Sep 26, 2011

Scott Lofquist, a Crossfit coach, pilates instructor, group fitness teacher, and co-founder of a Crossfit box in Kansas, was indicted last week for allegedly conspiring with a Maryland doctor to sell over $1.3 million worth of anabolic steroids. He’s a 51 year old former Olympic athlete who also  runs local area fitness bootcamps. Bootcamps are big in the...

Jul 18, 2011

Jul 18, 2011 One of the little-known facts of the current NFL lockout is that all drug testing has been suspended. That’s right boys and girls, all of your favorite NFL players can, at this very moment, be going buck f*cking wild with all of the steroids they want. At the moment, they are not officially under contract with the NFL or their respective...

Jul 16, 2011

Jul 16, 2011 I don’t think this information will come as much of a surprise to you, dear reader, but a recent study has shown a correlation between free testosterone and quality of life in males. I’ve also heard through the grapevine that the world is round and water is wet, but these scientists haven’t gotten around to publishing a study on...

Jun 30, 2011

This is probably the weirdest example of sports doping that I’ve seen in recent years: Nate Marquardt, a mixed martial artist, was allowed to fight at UFC 128 in New Jersey. At that time, he was going through the process of obtaining a therapeutic use exemption for his testosterone replacement therapy. Still with me? So The New Jersey State Athletic...

Jun 25, 2011

With regards to short term weight loss, a high protein diet will result in less muscle loss. Also, because this was an acute study focused on rapid weight loss, performance parameters didn’t change considerably. But in terms of how people actually “feel” on that kind of diet, the results aren’t too promising. If you’re a bodybuilder...