This article provides a comprehensive understanding on insulin actions for the bodybuilder and biochemist alike. We argue that insulin is muscle protein anabolic and does not merely promote increased glycogen storage.
Anabolic Steroid Articles
Our steroid articles provided detailed, practical information on how anabolic steroids are used to build muscle size, strength and otherwise improve physical performance. They cover topics such as the history of steroids, steroids in baseball, the medical uses of steroids including testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), the side effects of steroids and how to manage steroid side effects.
It’s not just athletes, USADA shows how the government can trample on the constitutional rights of all Americans
Did you know there is an agency which can and does investigate steroid and PED users without a warrant, without judicial oversight, and with no need to convince a grand jury, nor with any respect to constitutional rights?
1960s: Steroid Programs for Football Players, Preps to Pros (Final in a Series)
Steroid programs were underway in the AFL along with the NFL, and at colleges and high schools in the early 1960s, as revealed by news evidence formerly buried in microfilm.
Who is Zyzz, and Why Do Some Love Him, and Others Hate Him?
Explore the transformative journey of Aziz Shavershian, from an obscure gamer to the iconic Zyzz, whose radical physical transformation and vibrant persona left an enduring legacy in bodybuilding and online culture.
‘If It Wasn’t for Steroids I’d Be in the Gutter Dead’: The Relationship Between Enhancement Drugs and Recreational Drugs
Explore the complex relationship between enhancement drugs, like anabolic steroids, and recreational drug use. Learn how enhancement drugs have been used for therapeutic purposes to help individuals transition away from harmful substance dependencies, challenging conventional views on drug categories and their impacts on health and recovery.
1965: Steroids for Football an Established Practice (Second in a Series)
Matt Chaney examines how anabolic steroid use became an established practice in American football with many users including Sidney Blanks, Ron Mix, Jack Stroud, Stan Jones, and others.
If I Hadn’t Self-Medicated I Would Be Dead: Self-medicated testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and why it is practised
Anabolic steroids are also used for self-medicated testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) by bodybuilders who cannot access medical TRT. This practice helps alleviate symptoms like depression and low energy, despite the risks and challenges associated with obtaining and managing these drugs without medical supervision.
The Beginning: Anabolic Steroids Invade American Football (First in a Series)
Matt Chaney’s review of newly recovered newspaper evidence reveals a widespread national awareness of anabolic substances in American football as early as the late 1950s.
Project Monster
This article examines bodybuilding’s association with monstrosity, highlighting how being termed a ‘monster’ is considered the ultimate accolade, representing not just immense size but the extensive effort required to achieve such physical stature.
Fitness Culture and IPEDs: Crisis, revolution, and the digital push, 1990-2020
The history of doping is also a history of modernity and the plastic and changeable body. Through ideas about performing bodies, various sports have been successfully modernized since the mid-1800s (Dimeo, 2007). Within this modernization process we also find the use of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs). In the 1930s, different types of drugs […]