PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Bench Press, Testicular Cancer, Metandienone
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Fair and unfair advantages building on potential. You want to win an olympic medal, so you train very hard. But (cid:449)hile (cid:455)ou"re trai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, (cid:455)ou see people doi(cid:374)g thi(cid:374)gs o(cid:374) the side to improve their performance: they. Moved to another city (or even country) (cid:862)if (cid:455)ou (cid:449)ere offered a (cid:271)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ed perfor(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e-enhancing substance that guaranteed that you would win an olympic medal and you (cid:272)ould (cid:374)ot (cid:271)e (cid:272)aught, (cid:449)ould (cid:455)ou take it? (cid:863) 195/198 said yes. Highlights from the history of drug use in sports. 1950s: russian weightlifters begin to markedly outperform their us counterparts. Later 1950s: us olympic physician teams with chemists to create. 1956: steroid use becomes the norm in modern olympic games. 1960s: steroid use banned by the ioc but no testing. World anti-doping agency (wada) considerations to ban a drug: Androgenic: acting to promote masculinizing changes in the body. Anabolic: acting to promote growth and muscular development.
