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 [...]
Steroid bust targets NPC, IFBB, in Pennsylvania »
Operation Roid Runner, a Pennsylvania-based anti-steroid operation, has recently targeted local bodybuilders, as several prominent members of the local area National Physique Committee (NPC) and International Federation of Bodybuilders have been arrested in connection with steroid and growth hormone distribution.
The arrests include:
Craig Johnson, an NPC promoter and judge, who is charged with one count of criminal [...]
Fake steroid website exposed! »
BY GREG MERCER, RECORD STAFF
WATERLOO — Cayenne pepper, fenugreek extract and sage might be great for cooking, but they’re not likely to turn you into a hulk.
But that doesn’t stop thousands of people from unwittingly buying those ingredients and other nutritional supplements online when they think they’re buying steroids, often at $100 a bottle.
What they’re [...]
Bulbine Natalensis and sexual behaviour »
Effect of aqueous extract of Bulbine natalensis (Baker) stem on the sexual behaviour of male rats.
Yakubu MT, Afolayan AJ.
Centre for Phytomedicine Research, Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
The phytochemical constituents of aqueous extract of Bulbine natalensis (Baker) stem and its effect on male rat sexual [...]
Spiral of Denial author interviewed on doping in football »
Q1. With your knowledge about the game and drugs: How extensive is the use of HGH in the NFL?
Matt Chaney, Author of Spiral of Denial: I believe use of recombinant hGHis a widespread problem in the NFL,
impacting competition. Recently, Tampa Bay Bucs running back Earnest
Graham estimated 30 percent of NFL [...]
Performance enhancing drugs for scientists »
Recently, Chris Good, of The Atlantic, has argued that scientists ought to be given performance enhancing drugs; not anabolic steroids, mind you, but rather, cognition enhancing drugs that are currently off-limits due to legality. Hallucinogens (LSD, for creativity), stimulants (Ritalin, for example, to help with focus), and other medications could conceivably be used by scientists [...]
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 [...]
Clomiphene citrate is as good as HRT – and a lot cheaper »
Clomiphene citrate is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) marketed under the brand name Clomid. Originally designed as a female fertility drug, Clomid is regularly used by bodybuilders upon cessation of a steroid cycle as part of their post cycle therapy (PCT). This is done because Clomid inhibits the effect [...]
Topical cream targets androgen related acne »
Acne affects 85% of teenagers, over 42% of men, and just over half of all women between the ages of 20 and 30 years. Much of it is thought to be from the 5a-reduction of testosterone into Dihydrotestosterone, contributing to sebum production. This has lead to steroid users experimenting with topical anti-androgens such as Ketoconazole [...]
