(01-02-2012, 12:10 PM)ThomasAA23 Wrote: Steroids do not make someone run faster, you already have to be a great runner, with good technique and steroids just help boost the muscles that are needed.
And what is the result of the boosted muscles... the ability to run faster.
Look at it this way... if they didn't help a person run faster, then why would they disqualify a person for using them? They do so because it creates an unfair advantage - the ability to out=perform the competition because of steroids/HGH which was produced outside the athlete's body.
Remember... prescription steroids are LEGAL to use in this country. Ever wonder why people who have Tommy John surgery come back stronger? I think a lot of the reason is because athletes are legally prescribed steroids to aide in the recovery process.