Supplement Blog 4 

Despite the fact that steroids tend to harm the body and health of their users, the popularity of steroids has been on an all-time high. One can hear news about steroids on almost a daily basis these days and the usage of steroids has been on a rampant basis despite odds against their usage.

Steroids, which are rated as Schedule III substances, can be converted into testosterone (male sex hormone) to help in the production of muscle growth and enhancing body performance.

As per the 1999 Monitoring the Future Study, it was estimated that 2.7 percent of 8th and 10th graders and 2.9 percent of 12th graders had taken anabolic steroids in the United States, at least once in their lives. It was further estimated that hundreds of thousands of people (18 years or above) confessed using steroids at least once a year. Though it was revealed that steroid abuse is higher in men, young women were not far behind men and it is expected that the percentage of women using steroids will soon reach the level currently held by men.

It was also noticed that one of the biggest reasons that encouraged people of all ages and sexes towards steroids was their inability to consider their own body as healthy. While many complained of carrying too much weight with them, many viewed that their muscles were small in size even though they were found to be lean and muscular by the medical fraternity. It was also revealed that many of the present day steroid users have experienced sexual or physical abuse in their past. The reason why they take steroids is to gain muscle size to protect themselves from similar incidents in the present and future.

Since oral steroids such as anadrol, winstrol, dianabol, and oxandrin are available freely online (without a prescription) along with injectable steroids such as deca-durabolin, durabolin, depo-testoterone, and equipoise, steroids are enjoying all-time high levels of success and popularity.

The number of ailments arising from usage of steroids is more than the number of people taking steroids. The abuse of anabolic steroids has been largely associated with a wide range of adverse side-effects, ranging from physically unattractive effects like acne and breast development in men to life-threatening health conditions such as liver cancer and heart ailments such as heart attack and stroke to name a few. It is discovered that people do not tend to seek medical intervention when confronted with steroid abuse to avoid law.

Andrew De Silva

Workout Blog 3: Intermediate Arms and Legs

Intermediate Leg Workout

Now's the time to introduce squats into your program which are often called the 'king' of lower body exercises.  Be sure to watch that you're always maintaining good form while executing this movement.  Keep the rest periods between the first two exercises to sixty seconds and then after that decrease it down to 30 seconds total.

	Exercise	Sets	Reps
	Squats	3	8-10
	Stiff Leg Deadlifts	2	8-10
	Lunges	2	10-12
	Standing Calf Raises	2	10-12
	Seated Calf Raises	2	10-12

Intermediate Arm Workout

This intermediate arm workout will have you performing a variation of the bench press as a means to target the tricep muscles. This not only works it in a different manner but will also help to fatigue the triceps before really targeting them with your tricep extension. Aim for forty-five minute rest breaks between the first two exercises and thirty second rest breaks between the last two.

	Exercise	Sets	Reps
	Barbell Curls	3	8-10
	Close-Grip Bench Press	2	8-10
	Bent Over Tricep Extension	2	8-10
	Hammer Curls	2	8-10

Annalise Dracopoulos.