Clenbuterol.. What do you know about it?

[Don Mac]

Sad that a multimillionaire superstar like Canelo cannot source a good steak.

[Beercules]

Dirty cheating Canelo.

[Reloaded]

Clen doesn’t add muscle but it helps you shed fat and increases metabolism. It’s a beta agonist. Its a great drug in many places it’s legal even. It barely has any side effects.
I’d love to try a cycle of the stuff myself to get shredded.

It also is a great vasodilator that re-leaves pressure on the heart in breathing, in other words it gives you a lot more stamina and clear breathing.

It has been used in Greyhounds and Racehorses for years .

Its a performance enhancing drug alright.

[iamboxing]

Cycling Champion banned for Clenbuterol, but what is Clenbuterol?


After a drawn-out and controversial case, Spanish professional cyclist Alberto Contador has been found guilty of doping and banned from the sport for two years.

Contador was stripped of his victories at the 2010 Tour de France, the 2011 Giro d'Italia and a raft of other races after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) brought its nearly-two-year investigation to a close.

A sample of Contador’s urine, taken during a rest day in the 2010 Tour de France, contained traces of clenbuterol – a banned substance in cycling and many other sports. Contador claims the clenbuterol in his body was the result of eating contaminated Spanish beef.



So what is clenbuterol? How does it work? And would the amount detected in Contador’s body have had any effect on his performance?

Clenbuterol itself is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has been banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) because of its potentially performance-enhancing effects.

As well as being an effective bronchodilator, clenbuterol can have a range of other effects, including an increase in:

1) aerobic capacity (the amount of oxygen the body can use during physical exercise)
2) the body’s ability to transport oxygen, and
3) the body’s ability to metabolise fat.



This final property leads some people to use it as a potential weight-loss aid and to increase lean muscle mass.

that saved me a lot of googling to find a simple answer thank you

[Madison Boxing]

its a very powerful drug.

[Combat Talk Radio]

I've taken it. Weight cut, that's the main.

But it also opens up the lungs. Think Panama Lewis.

[Eff Pandas]

Questions for any legit PED or specifically Clenny dorks (dummies don't bother answering):

How much of this substance do you need to use to be useful for the desired effect?

How long does it remain detectable in ones system after usage?

Based on what the half life is + the amount found in Canelo's system + the amount needed to get the desired effect & the prevalence of this substance found in livestock found in Mexico, where Canelo is from & I assume stays at a good portion of his time, what is the % likelihood this is intentional usage of a PED for cheating/illegal enhancement purposes in your best estimation?

[Illmatic94]

this Clen drug is serious business

Cheaters Chase Innocence From Livestock Shows


August 21, 1995

It was an all-American moment -- a grinning 16-year-old Ryan Rash resting his head on his grand champion steer after winning the blue ribbon at the National Western Stock Show.

The lumbering, black steer, named Badger, fetched $37,500 at auction last January, and Ryan and his parents could not have been more proud. But within days, the ribbon had been stripped, the money forfeited and Ryan banned for life from the Denver show -- for cheating.

Badger had been fed an illegal, steroidlike drug called clenbuterol that beefed him up, giving him the straight lines and muscular physique of a champion. Ryan's parents, John and Cherie Carrabba of Crockett, Tex., admitted responsibility.

But they are by no means alone on the junior livestock show circuit. At shows across the country, the illegal growth promoter was detected last fall and spring in more than a dozen winning steers and lambs. In response, officials of the Federal Food and Drug Administration are gearing up with kits to detect the drug as the nation's state fairs prepare to open their gates.

The concern is more than for the integrity of livestock shows, because clenbuterol in meat has made several people ill in Europe who ate the tainted meat. To date there have been no known fatalities in this country or elsewhere, though Federal investigations of some contamination of veal and other meat are continuing.

The drug may be the most appalling deception in the show arena, but by no means is it the only method of cheating.

Over the years, exhibitors have been caught using cosmetic surgery to rid a steer of neck flab, injecting air under the animal's skin with a bicycle pump to give it smoother lines and using twine, glue and wig hair to fill out an animal's bony legs.

At the Tyler County Fair in Texas earlier this year, a boy whose pig was too light to qualify rammed a garden hose down its throat and turned it on. The swine gained 10 pounds, but died a few minutes later.

The cheating has tainted a symbol of wholesomeness -- children learning responsibility by raising an animal, showing it, selling it for slaughter and using the profits for a college education.

Since some grand champions have sold for more than $200,000, officials are putting most of the blame on parents who will do anything to help their children win. Some hire professional groomers to raise the best show animals with little or no help from the children.

Scandals are souring philanthropists, who for years have generously bid on champion animals to support what they hope will be the industry leaders of the future. While a steer generally sells for about $1,000 in the open market, local meat packers, fast-food chains and others bid exorbitantly at the shows. Often, the meat is given to charities or auctioned off at benefits.

