Masters Swimming and Illegal Supplements

Originally posted by dorothyrde My question is, what would a Masters swimmer hope to gain from illegal performance enhancing drugs. Masters does not have the same exposure as the Olympic athletes have, so to me it seems that the reason to do that would be less. Of course, I could just be very naive...... It is hard to see why masters swimmers would want to use illegal drugs to enhance their performance. You're not likely to become rich or famous or to get a college scholarship by winning masters meets. But the question did not specify performance enhancing substances. There are illegal substances that non-athletes use for reasons unrelated to performance, and I think it is likely that there are some masters swimmers who do the same thing. Bob

Originally posted by dorothyrde My question is, what would a Masters swimmer hope to gain from illegal performance enhancing drugs. Masters does not have the same exposure as the Olympic athletes have, so to me it seems that the reason to do that would be less. Of course, I could just be very naive...... It is hard to see why masters swimmers would want to use illegal drugs to enhance their performance. You're not likely to become rich or famous or to get a college scholarship by winning masters meets. But the question did not specify performance enhancing substances. There are illegal substances that non-athletes use for reasons unrelated to performance, and I think it is likely that there are some masters swimmers who do the same thing. Bob