Even Steroid-Free Bodybuilders Focus on Image

Weight trainers show signs of disorder called muscle dysmorphia, study finds MONDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Body image concerns affect both male bodybuilders who use steroids and those who don't use the muscle-building drugs, new research has found. In the study, an Arkansas res...

"Bigorexic": These Are Steroid-Using Bodybuilders

'Bigorexic'? No, its not another eating disorder, it's just the name given to bodybuilders who use steroids. Professor Bruce Davies, of the University of Glamorgan //says that muscle men are suffering from the same problems as faced by people suffering from anorexia and bulimia. "Gym-goers ar...

Abuse Of Anabolic Steroids Causes Acne In Bodybuilders

The inappropriate use of anabolic steroids, more specifically anabolic androgen steroid (AAS) can lead to acne due to the stimulation of sebaceous glands. Sebaceous glands present in the skin // secrete a substance sebum into hair follicles and majority of the body surface. Anabolic steroids ...

MedVance Institute To Offer New High-Demand Courses

...ysical fitness and improving their exercise techniques. The course culminates with a week-long externship boot camp in Las Vegas featuring well-known bodybuilders such as Jay Cutler, Jen Hendershott, Tommy Boyer-Kendrick and others. With nearly one in three Americans overweight, the BLS and American Co...

Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc. Launches Burner Balm a Revolutionary, Energy-Boosting, Appetite-Suppressing, Fat-Burning Lip Balm - Natural, Green and Cost-Effective - Featured on NBC's Today Show

...edited with helping the body process carbohydrates and fats and is marketed as a weight-loss aid for dieters and a cryogenic (muscle-building) aid for bodybuilders and athletes. Burner Balm is a healthy alternative to energy drinks or energy shots that are loaded with chemicals and sugars. Effective and eas...

Williams Kherkher Warns of Liver Damage, Failure from Hydroxycut

...Health Sciences. In addition to holding a vast share of the consumer weight loss, Hydroxycut supplements are also popular among athletes, particularly bodybuilders looking to sharpen the appearance of their muscles. Hydroxycut sells millions of units worldwide each year. Up-to-Date Hydroxycut Resource Ce...

New Sports Supplement Company to Partner with Indus Biotech

...ients that have been proven to show advancements in human physical performance. Together, they will bring innovative new products to the US market for bodybuilders and serious gym goers. TORABOLIC is Indus's first new novel ingredient that EP2 will bring to market and will be branded as ANABEUTROL. TORABOLI...

Rite Aid Health and Beauty Expo to Showcase GNC Athletes

...elite athlete dedicated to nutrition, exercise and an award-winning body. Allison, also a member of the WNBF, and Tina, an International Federation of bodybuilders athlete, are among the world's top female physique competitors. The expo will showcase a number of other celebrities, as well, including fitness exp...

2007 Ottawa & Eastern Ontario Physique Championship to be Sponsored by Natural Nutrition

...atural Nutrition Inc. said "Interactive Nutrition's long time commitment to bodybuilders and Fitness athletes goes back ten years, since the inception of the compan...the Canadian Bodybuilding Federation (CBFF) and International Federation of bodybuilders (IFBB), this event will combine both level 1 and level 2 contest of Bodybui...

Doctor Pours Ethics Down The Drain In A Bid To Make A Quick Buck

...ed earlier this month to plead guilty in the scheme. Prosecutors say the New Jersey businessman marketed anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to bodybuilders and other customers - including some in Rhode Island - who were seeking to lose weight, prevent hair loss, or stop the effects of aging. Prosecut...

Bodybuilders in Biological News

Making metabolism more inefficient can reduce obesity

...y, or thermogenic potential, is connected with obesity risk; that is, people with more thermogenic potential are less likely to become obese. In fact, bodybuilders and dieters looking to burn fat commonly use thermogenic supplements like ephedra. In theory, lowering thermogenesis should increase the chances o...

Growth hormone to boost athletic performance risks diabetes

...arged. His symptoms completely cleared up, and he was no longer diabetic. The use of growth hormone has steadily risen among amateur athletes and bodybuilders all round the world, say the authors, because it is easy to buy online and difficult to detect in screening tests—unlike anabolic steroids. The a...