THE EFFECTS OF STEROIDS ON STUDENTS THAT PLAY SPORTS AT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL 1. RESEARCH PROPOSAL RESEARCH QUESTION What health effects do steroids have on high school students that play sports? HYPOTHESIS Students that use steroids for high school sports have an improved performance but experience negative health effects on their bodies. 2. MOTIVATION OF RESEARCH This area of research affects all students that partake in sporting activities in high school. Sports competitions are increasingly
Anabolic steroids are often used by athletes in order to gain muscle in a shorter amount of time compared to if they workout without the use of steroids. Steroids work by the synthetic hormones in them mimicking testosterone to stimulate protein formation in the muscle and it also reduces the amount of rest needed before working out again, allowing the user to maximize their amount of muscles. It seems ideal; however, it has several health risks that can cause serious damage to the liver, cardiovascular
“How to Think About Our Steroid Supermen” is written by Jeremy Rozansky and published in The New Atlantis. This article talks about whether steroid “supermen” are worthy of their achievements or if they should be seen as cheaters. Rozansky claims that using performance-enhancing drugs are more than cheating in sports, it actually destroy the meaning sports. He argues that many athletes only care about becoming the winner or breaking the record instead of focusing on sports it self. He also provides
The use of steroids has been a big problem. Professional players use it to improve their performance and to make them better. Steroids can also hurt the image of professionals because it is illegal for athletes to take any sort of substance. Players when being caught taking illegal substance many the times players lose sponsors because it is illegal steroids. When professional players of any sports are caught taking steroids, they are fined lots of money and even suspended for extended periods of
The argument is if steroids should be legal or not. Many people don't see any problem with it, others believe that it is cheating. Making it very unsportsmanlike. Competition can be unfair if there is unequal access to particular enhancements, but equal access can be achieved more predictably by deregulation than by prohibition. If steroids were unfair, we would ban coaching and training. Athletes don't take steroids to level the playing field, they do it to get an advantage. If it were legal
like what happened with Taylor Hooton started using steroids because he “needed to be bigger” for his senior year (Grossfeld); after a long term use of steroids he hanged himself from his bedroom door on July 15, 2003. In Plano, Texas (Grossfeld). Even though Steroids can demonstrate the highest potential on a human being, Athletes should not be able to use performance-enhancing drugs, because they can bring serious health problems and using steroids you are cheating not only others, you are cheating
athletic form to remain competitive. Steroids are used by athletes to improve athletic ability, body image and speed up recovery. Although many professional sports have banned the use of steroids many athletes still risk punishment. Athletes' main reason to use steroids is for them to enhance their athletic ability and reap the rewards of performing well. An athlete's whole career relies on their performance during games and matches. The reasons for steroid “use includes increasing sporting performance
I am writing to you with all due respect under the terms of steroid use. I am aware that you think steroids should be legal. In 1994 1,084,000 people said to have taken anabolic steroids. Steroids are taken by athletes everywhere in lots of different forms. There are injections, pills, and topical creams and different types of drugs such as anabolic steroids; which are the most popular. Anabolic steroids are a simulation of testosterone, which helps you produce more protein to let you heal faster
going to talk to you about Steroids. According to Kidshealth.org, “Steroids, are a performance-enhancing drug that can possibly ruin your life; they are artificially produced hormones that are the same as the male type sex-hormones.” Although, some believe steroids can improve your performance, it is not worth the risk of your life. Many professional sports athletes take what are called anabolic steroids which increase muscle mass and strength, (Kidshealth). Steroids give
Steroids are commonly associated with a negative connotation when it comes to athletes and body builders. Yet few are informed about the benefits steroids provide. There are two types of steroids: Cortisone and Anabolic steroids. Cortisone steroids are used to treat medical conditions whereas anabolic steroids are used to replicate human sex hormones. Steroids benefit those with hormone imbalances, respiratory disorders and increase athletic ability. Initially, cortisone steroids are being used
