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    | Outlining an Informative SpeechAnabolic Steroids in Sports | | | OUTLINE OF SPEECH ATTENTION-GETTING OPENER An athlete is a person who is trained or skilled in exercises‚ sports‚ or games requiring physical strength‚ agility‚ or stamina. Athletes train and practice year-round to prepare for the competition and challenges. Most high school‚ college‚ amateur and professional athletes participate in sports for the opportunity to pit their abilities against those of their peers‚ and

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    substance called anabolic steroids. What’s the big deal people will say. Those people don’t understand though how it is taken‚ the small benefits it could give that player and huge negatives steroids can have on a person. To first understand why baseball players take steroids it must be known what steroids do once ingested. Anabolic steroids are a drug that helps release more testosterone and protein into the body (Horwitz). Therefore

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    performance-enhancing drugs. An athlete may want to: build mass and strength of muscles and/or bones; increase delivery of oxygen to exercising tissues; mask pain; stimulate the body; relax; reduce weight or hide the use of other drugs. Athletes use anabolic steroids because they increase muscle strength by encouraging new muscle growth. They allow the athlete to train harder and longer at any given period. However‚ there is no coherent argument to support the view that enhancing performance is unfair; if

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    Steroid use has a bad reputation when it comes to sports‚ however it can also be used to save lives. Steroid‚ short for anabolic steroid is a class of organic compounds with four rings of carbon atoms in its molecular structure. This includes any hormones‚ alkaloids and vitamins. The type athletes frequently abuse are the synthetic hormones. Quantities of these hormones larger than what humans normally create can help improve the body’s ability to gain muscle‚ improve speed‚ and increase endurance

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    The Usage of Anabolic Steroids 1. In case of muscles‚ hypertrophy is a process that is characterized by increasing of muscle cross-sectional area and mass. Changes primarily happen because of cells growth‚ rather than an increase in their number. There are several mechanisms that cause the hypertrophy of skeletal muscles. “The first measurable effect is an increase in the neural drive stimulating muscle contraction” (“Hypertrophy”). The process also includes the genetic response and protein synthesis

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    Anabolic Steroids Anabolic steroids are synthetic coumpounds formulated to be like the male sex hormone testosterone. Many athletes use anabolic steroids male and female alike‚ such as body builders ‚ weightlifters‚ baseball players‚ football players‚ swimmers‚ and runners. They do so because they mistakenly believe that they will gain strength and size. In a male testosterone is released by the leydig cells in the testes. The testosterone has two main functions androgenic and anabolic. Androgenic

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    unfair advantage. Well that is exactly what anabolic steroids do for an athlete. Ethos & Audience Adaptation - I have looked into many different ideas and insights into anabolic steroids‚ and I am here to tell you a little bit about them. Preview - The three main points I will be discussing today will be the use of anabolic steroids in sports‚ and the effects and problems associated with steroids. But firstly I will tell you tell you what anabolic steroids are‚ and the reasons for use. Steroids

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    Jennyfer Pena Student Application Assignment Anabolic steroids are very commonly used in today’s society. Anabolic steroids are a group of synthetic hormones that further the progress of the storage of protein and the growth of tissue. It is most commonly used by athletes to increase muscle size and strength. Anabolic steroids will not lead to offspring with increased muscle size and strength. This synthetic hormone does not connect to your DNA‚ and therefore it is not inheritable. It

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    Anabolic Steroids Description: Anabolic steroids are performance enhancing drugs. They are a synthetic form of the chemical testosterone that is normally found in the body. By taking anabolic steroids‚ a person’s testosterone level can be raised up to a hundred times more than the usual amount of 2.5 to 10 mg. Per day. The increase in testosterone increases anabolic activity‚ which results in greater muscle bulk. It also increases protein synthesis and androgenic activity (enhanced secondary

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    e-parenteral-route/description/drg-20069917). For males‚ some side effects of using anabolic steroids would be acne‚ oily skin and hair‚ hair loss‚ liver‚ kidney and heart disease. For females‚ some sides effects of using anabolic steroids would be hair loss‚ acne‚ oily skin and hair‚ and an increase in male characteristics (lower voice‚ breast atrophy‚ and an increase in facial hair growth). Anabolic steroids mimic the effects of testosterone (e.g. androgenic) As the testosterone suppresses‚ many

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