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Anabolic Steroids - Term Papers

Anabolic Steroids

Since ancient history, many athletes have resorted to performance
enhancing aids to give them an edge on their opponents. Greek Olympians used
strychnine and hallucinogenic mushrooms to psych up for an event. "In 1886 a
French cyclist was the first athlete to die from using a performance enhancer,
called speedballs, a mixture of cocaine and heroin. In the 1920's, physicians
inserted slices of monkey testicles into male athletes to help boost vitality.
In the 1930's Aldof Hitler allegedly administered the hormone testosterone to
himself and his troops to increase aggressiveness" (Schrof, 54). Athletes had
already begun using the male hormone testosterone to boost performance by ...

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resemble the natural male
sex hormone testosterone. Male hormones have two different effects in the body.
Hormones have an anabolic effect, which stimulates growth, and they have an
androgenic effect, which increases male sexual characteristics. Anabolic
steroids are constructed synthetically to maximize the anabolic (growth) effect
and minimize the androgenic (male characteristic) effect. Steroids are
molecules that occur naturally in the body and are carried in the bloodstream
and act as messengers. The most important of these messages tell the body to
increase creatine phosphate synthesis and to increase protein synthesis
(Schwarzenegger, 722). These messages are delivered at various ratios depending
upon the type of steroid.
Creatine phosphate and protein synthesis are the two most important
reactions that occur when training. Creatine phosphate is a short-term energy
restorer which allows you to contract your muscles for more than just a few
seconds. The more CP ...

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Added: 4/13/2006 12:36:24 AM
Category: Health & Medicine
Type: Premium Paper
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