The Steroid Strength Advantage: A Theoretical Approach
This article models the relative strength advantage you’d expect from steroid usage. Does theory match experimental and observational evidence?
Greg Nuckols
November 22, 2016
Steroids archive
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The HMB Controversy: Better than Steroids?
A couple recent studies have shown that HMB – a legal supplement – works better than moderate-dose steroids. Is it the next wonder-supplement or just hype?
Greg Nuckols
July 20, 2016
How Much More Muscle Can You Build With Steroids?
It’s impossible to know exactly how much muscle someone can build drug-free, so we approached this problem probabilistically, using published data and a fair amount of math to see how much extra muscle steroids help you build, and to estimate the probability that someone is drug-free based on their degree of muscularity.
Greg Nuckols
April 14, 2016
Steroids for Strength Sports: The Disappointing Truth
What you’re getting yourself into: ~5,600 words, 18-37 minute read time Key Points: Many people think steroids make a massive (several-fold) difference in terms of competitiveness in strength sports. They are wrong. Other people (somehow) think that steroids don’t make much of a difference. They are also wrong. Steroids DO help people gain muscle mass and absolute strength at a much faster rate, but the increase in muscle mass generally means you’re forced to move
Greg Nuckols
September 2, 2015
Unleash Your Inner Superhero
What you’re getting yourself into: -3,200 words. 8-12 minute read time. If you’re in a hurry, you can skip to the last section for the takeaways, but they may not make as much sense unless you actually read this one all the way through. Key points: Your beliefs influence your physiology directly, and the choices you make. In these ways, they strongly influence your training success. These effects have been noted in almost every area
Greg Nuckols
November 1, 2014
The Science of Steroids: The Physiology and Psychology of How Steroids Make You Stronger
Straight-talk about steroids: They work, but maybe not for all the reasons you’d expect. Let’s talk science, psychology, and how steroids affect you.
Greg Nuckols
October 8, 2014
Steroids, dosage, and the placebo effect
A MUCH more thorough treatment of this subject can be found here: The Science of Steroids Steroids. Just start talking about ‘roids and most people get antsy. They have an air of danger and mystique around them. Obviously steroids have substantial physiological effects – that’s not debateable at all. However, you can’t chalk all the gains (especially strength gains) people get from steroids up simply to physiological causes. The main issue with steroids is
Greg Nuckols
February 26, 2014