June 2011

Professional Sports is big money. Just like in the movie “Gladiator” most of us are spectators who are thrilled and excited to watch conflict and competition rooting for our favourites to win and generally heralding a good game. We live vicariously through these players and athletes, whether they are tennis players, boxers, basketball guards, or American football quarterbacks. We join them in getting that rush of competition. For these players, keeping fit has always been the key factor to their longevity and as a player ages, getting fitter or recovering from muscle fatigue takes more time. For a time, the use of anabolic steroids were being used by athletes to enhance their performances till it was found out to be “unsportsmanlike” and also had long term side effects. And in the last twenty or so years, the list of banned substances have grown, including Growth Hormones. There is a level of Growth Hormones in an athlete’s system that is acceptable, a little bit over the normal range since their bodies are trained and induced to produce more hormones than regular people. There are natural supplements like Sytropin Growth Hormone that may enhance the production of HGH to make its levels optimal which is acceptable since Sytropin is an over the counter supplement but direct ingestion of a Growth Hormone on the banned list can be easily detect and may prove to be career threatening to the athlete if tested positive.  Read more...