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If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts lately you’ll know I’ve come to adding a few news posts from around the web on this subject. I’ve got a couple more today that are new and updated, so let me know what you think of em…
Prescription Drug Abuse Is On The Rise
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Steroids have long been a controversial issue since the pinnacle of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bodybuilding career. Although the harmful effects have already been exposed for decades, several young athletes and Mr. Olympia hopefuls are still taking the risk in exchange for short-term physical prowess. Are the perceived dangers of steroids really worth your health?
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When you read or hear about the “anabolic steroids” 99% times you will associate it with elite sportsman or athletes, some drug scandals and cheating on rules and regulations.
But you may be surprised to hear that recent report results show that majority of (anabolic) steroid users are not athletes. These people do not go for world titles or Olympic gold medals. They don’t even compete in organized competition.
This scientific survey is published in a leading sports science journal and it gives out quite interesting data. To make it short typical anabolic steroid user is around 30 years old, well-educated, and earning an above-average income in a white-collar occupation.
In conclusion the report came to even more details. It is shown that majority of non-medical anabolic steroid users are just normal people that want to build muscle, get lean and improve their overall bodily attractiveness. There are few other important but not high ranked factors like increased confidence, improved mood and attraction of opposite sex. The authors suggest that steroid users don’t fall into the same category as abusers of illicit drugs – steroid users are “kind of different”.
According to the report, most steroid users follow detailed planed drug timing in conjunction with a healthy diet, ancillary drugs and exercise. These people are focused and they learn how to strategically plan everything in order to “maximize benefits and minimize harm” This behavior is opposite to the spontaneous approach seen in abusers of psychotropic illicit drugs.
I agree that you will hardly see Steroid weight lifter behaving like typical junky , acid head or say it as you want (In the same time, the lifestyle of your typical aspiring IFBB Pro comes pretty darn close!)
In last 10 years I had all kind of bodybuilders coming and going thought my Gym. I have personally couched many weight lifters and some people just used Steroids without telling me. Off course it came out sooner or later.
But what I saw in all steroid users is great fear of the consequences . Stress of “being sharp” in order to avoid various negative reactions is just very hard to live with, for most people.
Just for a moment, let’s just give the researchers the benefit of doubt that they managed to flesh out such a substantial number of highly-organized, health-conscious bodybuilders amongst the zoo of people that regularly frequent the gym.
After reading the conclusions of this report you’d almost be forgiven for thinking that taking the juice to get big was a benign and almost virtuous endeavor.
From my stand point as a professional I can have different opinion but from human point of view I can not be pro nor anti anabolic steroids – I just believe that any person should be allowed to put anything they want into their body so long as it doesn’t harm anyone else. Everyone should use their free will as free individual make own choices but also face the reactions of that choices.
Still I don’t believe that anabolic steroid use (by healthy people) is a “cool” thing to do. It’s not even an “OK” thing to do.
Here is why:
Using steroids will not take your life away that is a fact. It can happen that you don’t even fall sick. Simply you should know that relying on the juice to build your muscle is not such a bliss as the stupid writers in the body building mags try to make you believe.
Firstly, muscle metabolism and growth is controlled by the classic steroid-hormone binding mechanism. Both anabolic and catabolic hormones (catabolic are the hormones that breakdown muscle tissue) are functioning s by binding to a cell membrane-receptor. When they are attached, they activate a receptor complex so that the hormone can enter the nucleus and bind response elements on DNA to act directly at the genetic level. This is how all hormones both natural and artificial alter the production of unique proteins in cells. Ultimately this is results from weight lifting exercise.
Anabolic Steroids users must intake much higher doses than physiological (normal) levels. Without it they don’t have results. But these doses only stimulate growth via the previously mentioned process, for a short period of time. After this, the artificially introduced anabolic steroid exerts its effects mostly by attaching to (and blocking) cortisol receptors.
In no time muscles express more and more cortisol receptors in an effort to keep a natural balance in the body. Therefore bigger and bigger doses are required each steroid cycle just to provide the same anabolic effect. When they stop with using steroids, their muscles contain an abnormally high level of cortisol receptors. They can not avoid that. Therefore, along with the suppression of their own natural production of anabolic hormones, the former steroid user also has to contend with a higher than normal number of cortisol receptors. The end result of going off the juice is always the loss of a substantial amount of hard earned muscle. Just as the saying goes, if you want to dance, you’ve gotta pay the band!
This is why steroids are an extremely bad solution to a lifelong pursuit. However, there is one more problem. Unfortunately, this one is even more serious.
To Juice Users gains come much easier. Therefore, most of them don’t bother with at all with right nutrition and proper and effective exercise program that fits in with a 50 hour work week, the spouse and kids.
