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To: vox_freedom

This is a side issue, a quibble, but I have a problem with describing an above normal level of testosterone - a natural male hormone - as "doping." The word "doping" - to me - suggests drugs that primarily have an intoxicating effect, and which are not natural to the human body. Testosterone levels vary widely in males, and I have trouble with viewing an elevated level of this hormone as a sign of unethical behavior.


105 posted on 07/27/2006 8:58:49 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

I suppose you believe that those male AND female body builders do that through natural means? Forget it. They all use this stuff. Huge dosages, far, far, far beyond therepeutic dosages. It is just cheating, pure and simple.

I can remember the late Bob Hoffman of yesteryear (Strength and Health) who was into body building and wrote about the dangers of this stuff and that was nearly 40 years ago. Fooling around with testosterone in these amounts, or almost in any amounts is dangerous, unethical and cheating.

What is going to have to happen is that the first offense is a lifetime ban. Anything less is futile.


110 posted on 07/27/2006 9:19:06 PM PDT by RichardW
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To: Steve_Seattle
...but I have a problem with describing an above normal level of testosterone - a natural male hormone - as "doping."

Good point, and I agree.

136 posted on 07/28/2006 1:15:59 PM PDT by vox_freedom
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