Author: Dr. Steroids

This article is for those who are only beginners in bodybuilding. Below you will find questions and answers on program construction, training frequency, training equipment, and general training principles everyone should know before they enter the gym. Please, keep this information in mind every time you train. Training machine vs. barbell, which one is better? The answer depends on what you are looking to use them for. Forget about training machines if you want to get bigger and stronger. For a year, most likely for a few years, dumbbells and barbells will be your major gym buddies. Eventually, you will…

San Francisco Giants prospect, Kelvin Pichardo, tested positive for a performance enhancing drug and has been suspended 50 games for violating MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Pichardo has never appeared in a major league game but was on the Giants 40-man roster and therefore subject to the major league portion of the drug agreement. He becomes the third player suspended in 2009 after Philadelphia Phillies reliever, JC Romero, and Florida Marlins pitcher, Sergio Mitre. Pichardo had already been optioned to Triple-A during spring training when the suspension was announced. The Giants released a fairly typical statement that included…

So I would like to apologize for not posting for like a week, I had a personal matter to take care of and so I was unavailable for a week.  Now I was talking to AR today and we were speaking about how anti-steroid groups love to throw around erroneous stats, like steroids cause cancer…. Ok, if they do at such a high rate , were are the studies? They say ” Steroids cause you nuts to shrivel, true but they come back. My point is if they write this trash in an article, televise it on TV, or speak…

Middle-chain trigliceride, MCT, is perhaps the least known additive for bodybuilders nutrition. This additive presents unique type of fats, which have wide range of beneficial effects. They help increase dry muscle mass, reduce fat deposits, provide energy for pre-competition training. Despite their enormous practical benefits surprisingly enough not many people know about MCTs. It is traditionally believed that bodybuilders need to reduce their fat intake to the very minimum. However, those days some types of fat are even recommended for athletes. There is no doubt that fats are essential nutrients for the organism and serve important function. Fats act as…

Bodybuilders usually have a hard time getting those wide lower lats, while they have no trouble with upper lats. You will be pleasantly surprised to hear that you can easily get great lower lats by simply reversing your regular grip. Indeed underhand grip makes all the difference and helps you work some new muscles during your regular rowing exercise. Your lower lats will work to greater extent when you keep your hands in underhand position while pulling your arms back. In fact, upper lats are utilized during exercises which involve pulling elbows to the sides (for example wide-grip rows or…

A friend of mine at my home board wrote this up a while back and I felt that it is something I need to share with my readers.  It is about yearly blood work that needs to be done ( especially those over forty).  On that note you need to get your blood work done while on cycle also, but that is for another day.  So here it is: 10 most important tests that people over age 40 should take each year. 1. Complete Blood Count (CBC) – The best place to begin disease-prevention is the CBC’s. This panel will…

Taking supplements of folic acid is linked to a doubled prostate cancer risk. This was a conclusion made by University of Southern California researchers whose report was published by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Jane Figueiredo and her colleagues examined the data on health status of 643 men with an average age of 57.4 years. Half of the participants took vitamin-rich biological supplements that contained 1 mg of folic acid while others took placebo. Over 6.6 years of observation 34 participants were diagnosed with prostate cancer. Having analyzed acquired data, the researchers calculated the prostate cancer risk at…

Kai Greene is truly amazing, for he has been holding his firm grip on dominating position at the Australian Grand Prix, held in Melbourne, Australia. So far he has two victories. Before the competition started he promised US audience to win this round, regardless of the tough competition he may face. He stayed loyal to his promise and got himself second victory of the 2009 season. This is also his fourth victory so far, after his comeback in 2004 at the Team Universe. Right behind Greene were Silvio Samuel in second position, and Toney Freeman in the third. The two…

For the last few days I have addressed a few areas that need to be cleaned up. Though I feel there are a few more main stream issues, like certain members that are scumbags, yet have huge followings. But I have bashed enough. Now I want to take a moment to explain why we even bother with the forums. Well, for every one issue, there are ten great characteristics of some forums. The most important is the Botherhood that the good members are part of, it is like a huge support system. No other place can you make friends that…

Swiss scientists discovered that the steroid test used by the World Anti-Drug Agency (WADA) can not be used for its original purpose, since it does not take into account ethnic characteristics of the athletes. It is considered that the use of steroids can be detected from the ratio of testosterone to inactive forms of epitestosterone in the athlete’s urine (T:E ratio). Currently, 4:1 is considered to be normal ratio, which was established with the help of gas chromatography method. The authors of the study examined steroid profiles and variability of the UGT2B17 gene, which affects steroid metabolism, in soccer players…