I suspected one person in particular of using steroids during my college years, but I do not believe steroid use is widespread in masters swimming. There simply is not a sufficient payoff. Why on earth would you risk the significant health consequences to set masters records? It doesn't make any sense.
The urge to win can overcome common sense.
Juicing is just an extreme example of losing a grip on reality in the quest to win. Overtraining, the least severe on the spectrum, also defies common sense and can be quite damaging to the body. In other words, we fitness nuts can easily forget common sense in our quest to achieve our goal.
I suspected one person in particular of using steroids during my college years, but I do not believe steroid use is widespread in masters swimming. There simply is not a sufficient payoff. Why on earth would you risk the significant health consequences to set masters records? It doesn't make any sense.
The urge to win can overcome common sense.
Juicing is just an extreme example of losing a grip on reality in the quest to win. Overtraining, the least severe on the spectrum, also defies common sense and can be quite damaging to the body. In other words, we fitness nuts can easily forget common sense in our quest to achieve our goal.
