Different types of Anabolic Steroids

Different types of Anabolic Steroids

Today almost everybody knows what the term anabolic steroid or "performance enhancing drugs" means. It is used in all sports today, Baseball, Football, Wrestling, Cycling you name it. But what are really steroids? How do they work and what do they do to our bodies? We will break down for you the most common steroids and what they are used for.

According to Dr. Bejamin Wedro, MD, there are two types of steroids that occur in our bodies. One of them is corticosteroids and they are produced in the adrenal gland. Corticosteroids include aldosterone which helps the body to manage sodium content and cortisol, which is the body's stress hormone.

The other type of steroids, the one that we are interested in is the androgenic anabolic steroids. The androgenic steroids are what makes a man "manly" such as a deep voice, thick beard and so forth. The anabolic steroids is what control the muscle growth. When female patients want to change their gender they often get prescribed androgenic steroids, but not necessary anabolic steroids. As you probably understand most athletes use anabolic steroids because they give them more muscle mass and an increased performance. Some commonly used anabolic androgenic steroids are Dianabol, Anadrol, Nandrolone and Testosterone.

To sum up, there are two types of steroids in the body. Both of them are being produced naturally in the body. Corticosteroids are mainly used for inflammation while anabolic steroids are used for gaining muscle size. So if your friend is telling you she is using steroids for a case of poison ivy, don't expect her to to bulk up and lift a car for you. All performance enhancing steroids are anabolic steroids.

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Clenbuterol facts and dosing

Clenbuterol is one of the most popular fat burners for bodybuilders and other athletes. It serves as bronchodilator for people who suffer from asthma to make breathing easier. But bodybuilders use it because of it's fat burning properties.

There are many other weight loss drugs used by athletes such as, T3 and Ephedrine.

Clenbuterol bind to the same receptors as the popular fat burning drug Ephedrine, but unlike Ephedrine which leaves the body within  a few hours, Clenbuterol stays for days. This means that Clenbuterol is active in your body all of the 24 hours a day thus making Clenbuterol more effective.

Clenbuterol accelerates the heart rate less than Ephedrine and it can be used in higher dose.

It is best to use Clenbuterol for shorter periods of time, like two weeks on and two weeks off and then repeat. This strategy is used because your body will get used to the drug fairly quickly and making it less effective, so it is wise to come of for two weeks and let the body rest.

A typical Clenbuterol cycle starts with 40 mcg per day and increases every 3rd of 4 day until you have reached a dose that you are comfortable with. Usually people go to 120 mcg or some more experienced users may go up to 160 mcg.

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No more steroid use in UFC?

No more steroid use in UFC?

The president of UFC Dana White claims that the steroid problem in UFC has been solved.

Dana White who is president of Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC), said in an interview on ESPN's Sportsnation that the steroid problem was solved.

"You know, Performance enhancing drugs have been cleaned up in the UFC", White said. "Usually when tests were made they only tested few of the competitors. Now, everyone is tested."

This means that White thinks that because everyone in the sport gets tested, there is no use of anabolic steroids or other performance enhancing drugs. And he claims that since no one in the UFC is testing positive anymore it is no longer a problem.

We know for a fact that this is not true. For example Dennis Siver tested positive for hCG, which you use when you are coming off a steroid cycle.

Either Dana White is really naive, or maybe he is just doing what the other bosses of most sports leagues have done in order to take care of the doping problems - lie their teeth of and pretend that their sport don't have any problems with doping. There are so many different ways and techniques to avoid getting caught at a doping test that assumptions like this is just absurd.

When you look at the statistics you can see that out of WADA's thousands of test every year only 1% of the athletes are caught with some sort of PED in their body. This is the same percentage that was caught over 25 years ago.

Maybe it's time to stop with the tests and let each athlete do whatever they want? Maybe that would be the option that is most fair?

Source: 

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/4/24/5646952/dana-white-ufc-ped-cleaned-up-drug-testing

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