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Big bust in Austria

Submitted by RonnyT on Wed, 2012-01-11 16:03

Steroid empire

Austrian police suspect that the 33-year-old Alenka and the 36-year-old Mihael Kramer had managed a network of steroid dealers who had sold over the internet around EUR 38m worth of the illegal drug.

The Karner couple Mihael and Alenka Karner, who have been in custody in Klagenfurt since their arrest in December 27th, are awaiting the decision of the investigating judge in Austria if they will be extradited to the U.S. or not. This trial will be held 11th January, said their lawyer Roland Grilc. This would be then the first court decision on extradition. If the decision is followed by an appeal, the case will move to the Court of Appeal in Graz, then extradition will be decided by the Austrian Interior Ministry. In this situation, everything takes three to four months was reported in the program 24 hours at one.

 

Norma Hellas

Submitted by RonnyT on Wed, 2012-01-04 17:58

Its impossible for me to upload pictures (again!!!)..and I fucking HATE it!!  This ll interesting new items can't be uploaded with my account.

 

Okay, but I can upload here, thus as long as the IT team doesn't fix it I'll post pics here..

The vials on the left are fake or counterfeit. Why??  just read the explanation in the article..

Release rates of different estrifications

Submitted by RonnyT on Mon, 2011-12-12 20:39

Developed by the pharmaceutical firm Organon, Sustanon 250 is an oil-based testosterone blend. Sustanon 250 is an injectable steroid with four testosterone esters - propionate (30mg) phenylpropionate (60mg), isocaproate (60mg), and decanoate (100mg). Why the four esters?

Esters create a depot (thus some injectable steroids have "depot" on their names) on the site of administration, and from within the muscles the hormone is released in sustained manner. The role of esters is basically to make the synthetic hormones to resist immediate metabolism. Because of esters, the hormones are released steadily to prevent fluctuation in blood levels. The rate at which the hormones are released depends on the weight and length of the esters; some may take days, while some may take weeks. The longer and the heavier the ester attached, the longer the active life of the steroid.

In the case of Sustanon 250 , the propionate and the phenylpropionate esters have relatively shorter active lives. Propionate has only one to two days of active life while phenylpropionate has four to five days. Because of these two esters Sustanon 250 provides you immediate kick, so to speak. Isocaproate and decanoate, meanwhile, are longer-acting esters; these two ensure that the Sustanon 250 continues to exert tissue building active for a long time, oftentimes lasting for a month. Isocaproate and decanoate has active life of two and three weeks, respectively.

Ephedrine

Submitted by RonnyT on Sun, 2011-12-11 16:46

What is ephedrine?
Ephedrine is one of the most effective and controversial substances used for weight loss. It is a potent fat loss agent and CNS stimulant (especially when combined with caffeine) and also effective in the treatment of asthma. However, there are also many reports of adverse events that are possibly associated with ephedrine use that have prompted many people to call for further regulation of the compound.

Chemically, ephedrine is a phenylpropanolamine, a class of stimulant compounds that include ephedrine, psuedoephedrine, norephedrine, and cathine. Ephedra (also known as Ma Huang), a traditional Chinese herb, contains varying concentrations of phenylpropanolamines and other alkaloids and is the primary source of ephedrine sold in most over the counter preparations. Ephedra has been in use for over 5000 years for its stimulant and antiasthmatic properties.
 

Aromasin (and other aromatase inhibitors)

Submitted by RonnyT on Sat, 2011-12-03 19:44

Aromasin (and other aromatase inhibitors)

Doctors give anti-estrogens in cancer patients with tumors that grow faster by estradiol.

Chemical athletes use anti-estrogens because they want to prevent their synthetic hormones to convert into estradiol, with all its unpleasant side effects. The side effects that users of anti-estrogens experience, are an increased risk of bone fractures and pain in muscles and joints, are due to the drop in estrogen levels. This increases after years of use. The anti-estrogen on itself are only toxic in idioticly high doses.

The anti-estrogen Exemestane is not suitable to restore the natural production of testosterone after a steroids cycle. According to a molecular study of U.S. cancer researchers (13).

“Abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym!

Submitted by Nielsson on Mon, 2011-11-21 21:17

 “Abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym!

No amount of weird exercises or machines will magically reveal your abs. The ONLY way to reveal your abs is to lose that layer of fat covering them. Now, the only way to lose the abdominal fat is by consistent dieting and cardiovascular exercise. Period. All those odd hanging, leg twisting, body contorting exercises are no better than simple crunches.

The big problem is that intellectually, many people totally agree. However, emotionally it does not click. I know this because day after day I see people doing marathon abdominal work. They do four or five different exercises. They think the more they do, the more defined their abs will become. They try to target the upper, lower, inner and outer, left, right, etc. Give me a break. They do tons of weighted side bends trying to get rid of the love handles.

