it has 450 employees working at 3 locations, including distribution centers in North Las Vegas, NV; Shiremanstown, PA; and Bedfordshire, U.K.[8] The corporate headquarters is also located in Boise, along with the company's customer service call center.

In 2013, the company donated the equipment for Boise's first outdoor gym, located in Ann Morrison Park.

[9] In 2007, an FDA agent purchased several dietary supplements from the company which were determined to contain anabolic steroids.

[20] Notable people who posted on them included bodybuilder Zyzz,[21] WWE wrestler Lars Sullivan[22] and the perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings, Elliot Rodger.

[23] The site popularized the GOMAD diet (drinking one Gallon Of Milk A Day) and dry-scooping (consuming pre-workout powder stimulants without water); both methods are known to be dangerous.

[27][28] In 2014, Australian man Gable Tostee was found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Warriena Wright.

He had defended himself by posting a full testimony of his actions at the time of her death on the forums, alongside photographs.

Team BBCOM Enter your email address to subscribe Ten days later, former users of the Bodybuilding.com forums organized to re-create the misc section on a self-hosted domain titled newmisc.com, which opened to public registration in October 2024.

[35] It intensified to where they were posting harsh insults, such as when Justin27 told TheJosh: "You are the dumbest boy alive.

[38] In 2015, Vice News contacted mathematician Joanna Nelson for a resolution, and she said that TheJosh would have to schedule his workouts in two-week chunks, claiming a week is seven days from Monday to Sunday.