Monster Cows: Belgian Blue Cattle, 80% meat

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Monster Cows Belgian Blue Cattle, 80 meat
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Dissections comparing normal, heterozygous, and
homozygous mice
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Myostatin

• A growth factor (hormone) that surpresses muscle
  growth.
• Slows down development of muscle stem cells
• In 2002, researchers at the University of
  Pennsylvania showed that monoclonal antibody
  specific to myostatin improves the condition of
  mice with muscular dystrophy, presumably by
  blocking myostatin's action.

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Carl Lewis

• Ran 100 m in 9.86s
• 1991 world record
• Jumps over cars
• 9 Gold Medals
• Excellent example of Type II fast twitch muscle
• Also a vegan
• Outspoken, even damning of those who used
  performance enhancers.
• Like Ben Johnson

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Ben Johnson

• Between 1968 and 1983 the 100m record was shaved
  by 0.04s
• In one year Johnson beat it by 0.16s
• 1988 Seoul Olympics
• Johnson 9.76 s
• 27 mph
• 45 strides
• Ahead the whole time
• Lewis sets an American record with 9.92s, but
  still second
• Busted for doping

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Back to Carl Lewis

• Johnsons medal revoked and given to Lewis
• 5 years later in 2003 Lewis admits he was busted
  3 times in 1988 for banned stimulants.
• He thought they were herbal supplements
• The U.S. Olympic committee found his ingestion to
  be, inadvertant
• Since it was after the 3 year statute of
  limitations he could keep his medals
• Stimulants could have masked more serious
  steroids from tests

• Johnson beating Lewis in 88

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Which leads to the question how do steroids work?

• Androgenic increasing masculine traits
• Anabolic building muscles as opposed to
• Catabolic breaking down nutrients

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Jason Giambi
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Barry Bonds
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Sammy Sosa
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Mark McGwire