Some bodybuilders get so hooked by the gains and the powerful feeling from steroids that they can’t stand being in the gym when they’re not using. Even the pro bodybuilders find it real tough to train when they’re not on the juice. I’ve got to admit, it would be tough to focus on training when you know that no matter what, you’re getting smaller, weaker and fatter.
These are the psychological consequences of steroid abuse and they are far more damaging to persons well being than any of the side-effects the medical profession tries to scare athletes about.
I’ll tell you something what you can call real shame. All the scientific research shows that no other type of exercise provides as many direct health benefits as weight training. Pure and Natural Muscle Mass Building without drugs is the healthiest past-time a person can devote their time to. If you check, you will see that rapidness of muscle gain steroid users have are not so different from gains you get without them IF you follow proven system that works.
When you compare the physiological and psychological aspects I’ve highlighted, the use of steroids among weight lifters can wreck the healthiest, most beneficial past-time a person can participate in.
Sure, most steroid users are not top sportsman or sportswomen. They may never enter accused of cheating fellow competitors and the respective governing sports organization. Paradox of Anabolic Steroid users is that, most of them will never admit that they are cheating one very, very important person…. themselves.
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Back with more news for you today. It’s amazing how much good information there is on this stuff out there if you know where to look. Three in particular that I found really valuable were…
Family hits out over son's death
After Matthew died, police found anabolic steroids and syringes at his home in The Avenue, Alnwick, but there were no drugs or alcohol in his body and … Read More…
Future Pharmaceuticals Create 21st Century Steroid Replacement
(PRWEB) April 29, 2010 — The era of bodybuilders having to accept the many side effects of illegal anabolic steroids appear to be over due to a … Read More…
Arbitrator orders smaller pay raise for Chicago cops
… whenever officers discharge their weapons on or off-duty – and added Ecstasy and anabolic steroids to the list of drugs for which officers are tested. … Read More…
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Steroids should be banned from the game of baseball. The integrity of baseball is diminishing because of the over use of steroids by big time players. Anabolic steroids are a synthetic version of the male hormone testosterone. Testosterone in its normal state promotes and boosts muscle development and growth. When it is supplemented with steroids, you have an increase of muscle mass, reduction of body fat, and enhanced endurance. Steroids can be injected into an athlete’s body in three ways; the butt, the shoulder, and the thigh. Jose Canseco stated in his book Juiced that over “85% of baseball players use steroids” (136). Steroids have caused a lot of health consequences to baseball players who have used them over a long period of time. Baseball has attempted to toughen its drug policy by a plan of having random testing during the season.
On March 17, 2005, there was a congressional hearing about BALCO. BALCO is located in California. BALCO is a nutrition center that has been known to distribute steroids to such players’ as Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, and Jason Giambi. There were five players summoned to testify in front of Congress; Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Jose Canseco, and Curt Schilling. During this period, Bond’s trainer, Greg Anderson and BALCO head Victor Conte, were not subpoenaed in California by the House Committee for investigation. I believe that Greg Anderson and Victor Conte should have been subpoenaed, because they had such a big role in the involvement of steroids in baseball. After the hearing was over congress pressured baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association to begin applying stricter regulations and to have a zero tolerance policy in correspondence to performance enhancing drugs (Wikipedia). To illustrate the lesser penalties, in 2004, the policy consisted of; first positive test resulted in a suspension of ten games, a second positive test resulted in a suspension of thirty games, the third positive test resulted in a suspension of sixty games, the fourth positive test resulted in a suspension of one full year, and a fifth positive test resulted in a penalty at the commissioner’s discretion. Players were tested at least once per year, with the chance that several players could be tested many times per year. In 2005 the penalties were toughened; a first positive test would result in a fifty game suspension, a second positive test would result in a hundred game suspension, and a third positive test would result in a lifetime suspension from MLB (Bodley 1).
Anabolic Steroids have major scientific side effects on the body; the negative effects that steroids have on the body should be the main the reason why baseball bans players from using them. Here are all the health issues that a player will have to deal with sometime or another during and after the use of steroids. There are strong indications that tumors of the liver are caused when the anabolic steroids contain a 17-alpha-alkyl group. Also anabolic steroids may lead to hepatic carcinoma. A well known side effect of AS in males is breast formation (gynecomastia). Gynecomastia is caused by increased levels of circulating estrogens, which are typical female sex hormones. Most of the investigations have been focused on risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, and in particular the effect of anabolic steroids on blood pressure and on plasma lipoproteins. Anabolic steroid users may become dependent on the drug, with symptoms of withdrawal after cessation of drug use. The withdrawal symptoms consist of aggressive and violent behavior, mental depression with suicidal behavior, mood changes, and in some cases acute psychosis. Steroids also have some side effects that aren’t as bad. They are premature balding or hair loss, dizziness, mood swings, including anger, aggression, and depression, believing things that aren’t true (delusion), extreme feelings of mistrust or fear (paranoia), problems sleeping, nausea and vomiting, trembling, high blood pressure that can damage the heart or blood vessels over time, aching joints, greater chance of injuring muscles and tendons, jaundice or yellowing of the skin; liver damage, urinary problems, shortening of final adult height, and increased risk of developing heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer (downshen).
