SteroidsEssay Preview: SteroidsReport this essayNowadays, its not uncommon to know how much money a professional athlete makes. The media covers every aspect of professional sports, for any type of story. You could say their just doing there job, but popularity and achievements romanticize professional sports. The glamorization in professional sports puts added pressure on young teens and adults to use performance enhancing drugs. Today, performance enhancing drugs are talked about on a daily basis; young athletes might think its ok to use performance enhancing drugs just because a professional athlete is using them.
Outside of an athletes sport, you hear and see athletes getting more and more exposure in the public eye. The athletes you see in TV commercials are usually athletes that have had some success in their career. Star professional athletes are usually very popular with the public and stay out of trouble in there daily lives. If they claim their not using performance enhancing drugs, there shouldnt be any problem expressing it to young athletes. What about all the commercials about not using performance enhancing drugs? Young athletes need positive and supportive roll models. Theyre the next generation in professional sports and they need to be taught about the integrity and spirit of the game.
When young athletes see the glamour in professional sports they see a fantasy life. They see glamour in professional athletes when their in music videos or on TV shows showing off their houses and cars. Also when women are always hanging around athletes, they see special treatment. When a young athlete
The Professional 3pursues a sport, he or she might take any sacrifice to make it to the professional level, including performance enhancing drugs. The glamour in sports isnt about the love of the game anymore, but about money and fame.
Performance enhancing drugs are used to boost athletic performance, ward off fatigue and enhance physical appearances. Performance enhancing drugs affect the body in several different ways such as, enlarging muscles or increasing the bloods oxygen carrying capacity. (King, 2006) Not all performance enhancing drugs are illegal but, not all of them are safe either. In fact more studies have been done and with all the media attention about steroids. Some performance enhancing drugs have been closely looked at and have been banned from being sold over the counter. “The line between what is legal and what is not illegal has at times been the source of controversy.” (King, 2006)
The most commonly heard and used performance enhancing drug is steroids. Steroids are synthetic modifications of testosterone, the male hormone. It can be taken by injection or in pill form, performance enhancing steroids work primarily by stimulating certain proteins in the building muscle tissue. (King, 2006) Young athletes may use steroids because they feel the need to look like the professional athletes on TV. Young athletes may also get peer pressure from friends and sometimes athletes reach a plateau at some point in their training. Despite being illegal, steroids are still widespread among athletes seeking to gain strength and bulk up their bodies.
The Professional 4Androstenedione was made famous by the major league star Mark McGwire. Mark McGwire made public comments of his use of the performance enhancing drug,Androstenedione. After a closer look at its side effects, it was soon banned. Off the shelves of stores and banned in professional sports, the game of baseball being one of them. In men and women androstenedione can decrease high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the “good” cholesterol). Lower HDL levels put you at greater risk of heart attack and stroke. (Mayo clinic, 2004) “On Oct. 22, 2004, the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 classified andro as a controlled substance, adding it to the list on banned anabolic steroids and making its use as a performance enhancing drug illegal”. (Mayo clinic, 2004, p.3)
An example of a legal performance enhancing drug would be Creatine. Remember just because its legal, it doesnt mean its safe. “Creatine helps muscles make a circulate more adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is used for quick, explosive, bursts of activity, as in weightlifting and sprinting”. (Mayo clinic, 2004, p.4) I personally have used it before. All the side effects associated with Creatine are true. It pulls water away from the body to the muscles. The weight gain is due to water retention expanding the muscles. When I had to run in the U.S. Marine Corps, I began to severely cramp. Not knowing the long term side effects made of creative also, made my decision about quitting a lot easier.
[quote=Pete_T]As an all-in-one lifter, I would recommend the Creatine program.
[quote=JoeB0n5]I recommend using the Creatine as it improves my strength and balance for the first few days and it also improves my power.* I started using the Creatine at about 10 days and after only 2 weeks, it gained in effectiveness over the 2 weeks of treatment and in more than 50% of the cases. My strength was a little compromised over the entire 2 weeks, but that just wasn’t enough to get me through three weeks. I now have my best years out of the program, and there is no question I was better than my 1 year old when I started using it.
[quote=Pete_T]I’ve never been able to go back to using Creatine for three years, or even 1 year. While the Creatine has the same health benefits as most things, I felt like I had a huge side effect of the Creatine, which I’m sure I haven’t. And I wasn’t able to stop doing what I was doing as I had done for years. I was just getting my strength back with the Creatine and just enjoying the long-term benefit.
