As a follow up to the last post on steroids I thought I'd contribute something.
Some athletes seem to get more out of juicing than others, though I have no idea why. I remember one college football lineman who got drafted very high in the NFL and never made much of himself as a pro, and more than a few people suspected that he had trouble adjusting to life without steroids - you see, he wasn't getting tested for anabolic steroids in college, but he was getting tested as a pro, so presumably he had stopped juicing after turning pro.
I don't know the true story about that guy - I never really followed him. But I read an interesting sort of opinion/what if piece on some MMA blog (I honestly don't remember where), with something I hadn't thought of.
Many former Pride athletes have been fighting in the UFC lately, and many of them have had much poorer showings than one would expect - Filho, Cro Cop, Shogun Rua, and others. The announcers have blamed the adjustment to cage fighting (as opposed to ring fighting) for the difficulties, but another difference is that Pride had no steroid testing. Were these guys juiced in Pride, and having trouble dealing with training and fighting without any enhancements?
Food for thought. Based on no evidence whatsoever. Interesting, though.
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