MSNBC Claims HGH Does Not Improve Athletic Performance - but Their Research is Terrible
steroids, crazy stories
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Browsing the Health section of Digg.com a headline caught my eye, “Growth Hormone Doesn’t Boost Athletic Performance”. Based on the many digs it receiver, I’m sure it caught many fitness enthusiasts’ attention with that outlandish statement.
The article is based on a new study performed by Dr. Hau Liu of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA. Apparently, after analyzing 27 studies involving 440 participants, they discovered that those who were given HGH gained 5 pounds more muscle mass and lost about 2 pounds more fat.
The scientists involved in the study insist this difference could be due to water weight and add that the decrease in fat is not statistically significant. Furthermore, they state that there was minimal, if any, increase in muscle performance, and there was actually a decrease in muscle endurance.
Could this be true? Are the benefits of HGH a myth? Did Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds actually put themselves at a disadvantage by taking HGH?
One would think that if they breezed through reading MSNBC’s post. In fact, I initially sat down to write a blog about how crazy it is that HGH actually doesn’t improve muscle performance. But after thoroughly reading the article, I was able to dismiss this bold statement as nothing more than hype.
First off, it’s important to keep in mind that, the participants given HGH did gain 5 lbs more muscle on average, as well as burn 2 lbs more fat than those given placebo injections. But the scientists say that’s not statistically significant!
Well that makes perfect sense considering the small doses given to the HGH subjects weren’t significant either.
The article states that the tests “probably don’t reflect the dose and frequency practiced by athletes illegally using the hormone. Experiments like that aren’t likely to be conducted”.
So Dr. Hau Liu… How do you conduct a study on abusing HGH without havin... read entire entry
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on 3/20/2008
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Greg Valentino, A Moron with Big Biceps
crazy stories, steroids
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What's do Barry Bonds and Greg Valentino all have in common? They used steroids. What's a big difference? Barry Bonds set the all time home run record by using them, while Greg Valentino simply looks like a jack ass.
Valentino, featured in the picture to the right, started bodybuilding when he was only 14 years old. When he stopped growing, he had a revelation. "I'm not going to get any taller, so I might as well get wider." Fair enough, the guy developed a goal of putting on more mass than his competition. Somewhere along the path to bodybuilding success, Greg must have developed a warped sense of what a good body looks like, and he started over-juicing his biceps.
His arms now measure 28 inches, and are still growing. He can also curl a crazy 300 pounds. He apparently trains very hard (I'm sure the daily dose of anabolics and HGH have nothing to do with his "success"). He actually runs a site that gives advice on how to build big biceps, but I can't recommend it because I wouldn't want to play a role in anyone else looking like him.
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on 3/3/2008
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