Author: Dr. Steroids

Hey, because you are married to an MMA legend doesn’t mean that you will become one. Kim Couture found out just how hard it is to be a world class fighter. She had a rough start in her first professional MMA bout. MMAJunkie.com: “Making her pro debut, Kim Couture — the Vice President of Xtreme Couture and the wife of UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture took on Kim Rose, who also debuted professionally. Couture was tagged early in the fight, and the jolting blow and a constant flood of blood created ongoing problems throughout the three-round fight. Although she landed…

Athletes assume various risks to compete and achieve success in sports. Many of this risks could compromise their short-term and/or long-term health and could possibly threaten their future careers in elite sports. Society has a conflicted and hypocritical relationship with these risks. If the risks involve any sort of performance-enhancing drugs like steroids or growth hormone, then the athletes are condemned by society. It doesn’t really matter how serious, exaggerated or overstated the risks from PEDs. But if the risks involve playing through a relatively serious injury regardless of the long-term damage and health implications, then the athletes are idolized…

Chinese national Lei Jin, PhD and his company Genescience Pharmaceutical Inc., makers of Jintropin brand human growth hormone, have forfeited about $2.7 million dollars to the United States government for illegally marketing and distributing human growth hormone over the internet to bodybuilders, athletes, and pharmacies. Lei JIn and Genescience Pharmaceutical were indicted last year as part of Operation Raw Deal. Assets from the U.S. branches of their Chinese bank accounts were frozen at the time. Now the feds say the money is theirs. Genescience Pharmaceutical was well-known among bodybuilders for the high quality and inexpensive human growth hormone that was available on…

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) proposed to enter Viagra in the stimulant list. Specialists from the agency believe, that the substance sildenafil, presented in Viagra, enhances the blood flow not only to the man’s genitals, but to his muscles as well. As the written request says, athletes can enhance their performance by taking Viagra. In addition, sildenafil can boost the power of stamina and endurance of heavy physical activities. At the moment a large-scale study is being done intended to study the Viagra effect on the athletes; if the proposal is scientifically supported, it is likely that Viagra will find…

This exercise has a couple of complexity levels. Let’s introduce a five-point scale for push-ups; 1 will mean low complexity level, 5- very high level. But keep in mind, that this scale considers only the complexity of different exercises. Complexity is not synonymous to effectiveness. A highly complex exercise can be useless, or vice-versa. The following overview is helpful only when choosing the bodybuilding proficiency stage to practice the particular exercise version. More complex exercises suit higher bodybuilding experience. Push-ups with Close Hands Position Complexity level: 3. Muscles: this exercise, similarly to narrow grasp bench-press, places emphasis on inner section…

Can a much smaller man beat a much larger man in a fight? The answer is yes ladies and gentlemen. While much stress is placed on the size of the dog in the fight, it often is the size of the fight in the dog that makes the difference. Check out this awesome video of Mirko Cro Cop laying the skills on “The Beast” Bob Sap. Please keep in mind while whatching this video that Cro Cop is 6’ 1” and weighs 230 lbs. “The Beast on the other hand is 6’ 5” and weighs 375 lbs. Did I mention…

We’re in for a good fight as Kendall Grove steps in the Octogon, Saturday, June 21st against Evan Tanner to see who will be The Ultimate Fighter. There will be some other good match ups as well including: * Luigi Fioravanti vs. Diego Sanchez * C.B. Dollaway vs. TBA * Tim Credeur vs. TBA * Amir Sadollah vs. TBA * Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens * Jeremy Horn vs. Dean Lister * Matthew Riddle vs. Dante Rivera * Josh Burkman vs. Dustin Hazelett * Marvin Eastman vs. Drew McFedries * Rob Kimmons vs. Rob Yundt * Matt Arroyo vs. Matt…

You have probably heard about Paddy Doyle – he is currently a respected world champion in full push-ups. He has a wide history of records. Once, he did 4100 push-ups with a 23 kg box tied on his back. A few years back he did 7860 push-ups at some pub. His one-hour record is 1700 push-ups, while a twenty-four-hour one is 37000. Exactly that much, there is no mistake here. Doing push-ups is a great exercise for those who wish to develop the muscle mass, especially for bodybuilders. Push-ups and Bench-Press Push-up is bench-press the other way around; it is…

You may have heard that MMA is one of the most physically demanding sports today. Because mixed martial arts utilizes the entire body, it takes a tremendous amount of strength and energy to give 100% in the ring for 3 to 5 rounds. Good cardiovascular exercise is a key component that helps some of the most well conditioned fighters, such as Uriah Faber, to remain nimble and strong for a full 5 rounds of action. To get your fight endurance up, try this cardiovascular workout recommended by longtime professional BJJ trainer Stephan Kesting from Grapplearts: “1 – ‘Easy and Long’…

Sleep is one of the most valuable factors in bodybuilding. Overtraining is simply a lack of rest, said Joe Weider long time ago before we were even born. Rest, sleep in particular, is essential for successful muscle building. While you are sleeping the cortisol level stabilizes and the growth hormone level increases. Under sleep deprivation you can not develop large muscles no matter how great your training program is. Once in the wakeful state, our body concentrates on the external environment; this includes work, relationships, trainings stress, and even meals. Sleep is the period, when our body gets a chance…