Discovery of nonsteroidal androgens. Researchers:Dalton JT, Mukherjee A, Zhu Z, Kirkovsky L, Miller DDDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee, Memphis Source:Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 244(1):1-4, 1998 Summary: An in vitro study was performed to assess the ability of non-steroidal compounds to bind with the androgen receptor (AR) and activate transcription. The compounds to be […]
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.
Carbing Up on the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet
Although ketogenic diets are useful for fat loss, while simultaneously sparing muscle loss, they have one significant drawback: they cannot sustain high intensity exercise. Activities like weight training can only use carbohydrates as an energy source, ketones and free fatty acids (FFA) cannot be used. Therefore the lack of carbohydrates on a ketogenic diet will […]
Training on the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet: Effects of Cyclical Ketogenic Diets on Exercise Performance
As the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) becomes more popular among natural bodybuilders, a great many questions have arisen regarding any and all manners of topics. One of the primary has to do with exercise on a CKD. First and foremost, individuals want to know what types of exercise can and can not be sustained on […]
Ask Charles Staley #8
Charles, My mother just turned 70 years old. She has been sedentary all of her life and seems to be paying for it now, exerting great effort just to get out of her recliner. Is it just too late to start figuring out how to strengthen her body at her age? Any suggestions to reverse […]
Enzymatic Conversions and Anabolic Steroids
Anabolic/androgenic steroids (AAS), when introduced into the body, do not necessarily remain unchanged. Enzymatic processes often convert them to different molecules. This is true of the prohormones as well: androstenedione will not necessarily remain as androstenedione, but some of it will be converted to testosterone. Although that example is well known, many other enzymatic conversions […]
Ask Bill Roberts #7
Clenbuterol, Ephedrine, and Insulin; Light Cyle Avoiding Hairloss; Using Steroids for Improving Strength/Weight Ratio; Blue Nitro, GBL, GHB, and Proviron; An Impressive Steroid Collection, and a Cycle Question; Using Steroids to Get the Model Look; Arnold, Hair, and Acne; Steroid Use and Erections; Mood and Steroids; Laurabolin vs. Primobolan; Insulin; Permanency of Gains from 2 on / 4 off Cycle; Creatine; Propecia, DHT, Testosterone, Viagra, and Sex Drive; Why Trenbolone Acetate in Recent Article?; Steroids and Fat Loss
Ask Patrick Arnold #7
Prohormone Conversion & Liver Glycogen / ATP; Norandrodiol Recommendations for Women; Norandrodiol and Drug Testing; Prohormones and Engogenous Production; Blue Nitro and GHB Pro Drugs; Substrate Solutions and Anti-Estrogen Supplements; Prohormones and Interference by Other Supplements; Fasting During Ramadan; Cycling Creatine with ECA; Rice Protein Supplements; Propecia and Norandrodiol; Adequacy of Manufacturer’s Recommended Dosages; Prohormone Delivery Systems; 5-Norandrodiol and Immune Stimulation; Androstene and Lung Cancer
Ask Lyle McDonald #9
Subject: Creatine and Benching I was wondering if you could help me answer a few questions? I’ve taken creatine monohydrate before, but never really kept track of the gains that I had made from it. I haven’t taken it for bout a 1/2 a year now but I was wondering how many lbs. on my […]
Ask Dave Palumbo #1
Growth Hormone and Insulin Resistance; Humalog Insulin; Weekly Amount of Exogenous Testosterone; Best Anti-Estrogens; Dangers of Anadrol; Recombinant IGF-1
The Bodybuilding Grotesque: The Female Bodybuilder, Gender Transgression, and Designations of Deviance
The other day I received some email from a man who had visited my women’s weightlifting website. He was so emphatic in his pronouncement that he felt he had to send the message twice, once with the content in the subject line just in case I missed it the first time. His important missive, in entirety: […]