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 [...]
TMZ takes a shot at Jay Cutler »
TMZ, echoing common sentiment among the non-steroid using populace, decided to take a shot at Jay Cutler, Mr. Olympia, calling him a “former human” and poking fun at the fact that he “willingly did this” to his body.
But this is nothing new to Mr. Cutler, who prior to winning the Mr. Olympia title, admitted in [...]
Scientists Design Muscle Mimetic »
Just passing on some info from a BBC news article I came across recently discussing the news that scientists from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver have developed a material that mimics muscle. I don’t have much to say on the topic, but I find it fascinating and wanted to share.
The proteins the [...]
Dieting and the Immune System »
It has long been thought in bodybuilding circles that prolonged dieting for beach season comes with the feeling of being run-down, and being more susceptible to illness and sickness. In fact, a lot of people ramp up their intake of vitamins and anti-oxidants during this time as they firmly believe that their immune [...]
Eating is Addictive »
The next few updates will likely focus on the topic of fat loss and food psychology, which I guess is fitting as its now May and a lot of you guys are shifting focus away from bulking season and towards cutting in order to get into beach-shape. A lot of you will already be a [...]
News in brief: BCAA, Citrulline Malate and Red Wine »
This is a first for me on this site. Rather than an article focusing on one particular subject or topic, a ‘News in brief’ update will feature several topics that I have deemed interesting enough for a paragraph or two, but not interesting enough for me to dedicate an entire article to. There is so [...]
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 [...]
Assist your diet by eating eggs for breakfast »
Some folks from the University of Connecticut hypothesized one day that an egg-based breakfast would help control appetite throughout the day better than a bagel-based breakfast. Scientists being scientists decided to test this theory in twenty-one men to see if they were right. The egg breakfast was made up of just over half fat, and [...]
