Can five lifelong friends lose a total of 200 pounds in 7 months? That's the question that MassiveBeasts.com will resolve from now until July 1, 2007, when the challenge ends. Who are the Massive Beasts? Brought together in the 1980s as children on Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, the Massive Beasts are Cody, Rob, Steve, Josh and Brad. Their big-boned physiques were kept under control as young'uns thanks to scholastic athletics and a youthful enthusiasm for lifting weights, but since then, it's been tough to stay in fighting shape. At 33 years old, is it too late for a big fella to regain the physique and fitness he enjoyed in the past? The Massive Beasts say, no, damnit. We're fat as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore. Enjoy the ride.