Steroid Man
Confessions of a Powerlifter from the Golden Age of Enhancement
Seiten
2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6745-4 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6745-4 (ISBN)
This revealing memoir recounts an athlete's experiences with performance enhancing drugs at a time when the public and law enforcement knew little about them. Venturing into the “steroid underground”, the author used and sold them, was featured in muscle magazines, went under a surgeon's knife and faced interrogation by a federal marshal.
Three years of resolute weightlifting had not gone as planned for this scrawny 18-year-old. But it was 1980 and a legal prescription for the magic elixir, anabolic steroids, was just $20. Now he would transform himself while away at college and return home with trophy-winning strength and a body like a Greek god--a Charles Atlas magazine ad come to life.
That didn't go quite as planned either. This revealing memoir recounts an athlete's experiences with performance enhancing drugs at a time when the public and law enforcement knew little about them. Venturing into the "steroid underground," the author used and sold them, was featured in muscle magazines, went under a surgeon's knife and faced interrogation by a federal marshal.
Three years of resolute weightlifting had not gone as planned for this scrawny 18-year-old. But it was 1980 and a legal prescription for the magic elixir, anabolic steroids, was just $20. Now he would transform himself while away at college and return home with trophy-winning strength and a body like a Greek god--a Charles Atlas magazine ad come to life.
That didn't go quite as planned either. This revealing memoir recounts an athlete's experiences with performance enhancing drugs at a time when the public and law enforcement knew little about them. Venturing into the "steroid underground," the author used and sold them, was featured in muscle magazines, went under a surgeon's knife and faced interrogation by a federal marshal.
Adam Frattasio is an adult education teacher and author of Steroid Man: Confessions of a Powerlifter from the Golden Age of Enhancement (McFarland, 2016). His first book, GOON: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, was adapted into the motion picture GOON and a sequel, GOON: Last of the Enforcers.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The First Year
2. Education
3. The Second Year
4. The Third Year
5. Tony Fitton
6. The End, Beginning and End Again
7. Aftermath
8. Here to Help Out
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.10.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 10 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 272 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-6745-4 / 1476667454 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-6745-4 / 9781476667454 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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