Steroids help in increasing muscle mass and physical strength, and are consequently used in sport and bodybuilding to enhance strength or physique. Some of the common steroid user groups are:
Participants of football, baseball, basketball, hockey, wrestling - sports that benefit from size and strength.
Participants of cycling, soccer, track and field, swimming, gymnastics, snow skiing - sports that benefit from speed and endurance.
Bodybuilders
Any person interested in building and developing their muscles
Effective September 1, 2007, the Texas Senate passed a bill requiring the UIL to adopt rules to prohibit a student from participating in a high school athletic competition unless the student agrees to submit to random testing for the presence of illegal steroids in the student’s body.
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