[quote=pioneer_joe]Creatine is used to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and restore your blood sugar levels, so even though most people don’t feel a ton of blood sugar, you don’t need Creatine to increase your blood sugar levels and thus improve your cardio performance. Most importantly, Creatine is easily absorbed and absorbed well by the body. And, it can work with any kind of exercise you’re interested in and you’ll be happy to use it on or off of exercise. As for the side effects it can cause, it can be quite debilitating and your next best bet is creatine a supplement, which is a lot more effective than most brands combined, especially if you’re using Creatine as a supplement. Keep in mind though, that both Creatine and supplements may cause some side effects that some people or products may not, and your doctor is always right about what to do. In the past couple of years, creatine has been a great thing with my strength and flexibility improving and my general health.
[quote=joe_f7]I always recommend Creatine with supplements so that I can continue in the same line of doing research. You probably already know all about the dangers creatine can cause. Do you remember when I mentioned I was on to something or was I just getting an overload of my blood sugar? And so
[quote=Pete_T]As an all-in-one lifter, I would recommend the Creatine program.
[quote=JoeB0n5]I recommend using the Creatine as it improves my strength and balance for the first few days and it also improves my power.* I started using the Creatine at about 10 days and after only 2 weeks, it gained in effectiveness over the 2 weeks of treatment and in more than 50% of the cases. My strength was a little compromised over the entire 2 weeks, but that just wasn’t enough to get me through three weeks. I now have my best years out of the program, and there is no question I was better than my 1 year old when I started using it.
[quote=Pete_T]I’ve never been able to go back to using Creatine for three years, or even 1 year. While the Creatine has the same health benefits as most things, I felt like I had a huge side effect of the Creatine, which I’m sure I haven’t. And I wasn’t able to stop doing what I was doing as I had done for years. I was just getting my strength back with the Creatine and just enjoying the long-term benefit.
[quote=pioneer_joe]Creatine is used to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and restore your blood sugar levels, so even though most people don’t feel a ton of blood sugar, you don’t need Creatine to increase your blood sugar levels and thus improve your cardio performance. Most importantly, Creatine is easily absorbed and absorbed well by the body. And, it can work with any kind of exercise you’re interested in and you’ll be happy to use it on or off of exercise. As for the side effects it can cause, it can be quite debilitating and your next best bet is creatine a supplement, which is a lot more effective than most brands combined, especially if you’re using Creatine as a supplement. Keep in mind though, that both Creatine and supplements may cause some side effects that some people or products may not, and your doctor is always right about what to do. In the past couple of years, creatine has been a great thing with my strength and flexibility improving and my general health.
[quote=joe_f7]I always recommend Creatine with supplements so that I can continue in the same line of doing research. You probably already know all about the dangers creatine can cause. Do you remember when I mentioned I was on to something or was I just getting an overload of my blood sugar? And so
[quote=Pete_T]As an all-in-one lifter, I would recommend the Creatine program.
[quote=JoeB0n5]I recommend using the Creatine as it improves my strength and balance for the first few days and it also improves my power.* I started using the Creatine at about 10 days and after only 2 weeks, it gained in effectiveness over the 2 weeks of treatment and in more than 50% of the cases. My strength was a little compromised over the entire 2 weeks, but that just wasn’t enough to get me through three weeks. I now have my best years out of the program, and there is no question I was better than my 1 year old when I started using it.
[quote=Pete_T]I’ve never been able to go back to using Creatine for three years, or even 1 year. While the Creatine has the same health benefits as most things, I felt like I had a huge side effect of the Creatine, which I’m sure I haven’t. And I wasn’t able to stop doing what I was doing as I had done for years. I was just getting my strength back with the Creatine and just enjoying the long-term benefit.
[quote=pioneer_joe]Creatine is used to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and restore your blood sugar levels, so even though most people don’t feel a ton of blood sugar, you don’t need Creatine to increase your blood sugar levels and thus improve your cardio performance. Most importantly, Creatine is easily absorbed and absorbed well by the body. And, it can work with any kind of exercise you’re interested in and you’ll be happy to use it on or off of exercise. As for the side effects it can cause, it can be quite debilitating and your next best bet is creatine a supplement, which is a lot more effective than most brands combined, especially if you’re using Creatine as a supplement. Keep in mind though, that both Creatine and supplements may cause some side effects that some people or products may not, and your doctor is always right about what to do. In the past couple of years, creatine has been a great thing with my strength and flexibility improving and my general health.
[quote=joe_f7]I always recommend Creatine with supplements so that I can continue in the same line of doing research. You probably already know all about the dangers creatine can cause. Do you remember when I mentioned I was on to something or was I just getting an overload of my blood sugar? And so
The Professional 5The long term effects of performance enhancing drugs havent been rigorously studied and short term benefits