Scott McEldowney, who admitted feeding clenbuterol to his 10-year-old daughter's steer, Barney, says he had to cheat to compete on a national level.

He and seven others at the Ohio State Fair were caught either drugging their animals with clenbuterol or injecting oil under their skin to give them a better appearance. His daughter, Jessica, was banned for life from showing at the state fair and had to return the $4,000 paid for her steer.

"We've had people that tried to get us to use it for years, and we refused," Mr. McEldowney said. "We wanted nothing to do with it. But we were getting beat by cattle that were on it, people that were trying to sell it to us. I was trying to give her an equal advantage, not an unequal advantage."

An investigation by the Ohio Agriculture Department led to the convictions of 10 people for either selling clenbuterol or tampering with livestock, and two veterinarians in Wisconsin and one in Iowa have been indicted in the drug distribution scheme.

The drug is most often smuggled in through Canada, where it is legally used to treat the respiratory problems of horses, said an F.D.A. official, George Mitchell. No human health problems have been reported domestically, however; only small amounts of drug residue have been detected in the eyeballs of the show animals.

Mr. McEldowney estimated that 30 percent or more of exhibitors have used clenbuterol on their show animals, while Barbara Wood, the livestock director for the Tulsa State Fair, which disqualified six cheaters last year, put the number at about 20 percent.

"At this time a year ago, I tried to deny we had a big problem, but I've changed my mind," said Eddie Smith, Oklahoma state supervisor of agricultural education and adviser to the Future Farmers of America. "It's a serious problem. I'm sure there's always been a little fudging here and fudging there, but it's definitely gotten a lot worse.

"If we don't get it stopped, we feel it's going to kill the youth show program. It's come to that."

Photo: Tests are showing that owners are injecting steroidlike drugs into their animals to turn them into prize winners. Above, Ryan Rash, 16, of Crockett, Tex., with his steer Badger, named a grand champion at a livestock show in Denver last January. The youth forfeited the $37,500 auction money after a test of his animal found drugs. (Associated Press)

[Illmatic94]

What Is Clenbuterol? The Drug That Got Raul Mondesi Suspended for 50 Games

The decongestant has some performance-enhancing effects.

By Nick Lucchesi on May 10, 2016

If you’re in the major leagues, don’t buy cold medicine over the counter in the Dominican Republic. Major League Baseball officials announced today the league would suspend 20-year-old Raul A. Mondesí, a Kansas City Royals shortstop, for 50 games after testing positive for clenbuterol, a steroid.

“I took an over-the-counter medication [Subrox-C], which I bought in the Dominican Republic to treat cold and flu symptoms,” Mondesí said via a statement from the players association. “I failed to read the labeling on the medication or consult with my trainer or team about taking it and did not know it contained a banned substance. I tested positive for that banned substance, with a minuscule amount of Clenbuterol in my system, which could not have possibly enhanced my performance on the field, and now must face the consequences of that mistake.”

What is Clenbuterol? It’s commonly used as a decongestant for people with trouble breathing, but it also enhances our aerobic capacity and stimulates our nervous system, among other effects that are performance-enhancing.

It is not approved for human use in America, although it is commonly used to treat horses that have respiratory diseases.

Mondesí was contrite in his statement and the officials with the league dropped his suspension from the regular 80 games to just 50 for the infraction.

“I apologize to my organization, my teammates, the fans and everyone who has supported me in my career,” he said. “Never did I intend to take a substance that would give me an unfair advantage on the field. It is solely my mistake and there are no excuses for my carelessness in not being fully informed of what I put in my body. My goal is to work through this setback and make it back in time to help my organization compete for another World Series title.”

Clenbuterol is more than just cold medicine, though. The stimulant is powerful in helping people burn fat — provided they exercise. Steroid.com offers this straightforward assessment:

[Clenbuterol] is a very common fat burning tool used by many anabolic steroid users. It is a long standing favorite among competitive bodybuilders and other physique athletes during contest preparation. However, it is also used by non-steroid users for its fat loss properties. You do not have to use anabolic steroids to use this compound for fat loss. We only mention that because this has for some reason become a confusing point for some.

On April 29, the MLB announced another suspension for a PED infraction: Dee Gordon of the Florida Marlins, the reigning National League batting champion, was suspended for 80 games when a drug test revealed Clostebol and Testosterone in Gordon’s system.

The most high-profile suspension of the year comes from the world of tennis, where five-time Grand Slam singles title winner Maria Sharapova tested positive for meldonium, a drug she said she had been taking for years but only recently went onto the banned substances list. Sharapova said she did not know the drug had been added.

And buying over-the-counter cold medicine in the Dominican Republic isn’t the only way you can test positive for Clenbuterol: Last week, NFL players found out that if they ate large quan****** of meat from Mexico or China, they could test positive, as ranchers in those countries are known to dose their cattle with the drug to beef them up — even though the practice is illegal.

[Redd Foxx]

Sadly, no one wants an honest look at the issue. They're not going to let go of an opportunity to attack boxing's biggest star.