Quote Originally Posted by GirlieZ View Post
Everyone responds to supps/med/riods differently. These products DO damage your body after repeated use, even if it is the proper dosage/cycling.

My husband plays hockey, a sport which riod and supp use is not widespread.
I coach triathletes, a sport that riod/blood doping/supp use is widespread. And recent deaths from usage have been an growing issue. The ITU and USAT only test pro/national team athletes so usage in age group athletes is a growing problem (where most the issues are coming from).

It all comes down to ethics in pro sports with the usage of supps/riods/doping. As far as the 'recreational' supp user is concerned, I still am strictly against it. And I too have been involved in national/international level competition and professional athletics for over a decade, been coaching for almost 9 years, and I have heard both sides and the gray area over and over again. I was encouraged by a couple of my coaches to go on creatine as an age group athlete and even now been offered vasodilators to race on, i said no thanks.
Not all of these products damage you. I used to work out with guys that have been using supplements and different types of steroids and are in perfect shape. They are in their 40's and probably in better shape than your husband. Now some things are bad for you, but that's why you do your homework to weed out the bad ones. Hell technically alcohol is worse than marijuana, but which is legal?