Have you found yourself overwhelmed or intimidated when circling the aisles of a supplement store? Don’t feel bad as I’ve been researching the effects of dietary supplements on athletic performance for over 15 years and I still struggle to keep up with the new development of supplement companies that are joining the competition. Every week, […]

  Major Leaguers collaborating on PSAs against steroids By Mark Newman / MLB.com | May 23rd, 2016 Nearly 13 years have passed since Taylor Hooton, a promising 17-year-old baseball prospect, took his own life as a result of anabolic steroid abuse. Half of his high school teammates were using some form of performance-enhancing substance in […]

Lanna Hamann, 16, from Arizona died after drinking too many energy drinks as she vacationed in Mexico. Lanna Hamann, 16, was vacationing with friends in Rocky Point, Mexico, when she suddenly had a heart attack and died. Her friends say that instead of drinking water, she was drinking energy drinks. Lanna told the father of […]

Manfred: PED testing is doing its job NEW YORK — Baseball’s big boss yesterday told the world to back off when it comes to “baseless” steroids whispers — unless you have some proof. David Ortiz in recent years has swatted away speculation about performance-enhancing drug use, circling back to the subject himself in a piece […]

Anyone who has ever picked up a body building magazine has probably come across Rich Piana and his insanely massive physique:   According to Piana himself, it also takes steroids: In a recent interview with Deadspin, the 45-year-old body-building star opened up about his steroid use, explaining that from the tender age of 18, he has spent the […]

“All Me, PED Free”  –  On Friday in Texas, Jose Bautista met with a group of young baseball players to discuss the dangers of using performance enhancing drugs in an event organized by the Taylor Hooton Foundation. “I think when they hear it coming from me — I’m still active, I’m still successful and I have taken […]

Marie Spano, MS, RD, CSCS, CSSD Sports Nutrition Expert, Spokesperson, Author How much protein can your body digest and use at a time? If you you eat the right amount of protein at every meal you’ll supposedly hit the sweet spot – maximum muscle growth and satiety (fullness) without wasting food or money. General guidelines based on short term trials and one cross-sectional study suggest […]

    Since the 1980s, illicit use of androgenic and anabolic steroids has spread from elite athletes into the general population. Despite the high level of steroid use among amateur athletes, little is known about this population. Mayo Clinic researchers sought to identify and characterize patterns of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) in a cohort of this […]

  TIFTON — Mom’s night out just got a little more physical. The Atlanta Falcons Moms Football Safety Clinic visited Tift County High Monday, delivering information on football before giving the approximately 120 attendees a chance to experience life on the gridiron for themselves. Before the session began, Buddy Curry said the goal was to […]

Players using advanced analysis to maximize their athletic performance By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com | @Britt_Ghiroli | March 30th, 2016 SARASOTA, Fla. — More than a dozen times over the past four years, Pirates closer Mark Melancon has meticulously scoured a color-coded dashboard, noting cortisol and nutrient intake levels with results on more than 30 […]