Not only can steroids be dangerous to the human body, but the injection of steroids is just as dangerous. The most commonly way players get injected are through needles. Steroids need to be taken two or three times a week, that’s why injecting steroids is so important because it happens so frequently. There are three major areas where steroids are injected; the butt, the shoulder, and the thigh. These three parts are the safest parts of the body to inject steroids because they offer a large area where the needle can be injected safely Injecting steroids the wrong way can cause major health problems. The most notable diseases are HIV and Aids. Athletes can get these diseases by either sharing needles or not cleaning the needle properly (Steroid).
Steroids pose an unfair advantage for players that use them. They help athletes get stronger, run faster, and pitch stronger. A well known athlete Evander Holyfield said “Well, when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn’t be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason it’s not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously (Brainy Quote).” With steroids, players have broken records that people thought would never be broken. Barry Bonds broke the home run record for most home runs in a season. Baseball columnists say “that the record should not count because Bonds broke it using steroids”. As a young kid growing up playing baseball, I used to look up to Barry Bonds. I got his jersey, collected all his baseball cards, and tried to watch all his games. Ever since steroids popped up surrounding him, I don’t like him anymore. I can not look up to someone that uses steroids. I also can not look up to someone who in my opinion cheated to get here he is at. He has lost a lot of fans because of the steroids case surrounding him. I have lost a ton of respect for Bonds as a player and as a man. Another baseball player that has used steroids to his advantage was Ken Caminiti. He has stated that he won the 1996 NL MVP Award while on steroids (Wikipedia). I don’t think that Ken’s MVP Award should be taken away because he accomplished the award before any one new that baseball players were using steroids. Professional baseball players that use steroids are bad role models towards young kids playing baseball. It tells kids that it is alright to use steroids to enhance your performance or cheat. When young kids use steroids, it destroys their bodies a lot quicker than it would a grown man. It destroys their bodies in such ways that can destroy their athletic careers for ever. Steroid problems can result when they create imbalances in the body. In young kids steroids build muscle mass so quickly, the rest of the body cannot adjust quickly enough. You get a tremendous increase in muscle mass, but the connective tissue does not catch up. The tendons and ligaments are not strong enough, causing such injuries as ligament tears. Knees are a common victim of overdeveloped muscles. Knee injuries may include a fracture of the femur, the bone connecting the hip to the knee. If the fracture affects the epiphyseal plate, the site where new bone actually grows, the body will grow a bony bridge across the plate, stunting growth in that leg. The other leg will continue growing, causing unequal leg length as the child matures. Although other steroid-induced joint injuries may heal better than this, joints are never quite the same again (Brandser). As a fan of the game, I think players using steroids take away from the integrity of the game. It is not the way baseball should be played. Ryan Sandberg, a Hall Of Fame baseball player agrees with me when he said “We do have a problem in baseball, and using steroids is not respecting the game (Brainy Quote).”
Steroids have made a big impact on the game of baseball. Nowadays, several baseball players have been using steroids to enhance their muscles and their performance. Greats like Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gherig didn’t need enhancement drugs to break records. They were great without the needles whereas today, steroids seem to be almost a necessity for some players. The use of steroids is giving Major League Baseball a bad name. Broken records in the past fifteen years can be blamed on steroids. As a result of steroid use, the sports pace has changed greatly. More homeruns have been hit and more records have been broken. Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa are three of the players involved in one of the most celebrated record chases: the single season home run champ. There’s no coincidence that all three players are under review for steroid use. Another reason why players tend to use steroids is because they will produce better statistics which in the long run will get them higher salaries. The players I mentioned in the beginning of the paragraph; Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gherig played the game with respect. They are proof that an athlete can be in the Hall Of Fame with out using steroids. They are the players that gave the game integrity and now the players that are using steroids are taken it away. The players that don’t use steroids are the players that young kids should look up to, not the ones that use steroids. As a big fan of baseball, I love to see players succeed with out having to use steroids. Stadiums are losing money because less and less fans are coming to watch the games at the ball parks. They rather stay at home and watch steroid athletes play than waste money to go watch them play.
