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Post by Jason on Sept 8, 2016 2:54:18 GMT -5
We're living in an era where "performance enhancers" are more frowned upon than ever. But should they be? I'm not talking about pure steroids where the risk of lifelong damage is high and side effects are crucial to permanent health, but what really are "performance enhancers", what even qualifies and why are they banned? Technically, water is a performance enhancer. The list of banned substances in all sports exceed the thousands, it's pretty incredible.
My view is this: These athletes are putting their bodies through tremendous physical stress to achieve the peak fitness of human potential. Shouldn't they be allowed to take supplements to allow their bodies to heal properly? Has anyone noticed the rise of ACL tearing over the last decade or so? Can this be attributed to the overly strict banning of supplements that help the body to heal? If so, cracking down on these athletes for taking certain things is definitely counter-productive. As an athlete I'd be worried about taking an ibuprofen for muscle strain and having a protein shake for fear of the two combining to qualify as a performance enhancer.
I am for supplements/enhancers that help the body to heal and have far less side effects than that of steroids.
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Post by Foo on Sept 11, 2016 17:31:00 GMT -5
We're living in an era where "performance enhancers" are more frowned upon than ever. But should they be? I'm not talking about pure steroids where the risk of lifelong damage is high and side effects are crucial to permanent health, but what really are "performance enhancers", what even qualifies and why are they banned? Technically, water is a performance enhancer. The list of banned substances in all sports exceed the thousands, it's pretty incredible. My view is this: These athletes are putting their bodies through tremendous physical stress to achieve the peak fitness of human potential. Shouldn't they be allowed to take supplements to allow their bodies to heal properly? Has anyone noticed the rise of ACL tearing over the last decade or so? Can this be attributed to the overly strict banning of supplements that help the body to heal? If so, cracking down on these athletes for taking certain things is definitely counter-productive. As an athlete I'd be worried about taking an ibuprofen for muscle strain and having a protein shake for fear of the two combining to qualify as a performance enhancer. I am for supplements/enhancers that help the body to heal and have far less side effects than that of steroids. The concern is an arms race where people are putting God knows what into their body and influencing kids to do the same. Remember deer antler spray? Just a mention caused a cottage industry to pop up overnight to serve it to high school and college athletes, without any oversight or even awareness about the possible dangers.
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Post by bastardodeunacanasta on Sept 19, 2016 2:33:44 GMT -5
We're living in an era where "performance enhancers" are more frowned upon than ever. But should they be? I'm not talking about pure steroids where the risk of lifelong damage is high and side effects are crucial to permanent health, but what really are "performance enhancers", what even qualifies and why are they banned? Technically, water is a performance enhancer. The list of banned substances in all sports exceed the thousands, it's pretty incredible. My view is this: These athletes are putting their bodies through tremendous physical stress to achieve the peak fitness of human potential. Shouldn't they be allowed to take supplements to allow their bodies to heal properly? Has anyone noticed the rise of ACL tearing over the last decade or so? Can this be attributed to the overly strict banning of supplements that help the body to heal? If so, cracking down on these athletes for taking certain things is definitely counter-productive. As an athlete I'd be worried about taking an ibuprofen for muscle strain and having a protein shake for fear of the two combining to qualify as a performance enhancer. I am for supplements/enhancers that help the body to heal and have far less side effects than that of steroids. The concern is an arms race where people are putting God knows what into their body and influencing kids to do the same. Remember deer antler spray? Just a mention caused a cottage industry to pop up overnight to serve it to high school and college athletes, without any oversight or even awareness about the possible dangers. Lol ray Lewis. I forgot about that. LT could do it all with just a couple blasts of the old crack rock.
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Post by Jason on Sept 19, 2016 2:40:27 GMT -5
L.T. was such a mofo. Never seen a player like him and probably never will. I maintain my stance that he is probably the best player in NFL history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWB9ia_ZPjk
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Post by bastardodeunacanasta on Sept 19, 2016 3:25:21 GMT -5
L.T. was such a mofo. Never seen a player like him and probably never will. I maintain my stance that he is probably the best player in NFL history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWB9ia_ZPjkToss up between him and Walter Payton. Those two are in a class of their own.
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