When I played baseball in high school in eastern Henrico County in 2000, weight lifting was the focus of the offseason. Certainly, if you played football, you would essentially live in the weight room on a year round basis. It was practically a mandatory practice where you were expected to be there at least 2 days per week, if not 3 or 4. Baseball and football players alike would take Creatine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatine) or Andro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androstenedione) on a regular basis in order to 'bulk up' and build muscle mass.
Andro was later banned by the FDA in April of 2004 for significant health risks commonly associated with steroids. Were the people who purchased Andro prior to April 2004 doing anything illegal? Were they taking steroids? Mark McGwire was the spokesperson for this product that was perfectly legal at one point in time. Now it is not.
Whether it is 'The Cream', 'The Clear', 'Andro', the changes that occur in the pharmacology industry will always occur at a faster rate than the U.S. Congress. This is a fact. When Andro is developed by a pharmaceutical researcher, we praise the free market. After it is banned, we crucify perfectly good people for fighting for the jobs and trying to be the best they can be at their profession. If high school kids can do it to gain an advantage, major league baseball players will certainly be doing it. That does not make the substance good for you, but is not a criminal act.
At what point did weight training become commonplace? When do we recognize the changes in support are because we pay super human athletes to do super human things and lift super human weights to do those things that we like to see.
Andro was later banned by the FDA in April of 2004 for significant health risks commonly associated with steroids. Were the people who purchased Andro prior to April 2004 doing anything illegal? Were they taking steroids? Mark McGwire was the spokesperson for this product that was perfectly legal at one point in time. Now it is not.
Whether it is 'The Cream', 'The Clear', 'Andro', the changes that occur in the pharmacology industry will always occur at a faster rate than the U.S. Congress. This is a fact. When Andro is developed by a pharmaceutical researcher, we praise the free market. After it is banned, we crucify perfectly good people for fighting for the jobs and trying to be the best they can be at their profession. If high school kids can do it to gain an advantage, major league baseball players will certainly be doing it. That does not make the substance good for you, but is not a criminal act.
At what point did weight training become commonplace? When do we recognize the changes in support are because we pay super human athletes to do super human things and lift super human weights to do those things that we like to see.
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