Monday, March 19, 2007

Two Articles of Import on Chemicals and Physiology

Where are the steroids/HGH horror stories? You don't hear about players dying--or killing others--from too much 'roids like you did all the time in the 80s and 90s. Could it be that they are safer to use, or that athletes use them more responsibly? Or are they so undetectable we attribute their actions/deaths to something else? What does that mean for sports and competition in general?

Chuck Klosterman ponders the issue of steroids on ESPN.com.

Meanwhile, other revolutionary technologies are being developed that are just as effective as steroids...there's The Glove, which cools down your muscles, making you just as strong for your last set as you are for your first.

Fascinating technology, fascinating dilemmas we face.

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