Steroid Man - Confessions of a Powerlifter from the Golden Age of Enhancement

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Frattasio, Frattasio Adam
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2016
• EAN: 9781476667454
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6745-4
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Bodybuilding, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Weightlifting, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, SPORTS & RECREATION / Bodybuilding & Weightlifting