Manitoba gyms riding a steroid buzz surrounding local fitness model's noteriety

Since the publicity surrounding local bodybuilder/fitness competitor Julie Coram's steroid 'bust', Manitoba gyms have been buzzing like a Gold's gym on steroids (Female bodybuilder Julie Coram taking horse steroid; and Fitness champ Julie Coram retains law firm to fight steroid charges)...according to the Winnipeg Sun. The Sun recounts stories of bodybuilders calling with stories and questions and advice to the love lorn:

Winnipeg's bodybuilding and fitness circles have been shaken since a local competitor was stripped of a title after testing positive for two anabolic steroids at an event in late May.

Fitness model and trainer Julie Coram is banned from FAME World Tour events and was stripped of her FAME pro card but has hired a New York-based law firm to defend her.

Several people who work in the fitness industry or work out in city gyms have contacted the Winnipeg Sun to talk about the drug test's impact.

"The gyms are just buzzing. Everyone is being scrutinized," said a man who works at a local supplement store.

The man said some steroid users are concerned about serious health risks and the possibility of being caught by a competitive body and identified.

Apparently some 'roid users are now concerned with the health consequences.

"I know a couple of people who have decided to quit after reading the articles in the Sun," the man said. "Some people decided to go to the doctor and get their bloodwork done to check their health."

Steroids aren't hard to find, the man said.

"You can go into a typical gym, ask around and in five minutes have information on where you can get steroids and how much," the man said. "It's cheaper to get a stack of steroids than going to (a store) and buying a stack of supplements."

Plus steroids produce quick results, making them even more attractive, especially to young people, the man said.

A one-month cycle costs about $100, he said.

The man said he believes steroid use is high among male bodybuilders and weightlifters but much lower among women.

It sounds like the sponsoring organization has stepped into a PR nightmare: trying to keep competition fair, while also trying to avoid lawsuits from unhappy competitors with positive tests (not everyone has the resources like the USADA who spent millions in the against fight Floyd Landis's lawsuits).  The defense attorneys will go right for the procedure and the chain of custody in the drug testing.  One of the basic legal maneuvers is to challenge procedure and protocol; if an organization is going to test, they better do it correctly with proper documentation.

Coram gave a urine sample after winning the female muscle model category at the Ainsley McSorley FAME Model Search Championships in Winnipeg on May 24.

A week later, before the drug test results were known, she was named 2008 Miss Fitness Manitoba at the Manitoba Body Building Association's (MABBA) provincial championships.

MABBA is awaiting legal advice on what action it should take.

Coram has hired law firm Collins, McDonald & Gann to "defend her rights," according to a statement from the firm.

The firm questions the validity of the drug test.

"We are reviewing the drug testing program and procedures available online to athletes who compete in the World Natural Sports Organization's FAME competition, and are not finding any of the safeguards that other sports federations have implemented to protect their athletes and insure the integrity of the testing specimen and the reliability of the results," firm partner Rick Collins said in the statement.

 

Manitoba gyms riding a steroid buzz surrounding local fitness model's notoriety

Comments

[Murray Peters]

god she is a looser...will it ever end

[Tim]

Seriously ..a bunch of bodybuilders are now running to the local doctors to see if steroids are doing dammage to the.
one body builder was quoted as saying" god ..doct help me!! I don't want to look like julie the horse face coram"

[Miss Manitopba 2000 and something]

Hey Julie!
Everything in this industry was fine with out you!
We had a great industry here in Manitoba.
Then you came along with your balding looser boyfriend and had to splash yourselves in the paper.
MEDIA WHORE! both of you . Did you not get attention as a child?
Thanks for putting a black mark on our sport
YOU are a joke!!
Go back in that hole you came from you whore!
I hope mommy and daddy are proud of you now!
I thought it was funny to see you get hung out to dry and now you want to bring the rest of this sport down cause of your stupidity??
F*CK YOU MISS CORAM!!!

[Jamie]

This is just stupid already
Julie get a life

I see there is a fce book for this too

I encourage those to join

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21046696485

[El Rico]

Steroids are great taken in the right doses. I have seen huge gains and the girls love my massive biceps.