Marijuana and the Bodybuilder!

Submitted by RonnyT on Sat, 2011-10-29 13:27

Marijuana and the Bodybuilder!

Nowedays many people use recreational drugs for various reasons. Most bodybuilders also use drugs. Some take them to relieve muscle soreness (DOMS). But there are many other reasons . Some use them to relax or to sleep, to eat, against joint  - tendon and musclepains. And many just to get a high, most bodybuilders and top-athletes don’t use alcohol, but use marijuana, GHB, cocaine or XTC to join the happy drinkers during week-ends or parties.

Don’t be mistaken, its not one drug, Most bodybuilders are polypharmacists, they stack all kinds of steroids, anti-estrogens, diuretics, growthhormones, insuline and mostly use additional drugs for above discribed reasons. Some became addicted to painkillers like Nubain. They started to take them to be able to work-out harder.

But this article is meant to cover marijuna usage amoung us bodybuilders. I merged a few articles and some of my own expiriences.

If you’ve been around bodybuilding for any amount of time, at some point you’ve probably come to the realization that drugs and bodybuilding go hand in hand, like a pair of 50 pound dumbbells. I’m not talking about “growing drugs” (or as bodybuilding champion Flex Wheeler calls them, “Sport technology drugs”), but so-called recreational drugs.

Smoking Pot

Submitted by RonnyT on Mon, 2011-10-24 10:29

Smoking pot

For years, the therapeutic benefits of cannabinoids for a variety of indications have been studied all over the world. Key drawbacks inhibiting wide clinical use of the active ingredients used to be smoking as the primary form of application, dosage issues (leading to side effects), low bioavailability, variations in quality due to unknown origin of the plants, purity of extracts (plant extracts can hold numerous other compounds other than the active ingredient itself) and limited shelf life of extracts at room temperatures. Namisol® is the world’s first oral tablet that contains pure, natural Δ9-THC (dronabinol) in fixed dosages with high, predictable bioavailability and a long, stable shelf life at room temperature. In a few years it will probably be possible to take a pil and have all the benefits of  marihuanan without smoking it, some will like it, but most of us will miss the romance of preparing the joint and then enjoying the smoke

In the Netherlands patients can get a medical prescription to buy Marihuana in the coffeshops at reduced prices or receive medical quality marihuana for medical purposes, mostly pain releif and to enable them a good sleep.

Echo Pharmaceuticals, has joined forces with the University Medical Center (UMC) St. Radboud in a consortium to expand and pursue further development of the cannabinoid-based tablet Namisol®. 

Wendy the whippet …genetic freak of nature..

Submitted by RonnyT on Sun, 2011-10-23 16:56

Wendy the whippet  …

So I’ve been thinking a bit lately about individual genetic profiles, determinism, and sporting prowess; the specific genetic hand we’re dealt, and how best to play that hand within the limitations of the real world.  First off, how about a little visual representation of what a mutation to a single gene (actually, the non-presence of the GDF-8 gene) can cause in an otherwise similar breed of dog.  GDF-8, by the way, is responsible for signaling the production of myostatin, which, in turn, is responsible for limiting the amount of muscle production in an animal.  Myostatin works the same way in humans as it does in these whippets.  GDF-8, while being yet another stroke of evolutionary genius (muscle mass past a certain point is an unnecessary metabolic drag, i.e., survival limiting), is an area of obvious interest within the physical culture community.

No PhotoShop here, folks; just a dramatic demonstration of the effects genes can have upon muscling and athletic prowess.  And this is a representation of what affects a single gene mutation can signal.  What I find interesting is that if Wendy were a human, we’d just assume that she was much more dedicated in following her (fill in the blank) workout regimen; being that she’s a dog, though, we’re ok with the fact that she’s come by her appearance the old fashioned way — i.e., via inheritance.  By the way, here’s an interesting video from Wendy, the defacto spokes-pooch of bully whippets.  A normal whippet in every way, except in skeletal musculature.  I find it very sad that appearantly these animals are normally euthanized at birth (I’m assuming because they are not charactoristic of the AKC whippet?).

selective breeding - genes and myostatin

Submitted by RonnyT on Sun, 2011-10-23 15:07

Beautiful buttock sheep and the legacy of Solid Gold 

Comparing human and sheep genomic sequences reveals six imprinted genes at the callipyge locus 

  The mutation appeared to be a miracle. Sheep breeders in Oklahoma had been selecting for increased muscle in their flock, and in 1983 a lamb was born that developed an overly muscular rump. The breeders named the ram Solid Gold and saved him from slaughter. He went on to sire offspring with the pronounced hindquarters, some of which also passed on the mutation. These sheep became known as callipyge, the name callipyge comes from the Greek for 'beautiful buttocks'. All born since are his descendants.They're Arnold Schwarzenegger-shaped, and their meat's tougher than hell.