Androgen insensitivity syndrome

heating muscles: the use of steroids in sports A cool summer breeze flows through the air as we are impatiently waiting for the next pitch with excitement. “Crack!” The ball rockets into the air and it looks as if it could touch the stars. Another home run for my favorite Yankee, Alex Rodriguez. As he trots around the bases, the crowd screams and roars with appreciation for the man who has just won the game and continues to lift the city. Little did myself and all Yankee fans know that this…

The use of steroids has always been a problem for Professional and collegiate athletics and should be recognized for a bigger problem than what they consider it. Steroids are one of the easiest ways to cheat the system and is considered chemically cheating. The schools, The National Football League(NFL) and the NCAA should make the consequences of steroids more serious because these athletes get off the hook too easy. This is a problem that is overlooked because too many schools and NFL teams…

Benchmark - Ethical Dilemmas Often in competitive athletics performance enhancing drugs are used to make the athletes more competitive. Paul is an athlete who might be losing his starting position in a team because of his teammates taking a drug. He is faced with the decision of weather or not to take the drug to get an even playing field with his teammates. Looking at this ethical dilemma in a Christian light makes the implications clear, of the danger to his health and to his moral standing.…

When it comes to the topic of using performance enhancing drugs (PED) for sports, most of us will readily agree that using PED for sports is cheating. Where this agreement usually ends, however, should athletes be allowed to use PED to gain an advantage. Whereas some are convinced that it shouldn’t matter how an athlete gains their athleticism. Those unfamiliar with this school of thought may be interested to know that it basically boils down to fairness. It is not fair to have some athletes…

Testosterone is a type of Androgen that is the primary hormone in males.1 It is a type of steroid hormone that stimulates the development of sexual characteristics.2 Testosterone is produced in the male testes by the Leydig cells as well as in the adrenal glands.1,3 Production…

To promote their performance-enhancing product, Gatorade employed the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt. They’re advertisement follows their motto of “Win from Within,” which focuses on making consumable products for athletes to eat or drink to improve their athletic performance. In the advertisement, Bolt is in the starting blocks on a track, and is in position to run out of the blocks. This ad is clearly targeted to athletes and health-minded individuals to influence them to buy Gatorade’s…

To find the best boxing gloves for your criteria, the search for the ideal pair requires much more than analyzing good reviews, a fancy, beautiful cool skin or knowing your size. Boxing gloves are really important not only to protect the hands of a boxing fighter but also to provide stability, coordination and develop a notion to boost all these skills while wearing gloves. Something that people often do not take under consideration is the fact boxing gloves are an extra weight over your hands,…

What is the punishment for steroid use? Athletes that use steroids can be punished in many different ways. But are they punished harsh enough? No they are not punished harsh enough. Athletes could be suspended, stripped of stats/records, or banned from the sport completely. There are many different ways people use steroids. This includes methods such as shooting up, doping, and many oral methods. Most of these methods are extremely unhealthy. The punishment for steroid use should be harsher…

Adversity as a sparring partner. Adversity means difficulties or misfortune, which can be roughly interpreted as someone that is better than you. So if adversity becomes your sparring partner, then you will get better and better even though you always lose. Sparring adversity can also allow you to push farther as you lose. Adversity will help you become a better person as you learn about it in the real world as it throws its curve ball at you that can either make or break you as you hit it or…

Everyday people face challenges and wish there was a way to overcome them, and in some cases people feel the need to use something to enhance their level of performance. This is similarly the case in competitive sports, players have a lot of pressure to succeed because of money, endorsements, and even national pride. These pressures often promote professional athletes to adopt unethical ways to cheat such as doping. Doping by definition is “the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or…