ESPN writer Shaun Assael explains that the performance enhancing benefits of anabolic steroids are not limited to bodybuilders and powerlifters or athletes where strength and size are important. He informs us why steroids are advantageous for endurance athletes like cylists whose bodyweights are among the lightest of all professional athletes.

The Big Think article discusses the 2008 Tour de France where three riders have tested positive for the banned blood booster Epogen (EPO) and/or CERA and were disqualified from the Tour.  But EPO and CERA are NOT anabolic steroids!

There has not been any news arising from the 2008 Tour de France to suggest that there is a current problem with anabolic steroids. Yet the “Big Think” article does not distinguish between cyclists using EPO and cyclists using anabolic steroids. Is “Big Think” aware that EPO is not an anabolic steroid?! … Read the rest of this entry »