First a little background info, what are PEDs or Steroids? PED’s are a performance-enhancing drug that is any substance taken by athletes to improve performance. This term is referenced often and typically refers to anabolic steroid use in sports by professional and amateur athletes. However PED’s can be anything from caffeine in a energy drink to sticking yourself with a needle. Steroids is the broad term used to represent all but steroids are a synthetic hormone that resembles the sex hormone testosterone
Another sport that has described steroids as an epidemic is Mixed Martial Arts or MMA. Steroids in this sport have such a significant impact because of how steroids affect the body. These drugs make an athlete bigger and stronger and in a sport where they athletes job is to fight someone, it can give a massive unfair advantage to one person allowing them to seriously hurt someone. Steroids have been an issue in this sport for a long time and within the last few years in the world’s biggest MMA promotion
Steroids even date back to the Ancient Greek Olympics. (Tony Khing, pg.16) In 1935, Dutch scientists finally found where to create the drug, and the drug was found in bull testes. (Judy Monroe, pg.15) Steroids have made a big rise in today’s society. It has went from mostly just famous athletes using to even now teenagers use it in high school. Now more than one million people have used steroids and about half are teens. (Judy Monroe, pg.31) Steroids have made a slow up rise in the world, and they
Using Steroids For Sports Makes Children Fall Short Competitive sports are often hard to get into, difficult to play, and stressful in many ways. Children sometimes turn to steroids, which can give them a better chance to get into the big leagues, while building endurance. However, steroids are extremely injurious to a user’s health, to the point of possible death. Unfortunately, many users do not even realize they are affecting their health, since problems do not show up until later in life. Steroids
When you analyze the health risks of steroids, you then comprehend that steroids are extremely dangerous, and life altering. The National Institute on Drug Abuse states that even if a person has taken steroids once, or that a person has taken them persistently, you may receive life-threatening effects. Most commonly found in people that have taken steroids you will see that they have developed cardiovascular system issues. The NIDA states that you may develop increases in Low-Density Lipoprotein
Anabolic steroids are a synthetic derivative of testosterone. Anabolic steroids promote the storage of protein and the growth of tissue. It was created to treat hypogonadism, which is a condition in which the testes do not produce enough testosterone for normal growth, and sexual functioning. There is no cure for hypogonadism; however, anabolic steroids are used for treatment. A few years after they were made, people began illegally using them for body building. This paper will be about the creation
The invention of steroids and other drugs that promotes muscle growth and repair was originally set out to improve the lives of senior citizens with arthritis, muscle deterioration, and other similar diseases. These people who could not walk or even get out of bed in the morning would only need one pill to become more active in a matter of minutes. As the discovery of this new enhancing drug came out many competitive coaches and athletes have tried to get their hands on this to “up their game” and
Did you know about 30% of college and professional athletes are users of steroids? According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, among U.S bodybuilders, 80% are Performance Enhancing Drug abusers. Performance enhancing drugs also known as PED’s are substances, mostly illegal, meant to improve ability and give athletes unfair advantages. Steroids, human growth hormones, and Androstenedione are all types of PED’s. Though they are illegal, it doesn’t stop ambitious athletes from injecting themselves
Steroid use has almost always been frowned upon in the sports industry. Performance enhancing drugs, or PED’s are still not allowed in most all sports nowadays, even being tested for in professional leagues. However, many argue for reasons we will later discuss that that rule should not still be in place. Because of that, sports should embrace these performance enhancing drugs as the natural progression competition takes. Although there is much debate about steroids in general, almost everyone would
Gwynn once said, “Steroids do not guarantee you’re going to have success. I think a lot of people think that they will, but they don’t.” (Tony). Everyone is not necessarily informed on exactly what steroids do to people. A lot of people think that all they do is make people strong. Steroid use can be very harmful too. Most of the general public is not informed on the positives of steroid use, the negatives of steroid use, and if it is better to use oral or injected steroids. There are actually