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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Vitamin C prevents testosterone induced prostate hypertrophy »
A 2009 study performed in rodents gives steroid users good evidence to include supplemental vitamin C in their diets. The study demonstrated the ability of vitamin C to prevent prostate growth caused by testosterone treatment. In practical terms, this could mean that testosterone using males have a better chance of not suffering prostate enlargement if [...]
Reexamining short cycles »
A 2005 study examined the gains made by Oxandrolone (Anavar) users at 6 weeks versus 12 weeks. The results were shocking, as greater than 90% of the gains were made by week 6 - with the following 6 weeks being responsible for <10% of the total gains. Of course, Oxandrolone is a fairly weak steroid, [...]
Vitamin D: Aromatase Inhibitor »
I know what you’re thinking – “Another article on vitamin D?!” Well, yes. Yes it is. And honestly, expect many more as the amount of research coming out on this wonder-compound is pretty vast. In today’s installment I’ll be discussing vitamin D and its effect on estrogen metabolism.
While most of you will already have quite [...]
The State of Hormones in Pre-contest Mode »
Ever wondered what happens to your major anabolic hormones when you diet down to low levels of body fat? Apparently some researchers from Israel did, hence the subject of this article. Anyone that has ever dieted down for prolonged periods of time knows that retaining muscle becomes as much of a challenge as getting down [...]
Mark McGwire comes clean about being dirty. »
This doesn’t come as a big surprise to anyone in the steroid industry but it’s certainly something to write about. I think its interesting that McGwire is willing to talk about his steroid use now (that he is getting a job back in baseball), seemingly after the statute of limitations would have run out for [...]
Major Steroid Busts Linked Together »
Late last night steroid author Anthony Roberts posted the following information in his blog (http://www.anthonyroberts.co.za) about the biggest steroid busts over the last few years being connected.
“The two largest steroid busts ever, Operation Which Doctor (February 26, 2007 – $30m dollars and 24 defendants nationwide) and Operation Raw Deal (September 24th, 2007 – $6.5m dollars [...]
