Dan Duchaine
Daniel Duchaine | |
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Born | Daniel Duchaine 1952 |
Died | January 12, 2000 |
Occupation | Columnist, writer |
Alma mater | Boston University (B.A., Education 1975) |
Period | 1981–2000 |
Notable works | The Underground Steroid Handbook, Underground Body Opus: Militant Weight Loss & Recomposition, |
Daniel Duchaine (1952 – January 12, 2000) was an American
Duchaine and steroids
Duchaine began competitive bodybuilding in his home state of Maine in 1977; however, after he had no luck (describing himself as a "miserable bodybuilder"), he began using
In mid-1987, Duchaine was caught and indicted on
Duchaine was released after ten months. In 1991, while still on probation he met up with a friend who was selling
In 1988, Duchaine introduced
Writing career
First published in 1981, The Underground Steroid Handbook was an 18-page pamphlet which focused on bodybuilders who used the drugs for competition, defined the different types of steroids, and explained what they looked like, what they should cost, where to get them, and how to use them. After placing ads in fitness and martial-arts magazines, as well as
In 1992 after being released from prison for a second time Duchaine began working for Bill Phillips' Muscle Media 2000 magazine writing a monthly Q&A column called "Ask the Guru". By this time Duchaine had published several books in his Underground Steroid Handbook series (co-authored with Michael Zumpano), and referred to himself as a Human Performance Theorist.[6]
Duchaine was a low-carbohydrate diet advocate. In his 1996 book Underground Bodyopus: Militant Weight Loss & Recomposition, Duchaine advocated a ketogenic diet known as the "Bodyopus diet".[7]
Death
Duchaine was found dead on January 12, 2000, by his close friend Shelley Hominuk in his apartment in Carlsbad, California.[8] Cause of death was complications resulting from polycystic kidney disease.
Quotes
- "If you can't grow on Dbol, you can't grow on anything!" – taken from Duchaine's Dirty Dieting Newsletter in 1997
Duchaine's books
- Duchaine, Dan. The Original Underground Steroid Handbook, 1981
- Duchaine, Dan. Underground Steroid Handbook, 1983
- Duchaine, Dan. Underground Steroid Handbook II HLR Technical Books, 1988.
- Duchaine, Dan. Underground Body Opus: Militant Weight Loss & Recomposition XIPE Press, March 1996. (ISBN 0-9653107-0-1)
See also
- Experimental and Applied Sciences
References
- ^ "Daniel Duchaine The Steroid Guru". Qfac.com. January 12, 2000. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ISBN 1-933060-37-9
- ^ A Guru Who Spreads the Gospel of Steroids Archived March 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Published: February 15, 1989 (February 15, 1989). "SPORTS PEOPLE: DRUGS; Steroid Sentence". New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Dan Duchaine Interview". www.musclenet.com. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ^ "Dan Duchaine Reveals Who He Is" Archived March 24, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dan Duchaine’s Bodyopus diet". physicalculturestudy.com. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Daniel Duchaine 1952–2000 by Shelley Hominuk Archived May 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine