Steroids in Martial Arts

[philliptwyford]

I thought this might be a good one as in a lot of sports this is such as taboo subject and unfortunately it has infiltrated MMA etc. From reading the workout routines of some of the pro MMA guys I use to think how the hell could they get the energy and recover. It was not until Sean Sherk and then much to my disappointment Royce Gracie were caught for doing steroids .

What are peoples views? Is MMA riddled with steroids and just no one has found out.

Phillip

[philliptwyford]

Following on from my last post re Steroids what led me to add this one to the forum was I reading the lastest fighter mag with Matt Serra on the front and there was a pretty damming article including snippets of an interview with Ultimate fighter winner Kendall Grove where he gave the impression that alot of fighters were heavy users of marajuana and would go into the ring stoned. Eddie Bravo who is known in UFC circles as been the guest round scorer went further to say to that marajuana actually helped a fighter make quicker decisions and it was claimed that Bruce even smoked the weed.

Does anyone feel there is any truth in this?

Thanks
phillip

[R. Devane]

Hey Phil,
Performance drug use in MMA is probably as wide spread as in the Olympics. I have been told personally by a UFC fighter "Even the lightweights are on steroids". According to doctors, it can be extremely hard to catch drug users: not all drugs can be detected, when they know they will be tested they stop for a while - add to that bribes etc. etc.

As for weed. This goes hand in hand with steroid use. Weed is commonly used to try to relax while on steroids and to increase appetite, so the whole uppers and downers rollar coaster takes over.

There was a cool documentary about Bruce Lee called 'Death by misadventure' which interviewed his doctors who said that there were large amounts of hash in his system after he died.

[philliptwyford]

Thanks for that Rob. I will staying with my protein powder and the odd pint of arthur!

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I think Sylvester Stallone recently publicly condoned the use of steroids because they "make you feel young". But they'll make you feel pretty old pretty quick if you're not careful. They might even make you feel dead cos of what they do to the heart.

It is a shame that 'roids are so widespread in MMA and other sports. I've never even heard of anyone being reprimanded for using them in Marital Arts. This is the problem with competative Martial Arts- it's full of cheaters. Most people will do anything to win.

It starts to look ridiculous when people like Brock Lesner come in to UFC- That guy is unnatuarally big. There's no way you can look at him and think anything other that steroids. And here's us complaining about Michelle Smith!