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After the research of a team on the power lifters the athletes had given up use of steroids. It was reported that while physical trace of drug was no longer remaining in the blood stream but the changes in the shoulders and quadriceps still gave lifters an advantage. As reported by science daily, Power lifting is a sport of strength and strength basically relies on the muscles. According to the sources it was found that three groups were examined. First group comprised of seven power lifters who had previously used anabolic steroids for long periods of time but stopped their use some years ago (PREV). Second group was currently power lifting but did not use steroids (P). The third group was power lifting and taking steroids (PAS). The researchers examined muscles on different parameters.

From Science daily:

A team of researchers has examined the impact of anabolic steroid use on power lifters years after the athletes had ceased to take the drugs. The researchers found that while physical traces of the drug no longer remained, changes in the shoulder and quadriceps still gave lifters advantage years later.

The researchers found that several years after anabolic steroid withdrawal, and with no or low current strength-training, the muscle fiber area intensity, the number of nuclei per fiber in the quadriceps was still comparable to that of athletes that were currently performing high intensity strength-training. They also discovered that the shoulder-neck fiber areas were comparable to high-intensity trained athletes and the number of nuclei per fiber was even higher than found in the current steroid-using group.

The sources says that researchers found that even after a break of several years of steroids use , several anabolic steroid withdrawal, with no or low current strength-training, the muscle fiber area intensity and the number of nuclei per fiber in the quadriceps were still comparable to that of athletes who were currently performing high intensity strength-training. Researchers also discovered that the shoulder-neck fiber areas were comparable to high-intensity trained athletes and the number of nuclei per fiber was even higher than found in the current steroid-using group.

On the basis of information from the sources it can be concluded that a period of anabolic steroid usage is an advantage for a power lifter in competition, even several years after they stop taking them.

Category: Anabolic Steroids | Tags: Anabolic steroid, myonucliie, subsarcolemmal