Thinking of taking PED's? Think Again!!

[Bike Mob]

Sodium Bicarbonate is also negative in cycling. Maybe good for track stuff...but not road racing

[bikemonster]

Sodium Bicarbonate is also negative in cycling. Maybe good for track stuff...but not road racing

 

Elaborate please?

[Cyclewizz]

Point # 1 - True.

 

Point # 2 - Actually not true, lots of people suffer with side effects, especially if you are taking a drug for the wrong reason. Depends on the person. Drugs taken for the wrong reason ? Never

 

Point #3 - Very true - the problem is, taking most of these drugs in the reccommended dosage wont give you the desired results, especially anabolic steroids, in most cases athletes do over dose in both quantity and duration.

I think they start to overdose after their 1st cycle, they see the results and want to grow overnight, so they start to double dosing etc.

 

Another issue is that when you stop taking them you tend to think you are now going backwards, so many athletes dont really come off a cycle of say, steroids, and this is where the real damage is done.

Agree with you here, the guys in the USA stay on juice the whole year then the problems start.

The guys get a burst of power and when they come off the power decreases and they get upset so they go back on the juice.

 

Many of the side effects of extended and over dosage of these drugs are also irreversable, and those that can be changed usually require extensive surgey.

Agree here to, hence guys go in to sort their b!tch t!ts out. However some damage is irreversible.

 

Point #4 - I just had it, 350 grammes of prime SA Sirloin, done rare with a side order of Green Pepper sauce and a light salad.

I heard Spanish meat is what you need.

 

Think you should change your name to WiseOldGuy.

Edited October 13, 2010 by Indigo Kid

[kosmonooit]

You missing one side effect of Stimulants - Drug Induced Psychosis

 

Whats that? Charles Mansion can tell you.

[GrumpyOldGuy]

Growth Hormones

 

Why are they taken

Increase lean body mass and improve athletic performance

 

Side Effects

Soft tissue edema

Joint pain

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Fatigue

Acromegaly

Premature death (in case of acromegaly)

Heart enlargement (due to prolonged use of HGH. Can't be reversed)

Low blood sugar with risk of going into a diabetic coma

Excessive hair growth all over the body

Excessive water retention

Liver damage

Thyroid damage

 

 

Growth hormones - yeah a baddie, I must have skimmed over that one initially.

 

Just a little interesting backround to growth hormones is that in the 90's a lot of athletes (in particular body builders and weight lifters) would take Human growth hormones, which are extracted from cadavers, but regulations and strict controls meant that it became increasingly difficult to source, so they resorted to animal growth hormones for the same effect, specifically from chimps and gorillas, however, growth hormones are "species specific" and many athletes found later, to their horror, that taking these animal hormones caused their foreheads, hands and feet to grow out of proportion to the rest of their bodies.

It eventually became known as the "Sasquach syndrome" in these quarters, totally irreversible, but sadly it never stopped people from trying to use it. Today of course, animal growth hormones are almost impossible to source, but even with the dangerous side effects of HGH athletes will still use it - as they say "You cant fix stupid."

Edited October 13, 2010 by GrumpyOldGuy

[zaslinger]

What about aspirin?

 

A runner suggested that half a tab before an endurance event will be useful.

Not sure why

[Guest teh_runnah]

What about aspirin?

 

A runner suggested that half a tab before an endurance event will be useful.

Not sure why

 

Aspirin is used by heart attack sufferers to thin their blood. Guess the same overall effect for endurance events. Maybe a way to counter the blood thickening effects of EPO - other than drinking lots of fluids to try and get the hematocrit below 'doping' levels?

[Guest teh_runnah]

Read this article http://outsideonline.com/outside/bodywork/200311/200311_drug_test_1.html?page=1

 

"Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist into the back rooms of sports medicine, where he just said yes to the most controversial chemicals in sports."

 

Might be old, but still insightful.

[Lucky Fish]

I trust the professional opinion of my GP. If she says "Bend over for a B12 injection", I do. If she says "Your Testosterone levels are in the normal range and I do not recommend supplementation", I listen.

 

As a vegetarian I have to be careful not be become iron deficient and I supplement my iron intake. I also supplement with a low dosage of creatine because I do not get it from red meat.