Steroids A steroid is a supplement or a PED (performance enhancing drug). Unlike a drug‚ supplements do not introduce their own chemical message. They only use proteins and chemicals in your diet that you already have. A steroid enhances testosterone and quickly builds muscle mass. Other names for a steroid are “Roids”‚ “Juice”‚ “Gym Candy”‚ “Pumpers”‚ “Stackers”‚ “Weight Trainers” or “Arnies”. Steroids were first seen in the early 1930s‚ right before World War II. German scientists
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Persuasive Speech: Steroids What is the first thing that goes through your head when you think of steroids? Barry Bonds‚ Mark McGwire‚ or Greg Valentino? Maybe “cheating” comes to mind. You might think of the hideous backne or the infamous “roid rage” that comes along with steroid use. Steroids have always been given a bad reputation as a “dangerous” and “unfair” drug because every couple of years a famous and successful athlete gets caught using them and the media butchers steroids’ reputation.
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Cause and Effect: Steroids and Athletes. There are so many different kinds of people who use steroids; mainly they are athletes who want to compete or kids who are trying it for the first time and other school athletes. Coaches in the gym take steroids so they will look more muscular and huge from those who are training. On the other side‚ some people who perform hard work like policeman‚ fireman uses steroids to be more energetic. Models‚ dancers‚ and movie stars all of them take steroids for a better
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Chemistry “Steroids” By: Giselle Güemes Verástegui Brenda Acosta Treviño BB: 01 09/05/12 Steroids‚ the common name for synthetic substances related to the male sex hormones‚ promote muscle growth and the development of male sexual characteristics. Steroids are legally only with a prescription. They are prescribed to treat conditions such as delayed puberty‚ some types of impotence‚ and body wasting in patients suffering from AIDS. Steroids are abused‚ often
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H-U.S-History 11-1 Mr. Pineda May 12‚ 2011 Pros and Cons of Steroids in Sports Performing enhancement drugs has become a nation-wide debate for many sports journalists‚ reporters‚ and politicians. This ongoing debate has lasted for twenty years now and there are still many opinions to be assessed. Some experts may argue that steroids have a positive impact in sports and others disagree‚ but in reality they are both right. Steroids can make the game more exciting with athletes being able to perform
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STEROIDS INTRODUCTION Introductory Statement: The use of steroids can affect your life in so many ways and have many consequences on your regular life. As known by many people‚ the cons of steroid use are outweighed by the pros. We know that they make you stronger‚ bigger‚ faster‚ and also allow you to pass other athletes that are not in use of it. But is it really worth putting everything including your career in jeopardy? Preview Statement: Going in depth with the learning of steroids‚ we
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Jim Charpentier English 15 Argumentative Essay Steroids in the World of Sports During the 1930s‚ scientists discovered that anabolic steroids could help the growth of muscle in laboratory animals‚ which led to abuse of these drugs by bodybuilders and weightlifters and then by athletes in other sports. Ever since the beginning of sports there has been different techniques used in order to gain an edge over opponents. The question that has been most frequently asked is‚ which
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Clenbuterol is quite anti-catabolic and/or anabolic in almost every (living organisms) study ever done on it‚ although this hasn’t been studied or confirmed in human studies. Also‚ a trend we see with Clenbuterol administration in animals is that the doses used are very high- more than anyone actually taking. If Clenbuterol is anabolic or anti-catabolic in humans‚ only mild anabolic or anti-catabolic effects can realistically be expected.One of the primary drawbacks of Clenbuterol is that after a
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Steroids : The Under Rated Miracle Drug There are only three deaths per year due to the use of anabolic steroids‚ compared to tobacco at 438‚000 deaths a year and alcohol reaching a total of 75 000 deaths. (cancer.com) Only one of these drugs are illegal. Would you of been able to of guessed which one? There has never been a long-term epidemiological study conducted in America on the use and abuse of steroids‚ and yet we all blindly follow whats been
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Steroids Steroids became an option to athletes in the Olympics and other major sporting events during the 1950’s. But this use of steroids among athletes only became widely apparent when Canadian sprint runner Ben Johnson tested positive for steroid use after winning the gold medal for the one hundred-meter dash during the 1988 Olympics . Now a skinny fifteen-year-old can just walk down to the local gym and find people who either sell or know how to get in contact with those who sell the drug
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