WiLdAtHeArT said:
Actually, McGuire took 'Andro' which is in the 'steroid, but not really a steroid' category. I still think that Andro is a 'performance enhancing drug' and should be banned from baseball - as it is banned from other sports. Creotin is a protein-based formula (as far as I know) and is not derived from hormones.
McGuire, Bonds, etc. should have asterisks by all their home run numbers.
About 3 years ago I won a contest at the Gold's gym in Central Oregon.
The winner (which was me) received 1500 dollars worth of supplements.
The guy that used to be an American Gladiator called "Lazer" on the televison show came to the gym and delivered the supplements.
He was a rep for the Apex supplements group.
He congratulated me on winning. He told me all the supplements were non steroid. He said that all they did was aid your body in producing things it already did natrurally.
He gave me several extra bottles of
Andro and told me that they were safe, legal, and as harmless as Creatine.
I also won a 12 week training session with the best personal trainer in the gym. I put on 15 pounds of muscle in 6 weeks. I had to buy new clothes and I felt great.
The trainer was astounded at how fast I responded. I was on a bodybuilding diet and the gym gave me all the protein drinks and energy supplements I wanted for free.
Not one person in the gym thought that the stuff I was using was harmful or that it would do that much.
Most people in the gym believed my gains were due to intense training and the diet I was on and I did to.
I had no idea that the andro was a precursor steroid. I was also taking several other enhancers provided by the gym that I can't remember the names of and it was all given to me for free.
Later I was told that the stuff I was taking coupled with the andro worked the same way as dianabol which is a powerful steroid.
I have never used steroids in my life nor would I want to. I use Creatine and Whey protein and that is it.
Now Andro is to become illegal.
When I ran out of the stuff it felt like I died. I was tired and despondent.
I was not aware of the side effects of this stuff when I took it. Fortunantely the "let down" only lasted a couple of weeks.
No one knew that any of this stuff was not good for us when we took it back then.
I will never take any supplement other than vitamins, creatine, and protein powder again.
I was 52 years old when I won the contest. I am 55 now.
Moral of the story.
Just because something is legal doesn't make it safe or right to take.