Jane Fonda, the two-time Academy Award winning actress, admitted using the anabolic steroid testosterone in a recent interview with The Sunday Telegraph. The 73-year old actress started using testosterone to enhance her libido beginning at the age of 70. The 1960s sex symbol, who starred in Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy, raved about the benefits of testosterone for women seeking to improve their sex lives. [Read more…]
Archives for August 2011
Aug
20
MMA Fighters on Testosterone Replacement Are Cheating Bastards According to Michael Bisping
UFC middleweight Michael Bisping criticized the use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) by fellow mixed martial artists after reading recent comments on the controversial topic by UFC welterweight fighter Dennis Hallman. Hallman defended his use of the anabolic steroid testosterone as a legitimate and required medical treatment during an interview with Jonathan Snowden of MMANation.com. [Read more…]
Aug
19
NFL Football Player Shawne Merriman Denies Smuggling Anabolic Steroids
Patrick Moran, of the Buffalo Sports Daily, reported that Buffalo Bills linebacker Shawne Merriman was caught smuggling anabolic steroids across the United States – Canadian border. Moran, citing a “reliable source close to the situation”, claims that Merriman was detained by United States Customs and Border Patrol in the early morning hours of July 28, 2011 during which anabolic steroids were found on his possession. Moran further claimed that Merriman was not arrested because steroid possession was “not technically illegal”. [Read more…]
Aug
18
Steroids Used by 95% of Elite MMA Fighters According to Krzysztof Soszynski
Krzysztof “The Polish Experiment” Soszynski believes that the use of anabolic steroids, testosterone, human growth hormone (hGH) and other performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) is commonplace in mixed martial arts. Soszynski asserted that practically every elite mixed martial artist is using steroids during an interview with Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour”. [Read more…]
Aug
17
hGH Use in the NFL is a Problem According to Football Players
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez believes there is a serious “hGH problem” in the National Football League (NFL). Accordingly, he welcomes the administration of the human growth hormone (hGH) blood testing in the NFL. Under the new collective bargaining agreement, every player is tested for hGH use once every year along with random and unannounced out-of-competition testing. [Read more…]
Aug
16
Track Star Fights Olympic Ineligibility from Use of ExtenZe
American track sprinter LaShawn Merritt completed his suspension for a doping violation in July 20111 but the International Olympic Committee still wants to prevent him for competing at the 2012 London Olympics. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) “six-month rule” prohibits athletes from competing in the Olympic Games after serving suspensions exceeding six months. [Read more…]
Aug
15
Athletes Who Intentionally Use Steroids Almost Never Get Caught
Professional athletes who purposely use anabolic steroids are “almost never” caught according to a top anti-doping attorney who has defended dozens of high-profile athletes involved in doping cases. Attorney Howard Jacobs believes most athletes who receive analytical positives inadvertently consume a contaminated dietary supplement or fail to read the ingredients on medications prescribed by their doctor. In other words, they are not really trying to cheat. [Read more…]
Aug
14
Zyzz Death Leads to Steroids Discussion by Australian Newspapers
The death of an online bodybuilding celebrity has led to the discussion of anabolic steroids by Australian newspapers even in the absence of a causal relationship between the two. Aziz “Zyzz” Shavershian recently died at the age of 22-years old. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade concluded that Zyzz died from cardiac arrest resulting from an undiagnosed congenital heart defect in Thailand. [Read more…]
Aug
13
Dick Butkus Promotes EAS as 100% Steroid-Free Supplement Line
Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus was seen promoting EAS Sports Nutrition as the first certified steroid-free supplement line during the IDEA World Fitness Convention in Los Angeles according to BigLeadSports. Butkus is also the founder of an “anti-steroid” education program called “I Play Clean” where he teaches young people about the dangers of steroids. [Read more…]
Aug
12
Steroids in ‘Captain America’, ‘Thor’ and ‘Conan the Barbarian’
Three summer movies with overly-muscled protagonists played by actors who gained enormous amounts of muscle in a relatively short period of time inevitably lead to questions about the use of anabolic steroids to achieve their muscular physiques. Jason Momoa in “Conan the Barbarian”, Chris Evans in “Captain America: The First Avenger” and Chris Hemsworth in “Thor” all made dramatic transformations in their physique and have been forced to deflect or deny the media questions regarding steroid use. [Read more…]
