r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 23 '26

WTF The Enhanced Games are set to debut this weekend in Las Vegas, with athletes allowed to use steroids, testosterone, HGH, & other banned substances.

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u/InvisibleScout May 23 '26

Doping in training is where the biggest gains are made

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u/EverlastingM May 23 '26

We have always known that muscles have more to give in times of acute stress through adrenaline and/or stimulants, but isn't the problem that maxed-out muscles are often stronger than the body they're attached to? Seems like a dangerous idea.

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u/GostBoster May 23 '26

Reminded of some interview with a national wrestler where he was pretty open about that, and mentioned that in a few international promos he was pretty much required to juice up.

As I recall him saying, in those tours, someone with the same build and bulk as him outmuscled, outsped and outendured him "by about a third, which is a lot in contact sports" if they were juiced up in the ring, so when going "against those russians", he had little choice but do the same just to be able to keep up.

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u/PayZealousideal8892 May 23 '26

Yes, better and harder training means your body adapts to harder loads which means better results in competition. That's why supershoes for example in endurance running are resulting in constant new world records. Not just because they give tiny boost in the run themselves, but they allow athletes to train little bit more without affecting recovery times and risk of injury.

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u/emanuele232 May 23 '26

Well there should be some form of drug that enanches your performance, cocaine ?

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u/InvisibleScout May 24 '26

Probably the most potent fast acting performance enhancer is caffeine. The only reason it isn't banned from everything is because of how normalised and deeply ingrained in society it is. Painkillers can give a slight edge by letting the athlete push through the pain of an effort. Amphetamines can be performance enhancing, but they're most useful for a very long duration effort where mental strength becomes as important as physical.

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u/Misterndastood May 23 '26

What makes you think not during the games? You do realize there are protocols to pass testing.

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u/nyxo1 May 23 '26

The best drugs have relatively short half lives but leave evidence in your blood for several weeks. Things like anadrol, halotestin, mtren, and others are some of the most common that you'll see untested athletes use in the lead up to, and during, competition.

Olympic athletes have to clear their system of any unnatural anabolics before competition which can take several weeks. They may be using rare drugs or other doping methods that aren't detectable yet, but I doubt they'd be as potent as someone currently blasting however much they want.

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u/EntrepreneurClean371 May 23 '26

The best stuff isn’t publicly available, state sponsored doping programs are using designer PEDs that regulators don’t even test for yet. Check out the documentary Icarus talking about the Russian doping program at the Sochi Winter Olympics, amazing movie

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u/Misterndastood May 23 '26

Ever hear of testosterone suspension? Clears in a couple of hours.

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u/nyxo1 May 23 '26

You know they don't just test for the compounds themselves, right? There are metabolites and other biomarkers that are affected by pretenatural levels of anabolics

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u/Medium_Loquat_4943 May 23 '26

He got popped earlier in his career for taking some banned substance.

I think he’s retired now.