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Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich
Steroids are not
Take steroids = Instant power
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Who said they are?
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Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich
When muscles undergo heavy work, they develop micro tears in them. They repair at the cellular level when they form micro bonds around the tears. The result after the repair is a stronger muscle.
Testosterone boosts this repair work and steroids boost testosterone.
It also blocks cortisol recoptors which is the chemical along with lactic acid that makes muscles feel tired.
i.e. you can work out harder, longer and not feel as tired. Along with HGH you can use different combinations to recover faster and fight through minor injuries.
The idea that an athlete 'looks' like a steroid user is utter and complete bull****.
I am not saying Cal Jr did or did not use. Frankly, I do not care. But his playing type and longevity is exactly the player type that would benefit the most from their use.
We are almost 15 years after SIs landmark article about PED use in baseball and even those who follow the game still have these wild misconceptions about what the drugs actually do.
There still seems to be the perception that you inject them and muscle then pops up underneath the skin like magic.
The main use of the chemicals is to aid in workouts you are already doing and trick the body into not realizing how much work you are subjecting it through.
Instead of focusing on power hitters, steroids and HGH would instead be the perfect answer for finesse players and pitchers who would seek to recover as quickly as possible from previous excursion.
I would not be the least bit surprised if the rise of the modern day reliever was in largest part due to PEDs
Throwing every day is NOT a normal human activity. Throwing a baseball overhand is naturally destructive because it is such an unnatural range of motion and not something you can bounce back from day in and day out.
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I stand by my point - the avg fan does not require this depth of knowledge to know that steroids are wrong.