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La Russa said he first contacted McGwire about the coaching job a week earlier, when he was still supposedly mulling his future. He said McGwire showed immediate interest, but the manager said the steroids topic was not broached.

How did Mark McGwire "dash" our hopes? The issue is steroids, and Mark McGwire is stilling living in the closet. In front of a Congressional panel, he refused to answer questions -- he pleaded the fifth. That does not mean that he used steroids or he did not.

Does it bother me either way? No, it does not. Barry Bonds was, is, and will continue to be my favorite baseball player. But his use of steroids came about after he saw the 1998 McGwire/Sammy Sosa love-fest, and he made a joyless power-grab, an egotistical, Ty Cobb-style mission to be the greatest home run hitter ever. We all know that he was using growth hormone and anabolic steroids. Tell-all exposes can lie, but a rapidly growing skull does not. In essence, Bonds played the part of the villain beautifully, even reaching his goal.

What role did Mark McGwire play, and what role is he still playing? He is not hero, victim, or villain. He is mired in the closet, denying and acknowledging, and stringing us along the whole way. Hypocrisy kills; it's not the original crime, it's the coverup. Mark McGwire needs to come clean regarding the culture of major league baseball during the steroid era.

McGwire continues to break our trust. We all thought it was possible for a man to be 6'5'' and 250 pounds and pound the baseball into the stratosphere -- clean, without the drugs. That was a lie -- a lie of omission -- and it needs to be acknowledged. He toyed with us, coyly letting us think that he was Paul Bunyon, more legend than man, and he was in our minds. The closet served him during those halcyon days, but now it will rear its head like a menace and a cancer now that he tries to revive a major-league baseball persona turned into a Gothic man-with-a-past than (think Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre). Mark, if you plan on staying in the closet, do so out of the public eye. If you plan on being in the public eye, come clean about what you and others used during the steroid era.

Is this a witch-hunt, a baseball McCarthyism? No. I'm not asking for McGwire to name names, Elia Kazan-style. He needs speak honesty, and admit that all he ever loved was baseball, and that he wanted to be the greatest slugger of all time, and that the spirit of the times got the better of him. Sometimes the criminal can save face with honesty. The gravity of the situation is large -- is McGwire a Nixon-in-denial -- hated, territorial, lying -- or is he a Shoeless Joe Jackson -- a sympathetic man, who held the best intentions, but was wronged by circumstance? I won't hold my breath. L'Affaire McGwire continues! The only way out of the morality play is the truth.

Dianabol – (generic name - Methandrostenolone) is a very popular steroid

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In a manner of speaking Dianabol (D-bol) can be considered the grandfather of all anabolic steroids, and most bodybuilders who have used steroids got their first start with D-bol. The drug was originally formulated by Dr John Ziegler and released by the Ciba Corporation in the late 1950’s. Dr Ziegler developed the steroid after talking to some Russian weightlifting coaches after the Russian weightlifters suddenly started dominating the sport in the early 1950’s.

Methandrostenolone was all the rage in gyms during the 1970’s. In fact numerous stories are still told of the little blue tablets being sold at the main counters of the bigger bodybuilding gyms. D-bol is probably the most popular steroid ever created and most pro bodybuilders, who are willing to talk, have admitted to using it in their cycles.

The popularity of Dianabol was ironically the key to its downfall. During the 1980’s, Ciba discontinued the original D-bol when the FDA decided that its therapeutic uses were minimal compared to the rampant use by bodybuilders and the dosages that some bodybuilders were taking. But generic methandrostenolone has never been out of production. It’s reported that the Russians became quite fond of D-bol and Russian D-bol is now one of the popular versions of the drug on the black-market.

Why so popular?

Methandrostenolone is without a doubt one of the most effective steroids for bodybuilders and other athletes trying to pack on the most amount of muscle mass in the shortest time possible. Users routinely report muscular body weight gains of 2 to 4 pounds a week. Among the drugs much desired effects are

* promotes drastic increase in protein synthesis

* enhances glycogenolysis (restores glycogen stores after exercise)

* stimulates strength gains in a very direct and fast-acting way.

The drug is not recommended for those in aerobic events, as there is some evidence to suggest that it may diminish cell respiration. D-bol is often used at the beginning of cycles that also contain injectables since the effects produced by injectables usually take 10-15 days to first be observed. But the effects of methandrostenolone are virtually immediate.

Side Effects?

As steroids go, Dianabol has a rather weak androgenic component and a very strong and visible anabolic component. This means that the drug has less depressive effects on natural testosterone levels than some of the more androgenic steroids. This means that one worry users of D-bol, especially in the short term, needn't fear is the dramatic shutdown of natural hormone production. Of course like most side effects the degree of testosterone shutdown is dose-dependent. But rest assured methandrostenolone still has mild androgenic effects and in high doses (30-40+ mg daily) such androgen-related side effects as acne, male pattern hair loss, and aggression, may be noticed.

Like many oral steroids D-bol is 17-carbon methylated to reduce its breakdown by the digestive system and liver. Of course this chemical modification brings with it a certain degree of toxicity. For this reason users shouldn’t stay on the drug for more than 6 to 8 weeks at a stretch. And even then only under supervision of a medical professional who can monitor your liver values.

Although popular as an off-season mass-building drug, Dianabol is rarely used in pre-contest drug cycles. This is because it heavily aromatizes to estrogen making fat loss difficult. The drug is also known to cause a great deal of fluid retention – another property that makes it unpopular as a contest drug. To get around this bodybuilders usually stack it with other steroids such as nandrolone or one of the testosterones (i.e., propionate).

The average dosage used by bodybuilders is around 15-40mg/day (three to eight, 5mg tablets). Beginners do not need more than 15-20mg per day since their steroid receptors have not been exposed to the drug before and will experience dramatic results using small dosages over a 6 to 8 week period. When the effects begin to slow down (mostly because the steroid receptors have become saturated), and the individual wants to continue the cycle, the dosage should NOT be increased. Instead an injectable such as Deca-Durabolin or Primabolan-Depot may be added to the cycle.
Beware of the long arm of the law!

As of 1991 anabolic steroids and their derivatives are classified as controlled substances in the United States. Many other countries have passed similar legislation. Please read up on and become knowledgeable about your state’s or country’s steroid laws.

Dianabol Article 02/01 2006

© Bob Howard 2006

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The other night at Jiu Jitsu school, the guys were talking about the use of body building supplements. Of course, the subject of steroids came up. I found out there are natural steroids and  legal steroids available over the counter. Husby aka The Man said that the natural steroids, if detected, are illegal for use in professional sports. I don't know how anyone deals with any of those nasty smelling, icky tasting supplements. Have you ever smelled creatine?

I rest my case.