Re:Drug cheats in sport could benefit 'for decades', scienti...
by Mithaldu on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @05:16AM
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That conclusion was fairly foregone for someone taking steroids.
Excercises increase the body's ability in two ways by: 1. damaging cells (either muscle cells directly, or cells in the cardiovascular system), to which the body responds by making more cells to withstand similar stresses in the future; 2. depleting the energy store of muscle cells which causes the body to overfill them in response, stretching them to store more energy for next time.
Steroids directly impact the efficacy of the first method by improving the growth speed of the body, generating more new muscle cells with exercises than somebody doing the same exercises without steroids would generate.
So once you've taken them AND exercised with them, you've got a headstart over other people, and can maintain that advantage as long as you keep putting in the work.
Excercises increase the body's ability in two ways by: 1. damaging cells (either muscle cells directly, or cells in the cardiovascular system), to which the body responds by making more cells to withstand similar stresses in the future; 2. depleting the energy store of muscle cells which causes the body to overfill them in response, stretching them to store more energy for next time.
Steroids directly impact the efficacy of the first method by improving the growth speed of the body, generating more new muscle cells with exercises than somebody doing the same exercises without steroids would generate.
So once you've taken them AND exercised with them, you've got a headstart over other people, and can maintain that advantage as long as you keep putting in the work.