Author: Dr. Steroids

San Francisco Giants minor league catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was suspended 50 games for testing positive for a performance enhancing substance, the first player penalized in 2008 under Major League Baseball’s drug prevention and treatment program. Alfonzo was on the Giants’ 40-man roster so he falls under the major league program even though he has played all season at Triple-A. He played 113 games for the Giants in the 2006 and 2007, batting .263 with 13 homers and 45 RBIs. Alfonzo apologized in a statement released by the Giants. “I made a mistake, and I want to apologize to my family,…

In order to build a muscular body, one needs things we all have heard of: first, a particular set of exercises carried out regularly to make the muscle work, then nutrition rich in all necessary substances to provide the muscles with energy and, finally, proper rest to “repair” the muscles and joints damaged during intense workouts. But this is not enough to make your muscles grow rapidly. Every bodybuilder also needs stretching, and not only for flexibility. When your goal is to gain muscle mass, stretching is far not the first thing you would think of. Actually it had better…

Even if you look like Christian Gee, Vince Taylor or Schwarzenegger at his peak, you’re not going to be all women’s dream, if you have no idea, how to behave with them and what they are fond of. Women like you being nice with them, attentive to them, they want you to make court to them. But would it be a reliable tip to do all this to be also liked by them? Maybe, you already know, that being too nice with women won’t make you be a success with them. Sounds like a paradox? No, because there should be…

Anabolic steroids are often associated with a strong and muscular physic of a man. But strange as it may seem, steroids may have pretty tragic side effects on the male reproductive system, overall health and appearance, such as growth of the breasts, which surely doesn’t make a man look like a real man, or even erectile dysfunction, which for many sufferers means the end of their masculinity. Lots of people know the myth, that bodybuilders are sexual impotents. But is it just a myth? Or is this belief somehow based on reality? And what about the impact of anabolic steroids…

When you work out in the gym, you don’t think about injuries, although every bodybuilder has had an injury at least once in their gym life. No one can be sure to avoid injuries during workouts, but there are some rules every bodybuilder should follow when striving for a muscular physic. Knowing and following them may significantly reduce the risk of injuries in the gym. You surely know most of them, but ignore them from time to time. Please, don’t. Safe Workouts Rule 1. Warm-up The first rule to prevent injuries is warming up. Before starting your workouts in the…

Everybody needs to eat a healthy diet: consume less saturated fats, which contribute to poor vascular health, and include more fruits and vegetables to the meal in order to neutralize extra calories and fats. And if your goal is a muscular physique, then you should pay a greater attention to what you eat. Fiber (here is meant only dietary fiber) is an essential nutrient, which should be added to a daily diet of every bodybuilder. Let’s see, why it is healthy and how it can help bodybuilders build muscles and fat-free mass. What is Fiber? Fibers are indigestible substances that…

Major League Baseball and the Player’s Association have once again agreed to amend MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Most of the changes are derived from recommendations put forth by Senator George Mitchell in the Mitchell Report. The most glaring omission was the refusal to turn over testing to an independent outside agency. Instead the sides agreed that the “Independent Program Administrator” (a position created in November 2005) “will be given an initial three-year term and can be removed only if an arbitrator finds cause.” The IPA could be removed by either MLB of the union at any time…

Jose Canseco’s new book, Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball, was officially released on April 1, 2008. There were very few surprises after Joe Lavin acquired and wrote about the book on March 25. For the most part, the book chronicles Canseco’s life since Juiced was published in 2005. It describes the book tour (for Juiced, of course), the Mitchell Report, the 2005 Congressional Hearings and various anecdotes along the way. As far as players Canseco discussed, Alex Rodriguez, Magglio Ordonez, Roger Clemens, Rafael Palmeiro and Barry Bonds featured prominently (details for each player below).…

Jose Canseco’s second novel, Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and The Battle to Save Baseball, is set to be released April 1, 2008. In Juiced, Canseco claimed to have injected Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez with anabolic steroids among his stories about performance enhancing drugs in baseball. The details of Vindicated have slowly been coming out as the release date gets nearer. Firstly, on July 17, Canseco implied that he had information about Alex Rodriguez that would be in his next book during a radio interview on WEEI. “He will definitely be in the book. You’ll…

The New York Times is reporting that the United States attorney’s office for the Northern District of California is investigating whether or not Dr. Ramon Scruggs illegally prescribed performance-enhancing drugs to patients including some Major League Baseball players. Scruggs was implicated in the Albany based investigation into the distribution of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone over the internet. As detailed previously at this site and in the Mitchell Report, Scruggs is said to have prescribed anabolic steroids to Troy Glaus and Scott Schoeneweis in 2003 and 2004. Citing “three lawyers who have been briefed on the investigation,” the Times…