I'm not quite sure of how the use of steroids actually helps in terms of distance running. Could someone please enlighten me?
If somebody could explain on the anatomical level too that would be cool.
And no, I'm not doping. I have a friend who does it with weightlifting and he told me he could run an 800 faster than me. I'm interested to know how this gives him an advantage.
It helps athletes recover faster so they can get away with irrational, excessive training regimens.
This is true, however, many steroids cause the user to retain massive amounts of water. This, is not a benefit to distance runners.
Good thing running makes you sweat out water.
iflyboats wrote:
It helps athletes recover faster so they can get away with irrational, excessive training regimens.
This is correct.