Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/files.php?file=bw_white_146267986.jpg http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/ http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding_fitness_figure_industry_news/florida-eliminates-school-steroid-testing-program.html Industry News Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:07:00 -0600 In a re-allocation of scarce resources that law enforcement might do well to follow, Florida has eliminated its program for testing high school athletes for anabolic steroids. Now only three states have testing programs - New Jersey, Illinois and Texas. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/2008_summer_olympics/us_swimmer_jessica_hardy_and_supplement_firm_advocare_countersue.html Summer Olympics Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:41:00 -0600 World-class U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy is battling a Texas nutrition company over allegedly contaminated dietary supplements, documents show. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/criminal_charges_and_enduring_sadness_years_after_joseph_baglio.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:30:00 -0600 For nearly two years now, the death of Joseph Baglio has been causing consternation to friends and family and to his colleagues on the bodybuilding circuit. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/female_sports/us-swimmer-emily-brunemann-tests-positive.html Women's Sports Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:38:00 -0600 American swimmer Emily Brunemann has been slapped with a six-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance, the United States Anti-doping Agency announced Wednesday. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/tamiko-shibata-female-bodybuilder-banned-from-inba.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:13:00 -0600 American amateur female bodybuilder Tamiko Shibata has received a lifetime ban from the International Bodybuilding Association (INBA) after allegedly failing a drug test. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/baseball-finances-research-on-human-growth-hormone.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:04:00 -0600 What are the health benefits of HGH, and is it fair to include the substance in the largely negative societal commentary about anabolic steroids? Federal law restricts HGH to children with growth difficulties, patients in wasted states and adults who are unable to produce growth hormone naturally. Do we understand why its use was even banned in the first place? http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/2008_summer_olympics/test-will-catch--athletes-using-new-endurance-drugs.html Summer Olympics Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:46:00 -0600 These compounds stabilise protein channels that would otherwise "leak" calcium from muscle cells during strenuous exercise. Calcium is needed for muscle contraction and this "leaking" effect weakens the contractions and is a causal factor in muscle fatigue. Sounds healthy and beneficial - so why would their use be discouraged? http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/2008_summer_olympics/muscular-sprint-queen-gail-devers-says-no-tolerance-for-steroids.html Summer Olympics Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:04:00 -0600 Former Olympic gold medalists sprinter and hurdler Gail Devers, known for her superb physique, advocates a "no tolerance, one strike" policy regarding drugs in all sports. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/american_gladiators_mma/american-gladiator-nitro-steroids-made-sex-life-hell.html Gladiators, WWE & MMA Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:17:00 -0600 Dan Clark loved the power steroids gave him — until the "American Gladiators" star discovered the muscle-enhancing drugs made him grow man-boobs, shrank his privates and turned sex into a painful experience. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/bodybuilder-justin-rys-out-of-jail-with-big-plans.html Bodybuilding News Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:13:00 -0600 When bodybuilder Justin Rys stood in the dock and heard the judge sentence him to 10½ years in prison, it must have seemed as though his life was over. Bodybuilding Weekly