Transcript STEROIDS - Physical education

STEROIDS
Is it worth the price of Success?
Definitions
• Anabolic Steroids – promote growth of
muscle mass.
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Testosterone – synthetic drug
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taken orally, injection, creams
• Human Growth Hormone – anterior
pituitary gland.
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Stimulates growth
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Maintains muscle tone
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burns fat
General Notes
• Performance Enhancing Drugs have been
recorded in all sports.
• Football/Baseball/Weight Training – build
muscles
• Gymnasts & Ice skaters – “Brake Drugs” to stop
puberty.
• Track and Field, runners- HGH (quickness and
fast recovery)
• Archers and Shooters – Beta Blockers (slow
heart rate)
General Effects
• Other Effects of Anabolic Steroid Abuse
delayed growth in adolescents
• tendon rupture
• increased LDL cholesterol
• decreased HDL cholesterol
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high blood pressure
heart attacks
enlargement of the heart's left ventricle
cancer
jaundice
• fluid retention
• HIV/AIDS
• hepatitis
• "roid rage" - rage and aggression
• mania
• delusions
Male Effects
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Effects of Anabolic Steroid Abuse in Men
infertility
breast development
shrinking of the testicles
male-pattern baldness
severe acne and cysts
Women
• Effects of Anabolic Steroid Abuse in
Women
• Deeper voice
• excessive growth of body hair
• male-pattern baldness
• severe acne and cysts
Withdrawl
• Anabolic Steroids and Withdrawal
Athletes who use steroids can experience
withdrawal symptoms when they quit. The
symptoms include mood swings, depression,
fatigue and irritability, loss of appetite,
insomnia, and aggression. Depression can even
lead to suicide attempts, if untreated.
Jargon
• Cycle: A period of steroid use often 8 or more
weeks in length, followed by a similar period of
disuse. This is known as cycling on and off AAS.
• Pyramiding: This is when users build up to their heaviest dose on
a cycle. Though prevalent in the early days of steroid use, this
method was found unnecessary and is virtually no longer practiced.
• Stacking: The process of combining drugs, or using more than one
drug within a cycle.
• Tapering: This is the opposite of Pyramiding. Users begin with
their highest dose and gradually decrease in an effort to minimize
the side effects associated with coming off. As with pyramiding, this
method is obsolete.
History of Steroids
• While the modern history of steroids is still relatively
young, the complete history of steroids can be traced
back to ancient Greece. This part of the history of
steroids is when Olympic athletes were thought to have
used plant derivatives, all meat diets and animal testicles
as performance enhancers.
• The more modern history of steroids begins in the
1930's. This part of the history of steroids is when
anabolic steroids were born, but they didn't really take
off as a phenomenon yet. In the 1950's at a World
Weightlifting Competition, people noticed the Soviet
team taking pills and this is the part of the history of
steroids where people started taking notice of the drugs'
true abilities
Blood Doping
• Endurance sports such as cycling or distance
running put a significant amount of stress on an
athlete's entire system, from the lungs to the
bloodstream to the muscles. In order to
maintain stamina, an athlete's muscles require
steady supplies of oxygen contained within red
blood cells. In theory, more red blood cells
should give an athlete a natural edge during
competition. This questionable training
philosophy is behind an illicit practice called
"blood doping," also known as "blood packing."
Blood Doping
• Blood doping involves harvesting an athlete's
own blood before a competition or finding a
matching blood donor. This blood is usually
processed in order to create a concentration of
red blood cells, then frozen until needed for
transfusion back into the athlete shortly before
the event.
Resources and Links
• Steroids – You tube
• Discovery Education – Steroids
• E:60
• Real facts on Steroids
Worth the risk?
Women
Men
Questions
• What are the ethical issues surrounding the use
of STEROIDS in Amateur and Professional
Sports?
• How do many people perceive steroid use after
seeing many athletes succeed while using the
drug?
• Answer’s must be at least 5-8 sentences
for each question!