Author: Dr. Steroids

So you think you’re hardcore, eh?  You might drink raw eggs.You might eat pounds of boiled chicken breast without salt when you’re leaning out.   Do you drink greens? If not, you need to start right away!  Greens contain minerals such as iron, calcium, potassium, and magnesium. They have vitamins, including vitamins K, C, E, and many of the B vitamins. They also provide a variety of phytonutrients including beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin.  They’re almost carb-free, so you can eat just about as many of them as you want.  And don’t even get me started on their fiber content. Basic Smoothie…

Racquetball injuries are common. If you play the sport enough times, you are bound to get hurt. The injuries happen many times due to the velocity of the ball and the quick movements required with the intention of winning the game. The little ball travels in the confines of a relatively small court.  Your body gets in the way – wham! You have a bruise that lasts up to a month. Ouch! I use arnica ointment, which speeds the healing process. Arnica is an herb that naturally and homeopathically heals bruises and pains associated with skin and muscle. Wear Eye Gear…

Revered by the British, a cup of tea is essentially their national dish**. Introduced from India a few hundred years ago, it took off in a big way. And while coffee tends to be more the drink of choice in this writer’s region, the US has a ton of regular tea drinkers. The health benefits from tea are well spoken, even if their impact is not huge. They have been shown to help with glucose disposal, weight maintenance, cognition, stress and also have vascular protective effects. A study from Germany from a few years back found that this latter effect…

The Cavs swept their season series with the Lakers, but LeBron says it doesn’t mean anything. Is he being coy or does he actually get it this time? There hasn’t been much of a change in the Top 10—for me—since we last talked about this, but there are some interesting subplots brewing in the NBA. The Suns and Rockets have gone on MONSTER slumps since our last edition and that means there is a place for the Jazz, Spurs, and the Grizzlies. I know it’s complicated, but I can make 11 teams into 10…I promise. Let’s work our way up…

There is a great joke amongst sports fans, especially college football fans that states “Superman wears Tim Tebow pajamas.” This joke speaks to the greatness, popularity, and influence that Tebow possesses. Most parents hope to raise a child that projects a similar image to the one Tebow seems to have (I say that with hesitance due to the recent happenings of Tiger Woods). Tebow is known for going on missions to third world countries in the off season, firing up teammates without ever cursing, and most notably saving himself for marriage ( a virgin). It has been confirmed that CBS…

Ask any MMA fan who the best pound for pound fighter in the sport is and two of names that will immediately come up are UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre and UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva. St. Pierre’s dominant wrestling and striking have made him one of the best fighters the sport has seen. Silva, who has won 11 consecutive fights, has some of the best muay thai in the history of MMA. This leaves many fans wondering what would happen if the two ever met in the Octagon. 3 Reasons it Will Happen 1. The UFC has done…

When Herschel Walker first announced he was getting into mixed martial arts last September, the MMA community was very openly against it.  Afterall, they had seen the joke that was Jose Canseco fighting in a freak show match against 7′2″  Hong Man Choi at Dream 9 in May.  Hell, Walker was even two years older (47) and he had never fought professionally.  No one was going to take this seriously.  An even better example would be NFL veteran Marcus Jones who appeared on season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter this past year.  Jones was only 35 at the time of…

As some of you may know, fighters make money in plenty of other ways than simply getting in the ring. Some do commercials, some open their own gyms, but mostly, fighters get sponsorships. I’m sure you’ve seen the banners hanging behind a fighter while he is being introduced, it’s usually loaded with plugs for other companies. Until recently, it wasn’t uncommon to see “Condom Depot” plastered over the backside of their shorts. One of the main things though, was the walkout t-shirt. Fighters would get paid big bucks to wear an MMA specially designed t-shirt. This is where Nate Quarry’s…

CHICAGO, Ill. – The lightweight division of Bellator Fighting Championships’ upcoming Season 2 tournament continued to take shape today with the addition of Carey Vanier, a former All-American wrestler and student of prominent MMA coach Greg Jackson. Vanier boasts a solid overall professional record of 7-2 (all but one of his wins have come via TKO or submission), but his career has taken on an entirely new trajectory since he began training at Jackson’s Submission Fighting school in Albuquerque, N.M. “That’s when it all started to come together for me,” Vanier said. “To work with a world-renowned trainer like Greg and to…

Don’t we all want to look like this guy? He’s Tony Horton, the owner of Team Beachbody. They have about eleventy jillion workout programs, but their big seller is P90X. I bet you’ve seen the infomercial (and if you haven’t, apparently either you never have insomnia or don’t own a television). The basis is this: You, the average couch potato, can go from flab to fab in 90 days. Ninety days of “extreme” hard work, “extreme” focus, and “extreme” diet change. So does it work? P90X is a “total home workout”. That means that you don’t need to leave the…