Author: Dr. Steroids

SteroidsLive loves to give props to the females running the MMA game. Here is a spotlight on the owner of FighterGirls.com and MMA fighter Debi Purcell. According to Wikipedia, Debi Purcell is: First woman to ever compete and win in King of the Cage Ultimate Wrestling World Title Belt Holder Hook-N-Shoot Revolution Winner, 2002 Headliner on the first ever all women NHB card in US history Ultimate Wrestling Minnesota Winner Black Belt in Ruas Vale Tudo Black Belt in Taekwondo Only female coach in IFL history These sound like great accomplishments to me. Besides, take a look at this highlight…

Most people believe sports food is unhealthy. These beliefs could be explained by different reasons which, however, have little to do with the facts. Here are top 4 myths about sports food: sports food is unnatural, it overburdens the digestive system, it can be replaced with natural foods, it is very expensive. This article debunks these myths. Sports Food Myth 1. Sports Food Is Unnatural Sports food products contain no artificial or man-made ingredients. In fact, sports foods are concentrated natural foods that are technologically processed to remove nonnutritive substances and other unnecessary components that could derail your sports diet.…

Famous American runner Marion Jones asked the American President, George Bush, to relax the verdict she received. The athlete was sentenced to spend six month in jail for giving false testimony to the FBI agents. Representative of the Department of Justice of USA said that Johns has sent the petition to the President. Such documents are reviewed and after that the Department of Justice announces recommendation whether the punishment should be relaxed or not. In most cases the requests of petitions are not granted. Let us remind you that the American runner was sentenced to spend six months in jail…

Fans of the thriller “Terminator” will no longer see Arnold Schwarzenegger play the leading role. Austrian bodybuilder and actor Roland Kickinger will play in his place in the first part of the trilogy “Terminator: Salvation”. This was announced by “Ain’t It Cool News”. Although the information has not been officially confirmed yet by Warner Bros., but the web-site imdb.com already indicates the role of T-800 to belong to Kickinger. The producer of the movie “Terminator: Salvation” is Joseph McGinty Nichol. The release of the movie is planned for May 22, 2009. The script was written by the authors of the…

Intensive workouts often lead to muscle pain, or myalgia. It can make one exercise less or less intensive and some – even give up exercising. It’s not easy to make a bodybuilder give up working out in the gym, but anyway myalgia makes this process quite uncomfortable. There are different ways to get rid of muscle pain. One of them, and an easy one, has been recently found by the scientists. A recent study which involved athletes spending hours in the gym regularly has been carried out. The scientists have found, that 200 ml of cherry juice or 45 cherries…

Frank Shamrock is a great American MMA fighter. He was the first to hold the UFC Middleweight Championship (renamed the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship). He retired an undefeated champion after defending his title an amazing five times. Frank was also crowned an Interim King of Pancrase and has been the Strikeforce Middleweight champion. He is the adopted younger brother of mixed martial arts fighter and former professional wrestler Ken Shamrock. Frank holds notable wins over Bas Rutten, Jeremy Horn and Tito Ortiz and knows what it takes to be an MMA champ. Check out this cool video and see how…

MMA Madness has ranked the top ten MMA cities in terms of general interest of the population, the number of MMA gyms per capita, and the reputation for producing (or hosting) great champions. MMA Madness: “Honorable mention: Hollywood, CA; Chicago, IL; Atlantic City, NJ; San Jose, CA 10. Cincinnati, Ohio 9. Houston, Texas 8. Anaheim, CA 7. Albuquerque, New Mexico 6. Sacramento, CA 5. West Palm Beach / Ft. Lauderdale, Florida- For those of you who have been hiding in a cave the last few years, you may not know that the West Palm Beach/Ft. Lauderdale area has become one…

Arm bending exercises with dumbbells are easy to do, plus they give a number of options to work on biceps in different ways. The most effective exercises for building up the muscle volume are called basic. Those exercises involve several joints simultaneously as opposed to the monoarticular ones. Most of the classic biceps exercises, however, are of the latter type. A common question about biceps: to bend both arms at once, or to alternate them? You can finish a set faster with simultaneous bending, but this seems to be the only advantage the method has. Alternations are much more effective;…

Karate Champion Raymond Daniels may be headed back into Karate. His MMA debut against Jeremiah Metcalf did not go well and was another testament that the first M in MMA is very important. You have to be a very well rounded fighter to be competitive. Jeremiah Metcalf on the other hand brought the perfect game plan to the ring against such an accomplished striker and had an impressive showing. He consistently took Daniels out of his realm by taking the fight to the ground. Once on the ground Metcalf had his way with the Karate Champion. Watch the video to…

Australian scientists believe that coffee helps restore muscles after physical activity. The scientists conducted an experiment on professional cyclists and discovered a complex mechanism which restores the muscles much faster due to the coffee effect. The results of the study apply to other sports as well, particularly to bodybuilding. As it turns out, caffeine helps glucose get stored in the muscles faster and furthermore get turned into glycogen – the major energy source for the working muscle. During the study the sportsmen drunk 5-6 cups of coffee a day and consumed large quantities of carbohydrates. The scientists believe, however, that…