Facts and Fallacies – Supplements – The Creatine Story
I first came across creatine supplementation in Russian journals translated by Dr Yessis in the Soviet Sports Review) way back in the early 1960s, though I have heard that some folk were experimenting with it before then. It was nearly three decades later when I heard about this substance being used seriously in sport.
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Facts and Fallacies – Drugs – Effects and Side-Effects of Steroids
What are the effects of steroids ?
The improvements in performance may be due to any of the following physiological effects:
• increase in bodymass
• increase in muscle size (hypertrophy)
• enhancement of recuperation
• treatment of injuries
• increase in nerve size and number
• increase in competitive aggression
• increase in muscle strength
• [...]
Facts and Fallacies of Fitness – Drugs – What Are Steroids?
Anabolic means ‘growth promoting’, the building up of complex substances in the body (in particular, protein), the opposite of catabolic, or breaking down of complex substances. Anabolic-androgenic (AA) steroids are substances derived from the androgenic (male producing) male sex hormone, testosterone. Some lifters use pure testosterone, in its injectable form, depo-testosterone (depo [...]
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