Sports Performance Enhancements Essay

Research Are sports performance enhancements worth doing for a better performance? My opinion would be no because they mess with your health and give you heart problems, it’s just better not to do it at all. Some people take the risk but like I said before it’s better not to do it. Not only does it damage your health it but it can also ruin your life and get you kicked out of the things you love them most. Sports performance enhancements can also bring the person’s and the people around them self-esteem down. There making people think that’s the only way to do stuff, which of course it isn’t the only way. People who decide to take sport performance enhancement drugs also take the risk of getting heart problems. In the article “Why Men Have More Body Image Issues Than Ever” Dr. Harrison pope says “ There’s a growing body of literature that suggests long-term steroids use can cause cardiomyopathy, where the heart doesn’t pump or fill with blood efficiently”. Which of course gives you heart problems. It doesn’t only mess with your heart but also your testosterone. Pope also says in the article “If you’re taking …show more content…
For example Lance armstrong was a great cyclist and was sadly banned from cycling again for doing steroids. In the article “Which Drugs Is Lance Armstrong Accused Of Taking?” it says in the text that” Armstrong decided on thursday to avoid arbitration with USADA and accept the agency’s punishment”. Which basically means after a couple years Armstrong decided to finally confess that he actually was on steroids when he was doing the races. After when he confessed, the text said that “USADA swiftly revoked all seven of Armstrong’s tour titles banned him for life from the sport of cycling”. Armstrong love cycling but that was taken from him after he decided to do steroids and the worse part is that they even took his titles that he was