Bulbine Natalensis raises testosterone, lowers estrogen »
There are few herbs that actually boost testosterone, fewer that really lower estrogen, but none that do both exceptionally well – except Bulbine Natalensis. The rodent data suggests a testosterone boost of 347% compared to baseline, while lowering estrogen by 35%. And all of this is achieved at a dose of 50mgs/kg [...]
Trestolone Acetate (MENT): 7 alpha-Methyl-19-nortestosterone profile »
Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in Trestolone Acetate (a/k/a 7 alpha-Methyl-19-nortestosterone, or MENT), due to it’s sudden availability thanks to the efforts of several black market hormone suppliers. Until recently, we’d mostly heard about this steroid through Bodybuilding.com’s now defunct steroid profiles written by Pete Von Mol. And actually, this is rightly [...]
Operation Roid Runner targets IFBB, NPC bodybuilders »
Six more arrests have been made in Operation Roid Runner, nearly a year after the operation was announced to the media. As I noted last November, the snitch factor in this case is huge, and because these guys are mostly NPC bodybuilders and promoters, they’re going to be very quick to dime each other [...]
Buy Bulbine Natalensis - the shifting supply chain »
Ever since my first article and blog post about Bulbine Natalensis, the supply chain has been evolving in various ways, both expected and unexpected – and both good and bad.
We haven’t seen any Bulbine-based products released on the market since my original article, and that’s a very good thing. Why? Because the [...]
ZMA: sucked then, sucks now »
ZMA, otherwise known as Zinc Magnesium Aspartate, was the brainchild of Victor Conte, who originally pimped his zinc product as a cure for acne, but later touted its benefits to athletes as a testosterone booster. He even cited a study showing that the stuff boosts testosterone.
One problem: Victor was one of the authors of the [...]
Twenty grams of protein per meal may be optimal »
For years, bodybuilders have espoused the benefits of consuming tremendous quantities of protein. From as far back as Eugen Sandow consuming a gallon of milk per day, to the 3,000 calorie weight gain shakes of the ’90s, to the modern day claims of top bodybuilders that they eat 500 grams of protein per day, the [...]
Charlie Francis, track coach, steroid expert, passes away »
Charlie Francis, who was diagnosed with lymphoma five years ago, 61, died at Sunnybrook Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Francis was the Canadian 100-meter champion in 1970, ’71 and ’73. His personal best of 10.1 seconds was established at the Pan American Games trials in 1971.
Francis became first became a world-wide household name when an athlete [...]
D-Aspartic Acid: Fail »
D-Aspartic Acid (DAA) has been getting a lot of press lately, mostly due to a swarm of emerging nutritional supplements that contain it, and an article published by Muscular Development (that was published simultaneously as an advertiser began carrying the ingredient). It’s being heavily marketed by several people, including the owner of SDI-Labs (Daniel Amato), [...]
2008 tax records for the National Physique Committee, Jim Manion’s salary, etc… »
While I realize that non-profit Organizations do earn money, I’m at a loss to explain how the NPC (National Physique Committee) legitimately meets many of the requirements to be treated as such legally. Still, as they are registered as an NPO, their financial records are subject to public disclosure. Form 990, the one I’ve published [...]
Spanking raises womens testosterone, study shows »
In a paper published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior titled Hormonal changes and couple bonding in consentual sadomasochistic activity, two studies were performed to examine the hormonal changes in testosterone for 58 sadomasochistic (SM) couples. The couples performed a variety of activities designed to produce either pain or pleasure including bondage, sensory deprivation, [...]
