Jun 23, 2011

As more details emerge from the recent steroid bust in Austin, TX, it’s becoming clear that the man they arrested is more than likely insane. I’m not one to slap labels like that on people for no good reason, but police have been releasing portions of Damon Beshears‘ diary to the local media, and…well, let’s just say that an...

Jun 14, 2011

What do you get when you mix a National Physique Committee bodybuilder with a fetish for guns, suicidal tendencies, a buttload of steroids, and leave him alone in his apartment for weeks at a time? I have no idea, but in this particular case, you get Damon Beshears, 38, a competitive bodybuilder from Texas, who had previously taken 5th place (novice) at the...

Jun 3, 2011

Anabolic steroid use by females is a controversial subject, despite their enormous value. The argument is often made that females have no business taking male hormones – a spurious argument at best, considering some steroids (Deca, for example) are derived from female hormones, namely progesterone, and not testosterone per se. Most people would be shocked to...

Mar 30, 2011

For the second year in a row, the winner of the Arnold Classic amateur bikini contest has defected from the politics-laden NPC and IFBB to the greater opportunities afforded by Paul Dillet’s World Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation. Back in 2010, Chady Dunmore won the whole thing, and almost immediately defected to the WBFF. Now, the 2011 winner, Ingrid...

Mar 7, 2011

Mar 7, 2011 The following email was sent from James Manion, owner of the National Physique Committee (NPC) and vice president of the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB), to Darren Meade, the now-fired-CEO of...