Originally posted by Aristotle
That is one of the biggest misconceptions about steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. It isn't just about getting huge and strong. It is also about recovery time and repairing your muscles when training. People on steroids can train more. They can practice more. They don't need as much rest because their body can recover and rebuild faster.
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I have no idea how someone who watches the news can still have this kind of erroneous thinking regarding steroids - it does not cause you to gain thirty pounds overnight, your training cycle simply becomes 5 hours a day, 7 days a week since your muscle tissue rebuilds itself so incredibly rapidly. Your body will reflect whatever changes result from training for -the sport- you play. One of the first people they popped for steroids in MLB was a pitcher.