Do you think that there are any participants in Masters Swimming that use illegal supplements?
John Smith
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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......
I believe many people use substances to enhance performance, the question is why? I have two theories:
1. Ego - people may not get rich and famous, but they get featured many times in our own publications for amazing accomplishments and feats and that can become intoxicating on the ego.
2. Competitiveness - face it, we are a very competitive group. If someone thinks they can win by doing something illegal, I believe they will do it for the sake of winning.
I hate to sound so cynical, but I see so much of cheating in all walks of life for many of these reasons. If there is no testing, and someone knows they can get away with it then why not? There just exists some people who only think it's cheating if you get caught.
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......
I believe many people use substances to enhance performance, the question is why? I have two theories:
1. Ego - people may not get rich and famous, but they get featured many times in our own publications for amazing accomplishments and feats and that can become intoxicating on the ego.
2. Competitiveness - face it, we are a very competitive group. If someone thinks they can win by doing something illegal, I believe they will do it for the sake of winning.
I hate to sound so cynical, but I see so much of cheating in all walks of life for many of these reasons. If there is no testing, and someone knows they can get away with it then why not? There just exists some people who only think it's cheating if you get caught.