Steroids have been around in sports for a long time. It wasn’t until 2004 that steroids have become such a big problem. Steroids are killing the integrity of the game. A lot of the big time players in Major League Baseball that own records have been able to achieve those records because of the use of steroids, and that’s not right. There have been a lot of athletes that kids look up to that have accomplished their goals by not using steroids. Those are the athletes that we should be hearing about in the news, not the ones that cheat. Steroids give an unfair advantage to the people who use them. It makes them run faster, jump higher, and pitch faster. The most important thing about using steroids is the fact that it destroys your body. Not only are steroids dangerous but the injection of steroids is just as dangerous. As the saying goes “cheaters never win,” and with the new restrictions they won’t.
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Ok so you might find the next few links interesting. These are from around the web, just random snippets that I’ve picked up in my reading, but I found some very cool information in them. You might too. Here goes…
Unlike most illegal substances, anabolic steroids, and PEDs, HGH is notoriously difficult to detect in traditional urine tests, because such a low amount is … Read More…
Ripped To Shreds #33: Wanted Alive
They know full well about how anabolic steroids increase the risk of liver damage (including tumors on the liver as well as liver cancer), … Read More…
Cocaine, steroids seized in Grove
Officers also recovered over 850 ecstasy pills – valued at over $6000 – as well as several vials of anabolic steroids and over $3500 in cash from the condo. … Read More…
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The three articles I have chosen are all related to adolescents and steroids. The first article is entitled, “The Effect of High School Sports Participation on the Use of Performance Enhancing Substances in Young Adulthood”. One of the issues this article focuses on is the possible correlation between high school athletes and steroid use. The second article is entitled, “Effects of Mass Communication Read the rest of this entry »
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Hormones: Peptides and Steroids
“Hormones carry messages from glands to cells to maintain chemical levels in the bloodstream that achieve homeostasis. ‘Hormone’ comes from a word that means, ‘to spur on.’ This reflects how the presence of hormones acts as a catalyst for other chemical changes at the cellular level necessary for growth, development, and energy.”
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Ok so 3 more posts today that I’ve dug up – I’m an information JUNKIE on this stuff lately. Give em a browse and let me know what ya reckon. They’re just from a few different sites I’ve been surfing lately that are generally good for information like this…
Sam Stosur advances at Madrid Open; South Africa out of Twenty20
FRANKFURT: German champion hurdler and Sydney 2000 Olympian Thomas Goller has been suspended after testing positive for anabolic steroids. … Read More…
Cox admitted in January using anabolic steroids. The IAAF governing body wants the US team stripped of their Athens victory. Tiger Woods has thanked Hank … Read More…
Mayweather vs Mosley Live Match Results
Mosley accepted the drug testing request of Mayweather's camp as he also has to clear his name after he unknowingly used anabolic steroids before his fight … Read More…
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Most steroids are derivatives of the male hormone testosterone that is responsible for the maturation and the function of male reproductive organs and secondary male features, such as muscle system.
In healthy normal weight and untrained males anabolic steroids on their own have very little consequence on muscle strength or size. On those who are training intensively the amount of tissue ramping up it appears to be dependent on genetic features, amount of physical exercise, dieting and age. Strength advances vary from about 5% to 20% and increases of lean body mass of about 2 to 5kg. Anabolic steroids might also assist athletes recuperate from hard workouts speedier by cutting down the amount of muscle damage that happens during workout sessions.
While anabolic steroids mimic the natural results of testosterone in the body, unnaturally added levels in the body disrupts the homeostatic equilibrium of the body and induce dangerous and even fatal long and sort term side effects. Steroids are prescribed lawfully in small quantities for certain medical conditions such as anemia, breast cancer, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), as well as muscle atrophy and development problems. In general they are prohibited to possess or use unless prescribed by a medical doctor. Punishments are serious for those caught up with possession or using steroids.
The side effects of steroids include headaches, epistaxises, water retention, acne, hypertension, raised sex drive, jaundice, menstrual problems and /or cessations, baldness in males, paranoia, uneasiness and aggressiveness.
Males:
Development of breasts (permanent)
Testes get smaller (permanent)
Low spermatozoan number
Impotence
Females:
Development of male characteristics
Deeper male like voice
Develop thicker body and facial hair
Infertility
Enlarged clitoris size (permanent)
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Simply put, anabolic steroids are dangerous. Simpler still they are a double edged sword, one that is an illegal indulgence and also one that irreparably damages a person’s health. Steroids used in especially large doses over a long duration, cause character and health problems that only appear too late when the user is already an addict.
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