There is an abundance of negative claims and evidence about the effects of AAS. These claims and evidence are much more visible and accessible than those about beneficial effects of these substances. The consequence of this discrepancy is a state of misinformation.
I’m a health educator out of Oklahoma. And I have a lot of first hand experience under my belt. I think this is what made me choose this career path and also what makes me good at it. I want to tell a story about horses and men. In 2006, I went to a small …
Of horses and men – Let’s talk about PEDs, drugs in general and education Read More »
1. Some are inevitable but manageable; some are avoidable; some are inevitable, period. 2. Among the avoidable are extremely intense forms of virilization (if this is not the goal, as in sex transitioning), usually related to poor understanding of the dose-response relation. In the sub-culture of the strength sports there is a wrong assumption according …
PED (Performance Enhancing Drugs) side effects and women Read More »
1. It amazes me how so many people echoed through social media the crucifixion of Russian lifters for failing drug tests reported on mainstream press. To anyone who’s been in the game long enough, it is obvious that some political agreement went sour or some “negative test fees” were not paid. That is all. There …
About witch hunts: lynching athletes for failing a drug test Read More »
The pseudo-zealots. I have a problem with zealots in general but I’m not a hypocrite: I am a zealot myself when it comes to certain values I will never negotiate. So, in spite of totally disagreeing with them, I have some level of respect for people who consider having sex before marriage a sin, and …
Four types of people that bother me concerning Performance Enhancing Drugs: Read More »
I know I owe you guys a real article – I promised, I will. But today let’s just sort some things out. The whole steroid-drugs-sports imbroglio is sold to you in such a way as to leave you powerless and confused. This is done on purpose: they need you to not know what to think, …
I bet there are a lot of things out there in powerlifting that you don’t like. From gyms, through methods, beliefs, gurus, drug testing policy, feds and meet venues. It is really ok to reject something: I, myself, am somewhat of a traditionalist concerning rules, and a radical, concerning individual rights (aka drug testing: against …
Don’t like – don’t lift: don’t trash, don’t bash Read More »
(getting ready to delve into the “dirty secret” and expose the rotten bowls of hypocrisy) What baffles me is that no sport psychologist ever even approached this rich set of data with unprejudiced eyes and made an effort to understand the intricacies underlying the construction of the athlete’s identity. Ready to judge and make decisions for …
