Hi everyone! I started this blog because I am involved in the world of sports and I am really interested in this topic. I will write about
doping and performance enhancement drug usage in professional sports because I think it is one of the most important topics nowadays. Track and field is my life and today I came to a conclusion that it is almost impossible to get good results without some kind of medical help. Which is funny because in the past sports were about competing with each other human to human, and now sports are all about how well equipped your medical team is with the latest drugs to enhance your performance. So now, the battle is between the medical companies and not the actual human. Human performance got PIMPED! In my opinion it is not right! OK you probably have to take vitamins and the legal
dietary supplements that can help you but they are not going to do the work for you. I know even though athletes take drugs to perform better, the drugs alone are not going to improve them if they would sit around all day drinking beer and watching TV. I know they work just as hard as all other athletes, but they have an advantage - a jump start - something that will get them through the tough practice. While the people who only take allowed supplements most likely would "die" from the same amount of work. That is the difference! You are not going to be an outstanding athlete just because you take drugs; they just help you along the way. I have been in the “industry” of athletics since I was 12. I started my professional career at that time, and I learned that no one cares if you are “clean” and have mediocre results or maybe a bit better. The only thing that counts is whether you are a champion, a record holder, or an Olympic champion even though everyone knows that you achieved those results by cheating. The world only cares if you get caught! Unless they can prove that you took something you are considered clean, even though everyone knows what you are doing. The world of doping is very controversial. One day you could be the king on the hill. The next day they test you and then find out you take illegal drugs, and you get banned! Which means you have to give back everything that you got and they will try to humiliate you in front of the public. First of all, I say that is OK because you cheated. But how come they did not know about that earlier so the whole thing would not happen in the first place? Here is something that you should know about doping: you can’t take it before the competition and VOILA… bam you are the best in the world! It is a long process; you have to take illegal performance enhancement drugs for months (sometimes years) to reach the level of the champion. It does not happen over night! Also, athletes at that level get tested at least once or twice a month; so how come they they did not discover that the athlete was cheating - from those tests - and they only find it after the damage is done. Well, these are the issues I will try to explore and bring to your mind.
