Performance-enhancing substances Performance-enhancing substances is one of the most important concerns for athletes till this day. These substances are outlawed in every league, but athletes still find a way to cheat and continue to find ways to get an edge over their competitors. These substances are used to improve performances of athletes and gives them an advantage. When taking these drugs it affects your body in many ways as growth of muscles but doesn’t change the fact that is is still medically dangerous and not safe. Even though the drugs are illegal and banned from most organizations and leagues there are still many athletes that take these and find ways not to get caught. Some of the substances included are stimulants, anabolic-androgenic
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USADA said,” Red blood cells carry oxygen to the muscles, this allows the body to transport more oxygen to working muscles therefore can increase their aerobic capacity and endurance.There are three widely known substances or methods used for blood doping, namely, erythropoietin, synthetic oxygen carriers, and blood transfusions.” By doing this it enhances the athletic performance tremendously and helps their endurance. All these different methods are illegal in collegiate and professional sports. By blood doping some side effects are increased stress on the heart, blood clotting, and stroke. Blood doping was the one that had Lance Armstrong stripped of his seven titles in France. Even though he took other performance enhancing drugs him blood doping was the popular one because it was never really seen before, at least while it was illegal. It makes since why he would do this, Blood doping makes the body use more oxygen. Especially while doing a workout. For competitions like riding a bike and for such a long distance this is most likely the best way to cheat and really get an advantage on your competition. But after being caught and stripped of all seven titles was all of this really worth it? All these years later everything you worked for is now gone and pointless. The 1970’s was when blood doping was not banned yet so in the Mexico games athletes used these transfusions. In the 1980’s it was finally banned mainly because of the U.S. cycling
USADA said,” Red blood cells carry oxygen to the muscles, this allows the body to transport more oxygen to working muscles therefore can increase their aerobic capacity and endurance.There are three widely known substances or methods used for blood doping, namely, erythropoietin, synthetic oxygen carriers, and blood transfusions.” By doing this it enhances the athletic performance tremendously and helps their endurance. All these different methods are illegal in collegiate and professional sports. By blood doping some side effects are increased stress on the heart, blood clotting, and stroke. Blood doping was the one that had Lance Armstrong stripped of his seven titles in France. Even though he took other performance enhancing drugs him blood doping was the popular one because it was never really seen before, at least while it was illegal. It makes since why he would do this, Blood doping makes the body use more oxygen. Especially while doing a workout. For competitions like riding a bike and for such a long distance this is most likely the best way to cheat and really get an advantage on your competition. But after being caught and stripped of all seven titles was all of this really worth it? All these years later everything you worked for is now gone and pointless. The 1970’s was when blood doping was not banned yet so in the Mexico games athletes used these transfusions. In the 1980’s it was finally banned mainly because of the U.S. cycling