January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

genetic model of human came along. Someone like Louis or Clay or
Tyson.Steroids do not make you more intelligent, more skilfull, or more
courageous. And steroids probably make althletes lazier. The steroid user took
the biggest short cut there is - pushing a needle in their arms rather than
pushing more weights in training - so they say to themselves, "What the heck,
I'll eat that jam doughnut instead of that raw carrot." Steroid cheaters take
more and more shortcuts and train less and less and in the end the steroids are
only making up for the shortfall in training that ultimately develops (if you
get my drift). More than anything else, steroids are a psychological
downfall. The steroided athlete in his heart-of-hearts knows that he is a cheat.
He has problems looking the other guy in the eye. Heck, he can't even be
truthful with himself because he's out telling so many lies covering up.
So when the going gets really tough, the steroid cheater won't go that
extra inch of exertion needed to win. He'll give up.In my mind,
steroids are over stated. Taking steroids is an admission that you aren't as
good as the others and that you need to cheat to catch up to
them.Breathing in the atmosphere of a big fight crowd was the only
'steroid' that the greats wanted !By the way, if we want to beat steroid
use, then we have to pick on the guys who arrange and supply the stuff. What's
the penalty for supplying a steroid to an athlete ? I don't think there is a
penalty. |
|9/16/04 06:08:52 PM|Bob Bumbera|NC||renfbera@aol.com||||10|Noam, steroids are a
controlled substance and if you are caught using or distributing them you will
be fined heavily or if your an unknown gym rat you may even spend time in jail.
As for helping athletic performance, more records in track and field, weight
lifting and many other sports have been set while athletes were on steroids.
Not all, but a high percentage of NFL players use drugs to enhance their
productivity on the field. It has spread to other sports as well. Of course
athletes in most major sports are training year round with much better nutrition
than just 20 years ago, so you would expect their bodies to look better, more
chiseled, less smooth than in the past. I am quite there are a number of
prizefighters that are using performance enhancing drugs, Roy Jones Jr. failed a
drug test once, and I believe Shane Mosley is another. I do agree that in
boxing, steroids may help a few fighters but for the most part, not the
majority. Boxing is not a true strength sport and you don’t need to run the
100 meters in 9.45 seconds, although it might help if Mike Tyson was after you.
You can’t make some punch harder than they can, if you can’t punch no drug in
the world will increase your power. You’ll be looking good in your trunks
though. Hey Massimo…quit talking to yourself already! |
|9/17/04 08:41:47 AM|Evren|London||@||||10|This is a very interesting debate. If
the steroids do not help then why are these top athelets/boxers taking them? I
know that they help increase size and muscle. Increasing your size could be
argued as a cheating advantage, bigger muscles usually mean more strength. If
they didnt make a difference why would knowledgeable fighters take them - why
would they run the risk if it wasn't helping. Could it be that the steroids help
speed up injury repair? From Jerry's era I remember Jack O'Halloran as one of
the guys who took them...agreed..it didnt help him! He lost both of his legs if
I remember correctly.|
|9/17/04 12:03:29 PM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|What kind of correlation there is
between muscular size and punching power is not that obvious. I mean,
A.Schwartznegger's biceps are twice bigger than M. Tyson's, but I'd bet that
Tyson can punch at least twice harder than Schwartzy. Primo Carnera had probably
the biggest biceps of all the heavyweight champions in history and his power was
good, but Louis,Foreman,Tyson,Marciano, Godfrey, Baer and many others could
punch harder. There is surely a positive correlation, I am unmuscled and I can't
break an egg (slang), but I think that even the quality of the muscular cells
plays an important roll (ruolo).|