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Steroids
The hard truth
Steroid Use
Women
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MYTH
• Women can build bulky, big muscles naturally
• need steroids to get big muscles
Women MUST include strength
program
• Builds muscle
• Helps to burn calories
Muscle building happens after…
• Rest and recovery
• diet
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If you stop working out…your muscle will
turn to fat.
TRUE or FALSE?
5lbs of Fat vs. 5lbs of Muscle
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If you stop exercising, your muscle will
become smaller
You gain weight only if you keep eating
Steroids
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Steroid use by 8th-12th graders has
increased
Black market sales of $400 MILLION a
year
MYTH
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Steroid use will NOT turn an average or
poor athlete into an excellent athlete
Why use steroids?
 low
self-esteem
 peer
pressure
 desire
to excel in sports
The man whose arms exploded
Evolution of GI Joe
GI Joes getting bigger
Star Wars Action Figures Getting Bigger
Effects of steroids on Women
 Growth of facial hair
 Baldness
 Deepened voice
Effect of steroids on Men
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Shrinking of testicles
Infertility
Baldness
Development of breasts
Prostate cancer
Side effect for both genders
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Liver damage
Heart damage
High blood pressure
Cancer
Cessation of bone growth
What happens when you stop taking
steroids?
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Many side effects are PERMANENT…
Breast growth
 Withered testicles
 Lowered voice and increased facial/body
hair in women
 Loss of scalp hair in both sexes
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What does DISAPPEAR?
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Muscle mass
“ROID RAGE”
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Psychological addiction-withdrawal
depression
Emotional consequences-paranoia,
mood swings
Supplements
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Food proteins are balanced proteins,
while proteins found in supplements are
incomplete proteins
The right way to gain muscle
Athletes
-eat 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight
Non- Athletes
-about 100 grams of protein a day
Protein
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One can of tuna (70 grams)
3 oz. of turkey (25 grams)
One chicken breast (45 grams)
cup of milk (8 grams)
Eggs
cheese
The healthy way to gain
muscle…
 Working-out
 Give the muscle group appropriate amount
of REST AND RECOVERY
Eating Healthy
Everything in MODERATION.