Growth Hormone is probably only one ingredient in a cocktail of PEDs that serious users explore...... IGF-1, THG like enhancers, Testosterone, or even still anabolic steriods are used together. Remember Balco relationship with runner Kelli White and her admission to taking several items to win.
I don't doubt that PEDs actually enhance performance, but I do sometimes wonder if it does so as much as users believe. Or how much would be due to the placebo effect.
I dont know how much research is actually done to measure the true extent of performance enhancement in actual competition. It would be difficult to do for many reasons.
But the nature of juicers is such that they'll try anything to give them a perceived edge, whether it actually occurs or not. And WADA has been known to ban drugs that do not actually improve performance (ie, they don't do the research either).
Just thinking out loud. I'm not trying to say that using PEDs is okay -- far from it, I think it is unethical and also extremely stupid -- but the effect may be less than we think.
Growth Hormone is probably only one ingredient in a cocktail of PEDs that serious users explore...... IGF-1, THG like enhancers, Testosterone, or even still anabolic steriods are used together. Remember Balco relationship with runner Kelli White and her admission to taking several items to win.
I don't doubt that PEDs actually enhance performance, but I do sometimes wonder if it does so as much as users believe. Or how much would be due to the placebo effect.
I dont know how much research is actually done to measure the true extent of performance enhancement in actual competition. It would be difficult to do for many reasons.
But the nature of juicers is such that they'll try anything to give them a perceived edge, whether it actually occurs or not. And WADA has been known to ban drugs that do not actually improve performance (ie, they don't do the research either).
Just thinking out loud. I'm not trying to say that using PEDs is okay -- far from it, I think it is unethical and also extremely stupid -- but the effect may be less than we think.
