Thursday, 22 November 2012

He's good he has to be a cheater

I'm back shaking off the rust for something i feel very strongly about. There is this assumption about high performance athletes that they are all using something that's illegal and there is no way that they can be that good and that strong without cheating.

This is not true. Contrary to popular belief some people just work really really hard. They use supplements yes but they don't have some master mind drug dealer who can muster up products that are so advanced they can't be tested for. These are guys supplements come from sponsors. They are all tested to make sure they are legal. There is no master conspiracy to cheat in professional athletics.

I love the guys who watch sports and feel they have a grasp on what these guys go through on a day to day basis. Even better are the guys who played "midget hockey" so they know exactly what the pros go through. Those guys have no idea. Professional athletes have the best facilities in the world whether it be physio, work out facilities, practise facilities. They have the best of the best and are expected to use it. These guys work there bags off every day to get in the best shape they can be in. Guys like Sidney Crosby, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, work everyday to become the best at their sport. They don't just pop a few pills lift a few weights and get on with it.

Now for those of you who say they use these PED's for recovery. Again they are high performance athletes. They recover quicker than average on their own, then you add on the amount of legal supplements they can use to aid in recovery, and then on top of that you add in the world class therapists these guys have at their disposal on a daily basis. They don't need to cheat. The guys who cheat are the guys who lack the overall physical ability, or they are the guys driven by ego.

To label all athletes as cheater because they are physically superior to you is absolutely absurd. These guys work day in and day out to get better at their craft, and some people want to take that away from them because of ignorance, or jealousy.

Sure there are guys who have cheated. Melky Cabrera, Lance Armstrong, A-Rod, Roger Clemens, those are just a few, but to label every pro athlete as a cheater is ridiculous.

People need to realise that hard work and dedication do pay off, and that people who spend there whole lives working, strengthening, and perfecting a sport are going to get bigger, stronger, faster, and are going to look like clay sculpted figures. Doesn't mean they juiced up or they used some type of PED. And it also doesn't mean that they pay scientists to develop them the most advanced PED on the market that is ahead of all drug testing protocol. Sorry conspiracy theorist you lose this one.

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