Does Justin Gatlin really took dope to improve his performance?
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He's an incredible athlete.\n\nHowever, he accepted an 8-year ban from the sport in August, in conjunction with positive testing, along with cooperating with doping authorities.  His coach, Trevor Graham is under investigation for a broad doping consipracy.\n\nWhere there's smoke there's fire.\n\nHe's obviously not clean sadly.  One wonders how much of what he did was clean.  Sometimes athletes use banned substances just to heal faster.  Still, if it's banned, it's banned.
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Let’s start here; first and foremost steroids are not magic! They are not the sole ingredient that will make a super physique. Now don’t get me wrong, steroids do work, but not in the way the media hype would have you to believe. The way steroids are portrayed in the media is absolutely false. They make it seem as if taking AAS is what led the athlete to be as “great” as he or she was…again, false. Did they help the athlete? Absolutely, but without an already established diet and training program they would not have produced the results that they did. \n\nLet’s now turn to competitive bodybuilding, since that is the easiest place for me to argue my points. As a competitive BB myself, I have used AAS for sometime now. When I first started I started out very slow, low doses usually one compound per cycle, just to see how my body would react to various compounds…but I did not do this until I had first spent several years in the gym and several years researching AAS…there is a lot to be said for reaching and establishing a good “natural” base, and even more to be said about establishing a firm grip on the reality of AAS before starting to use them. \n\nNow do I think that taking AAS is dangerous? It can be, but I am a firm believer that with responsible use they can be a very useful tool in aiding any competitive bodybuilder. When you hear all of the horror stories in the news about AAS you can 9 times out of 10 pin point what really caused the problem. For example, inadequate information about the proper way to use AAS by the user, lack of knowledge about how to come off AAS cycles, i.e. PCT, use of recreational drugs and or alcohol while on an AAS cycle, poor hygiene habits in using AAS…the list could go on and on. \n\nNext off you might ask, should AAS be part of the plan for a competitive bodybuilder? Maybe, maybe not, but they are a reality of the sport and because of this reality they are necessary for anyone who wishes to be truly competitive in the sport. \n\nWhat about long term affects? In the post above mine the individual states that taking AAS will damage you later in life. Is this true? It may be, but if proper precautions are taken I would say this is false. For example, if you have two 50 yr old men, 1 took AAS for years, the other didn’t, and will the user be worse off then the non-user? In terms of testosterone levels absolutely not. By age 50 whether you have used AAS or not your test levels will be approaching the bottom end of the spectrum…after all, why do you think so many men over 50 now find themselves on HRT. \n\nAs far as other risk, sure there may be some down the road; no one has ever said that the AAS game is perfect and that no harm will come. With that in mind it is up to each individual to weigh these risks themselves to determine if AAS is right for them. It may or may not be a risky game, but so many things in life are a risk and to reach certain goals risk are often part of the equation \nHonestly I’m not exactly sure what all you are looking for here, so I hope some of this helps out. If there is anything at all you’d like to know or ask about AAS please feel free to PM me with questions and I will be glad to help you out.
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Maybe that is why he has made a couple of mistakes on the track lately...
435757
Yes. Of course the millions that are paid to these athletes is mind boggling. And what have the been the results of all that? Recklessness, drug abuse, poor and underachievement and many other unacceptable behaviors.
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That guy above is such a faker. He obviously answered it after seeing the results. But that is pretty good for a player in his first game back from an injury. Almost getting a double double is not something most players can do when they have lost their rhythm.
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Practice improves perfomance.\nThe more you practice the more you get near towards perfection.\nIts just that nobody practices enough to achieve perfection.
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Yes one the challenges you mentally and physically.  Just look at the pressure the players had Sunday of the Masters.  When Tiger was at Stanford, some of the coach's said pound for pound he was the strongest athlete they had.
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Nah...he's clean.  Every track and field runner is tested about every month...there is no possible way for the steriods to rub off or get out of his system
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It is probably pride and that Americans don't understand a thing about cycling. Offcourse there is doping in cycling. But then is the question what is seen as doping. I mean it is not normal the tour the france to cycle everyday about 180 kilometers in the max. Your body must suffer it is not healthy anymore. So they will need something to keep their bodies healthy and keep on with everybody and perform perfect the next race. I know Lance does have an extreme VO max, and he has certain abilities rarely seen by people. But they will take something to keep their bodies healthy, and then is that doping too? Doping is everything what is on the doping list I know. But this line is thin. There is this Belgium doctor who has been wirting a book about it, what is doping. He was the doctor of the Festina team in 1997. So to say is Lance doped, just how you want to answer this question.
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no because he can probably improve.
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today, may 12th, Justin Gatlin broke the 100 - meters world record : 9,76 seconds, the former record was 9,77.\n\n400 - meters record : I think the reocrd is from Michael Johnson : 43,18, in  1999\n\n1. 9.76 +1.7 Justin Gatlin USA 12 May 2006 Doha \n2. 9.77 +1.6 Asafa Powell JAM 14 June 2005 Athens \n3. 9.79 +0.1 Maurice Greene USA 16 June 1999 Athens \n4. 9.84 +0.7 Donovan Bailey CAN 27 July 1996 Atlanta \n4. 9.84 +0.2 Bruny Surin CAN 22 August 1999 Seville \n4. 9.84 +1.7 Olusoji Fasuba NGR 12 May 2006 Doha \n7. 9.85 +1.2 Leroy Burrell USA 6 July 1994 Lausanne \n8. 9.86 +1.2 Carl Lewis USA 25 August 1991 Tokyo \n8. 9.86 -0.4 Frank Fredericks NAM 3 July 1996 Lausanne \n8. 9.86 +1.8 Ato Boldon TRI 19 April 1998 Walnut \n8. 9.86 +0.6 Francis Obikwelu POR 22 August 2004 Athens
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On FSN he is actually voted as one of the top 10 sexiest pro athletes.  One girl said "Whoever has 250 millions, bring him on!".  I can't argue with that.\n\nWhen you have the money, you don't need to have the look - well, or you would look much better.
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Look if you really want to go pro then all you got to do is believe in yourself, and allways look to improve your game. Look at Kevin Garnett, do you know how hard he works during the offseason? he works his @$$ off because he wants to be better than what he already is.
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Professional athletes should not be able to use any performance enhancements. Their abilities should speak for themselves. If you can't play on your own natural talents then pay attention in school. Few athletes ever make it to the professional level and taking drugs is the same as cheating. Steroid usage by athlete is dangerous and unhealthy. They also effects the libido, size of manhood and cause some serious emotional swings.
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Yes.  With his agility, speed and power, he promises to be good.  There will be an adjustment period, but I honestly think he will be among the greatest if he can stay healthy.\n\nAnd not latteral the ball.
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what a dope!\n\nCats for Change
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It is bogus.  And we need justice to teach our children.\n\nThe investigation about Barry Bond's steroid usage is mainly on if he lied to grand jury.  And yes, there was no regulations about performance enhance drugs.  But many players have admitted they took them - Giambi admitted in grand jury, and he said sorry to fans.  McGwire didn't answer the question in grand jury, he admitted taking "clear", and he is a good role model especailly in St. Louis.\n\nPeople do wrong all the time, but they got forgived by admiting their mistakes.  People who are arrogant about their mistakes are hated by most of the people.  I loved Barry Bonds 10 years ago, but not anymore.\n\nBTW, how many people would cheat to break their godfather's record?