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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1049420" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>IMO, it's rife in the academies - mostly pain relief and anti-inflammatories so that they can push themselves harder in the gym, and there's no job security - but pretty much not a problem once actually a senior - at least, for the players with job security; the fringe guys may be juicing on something.</p><p></p><p>It's about the risk / benefit ratio. in the academy, testing is... pathetic, so there's relatively low risk; but the reward is huge - the next 12 years can depend upon it. Once a senior though, the testing is much more reasonable (not as stringent as I'd like, not as bad as plenty of other sports), and the rewards are lower - especially as they're mostly interested in maintaining what they've already achieved. Added to which, of course the world is much more forgiving of an 18 year old who made a naïve mistake, than a 28 years old who really ought to know better.</p><p></p><p>It's also easy for us old farts to not know (or have forgotten) how easy it is to put on muscle as a late-teen whilst clean - especially if we were largely trying to play rugby (and probably other sports as well) alongside the gym work, a day job (even if studying) and no professional level nutrition, training and equipment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1049420, member: 73592"] IMO, it's rife in the academies - mostly pain relief and anti-inflammatories so that they can push themselves harder in the gym, and there's no job security - but pretty much not a problem once actually a senior - at least, for the players with job security; the fringe guys may be juicing on something. It's about the risk / benefit ratio. in the academy, testing is... pathetic, so there's relatively low risk; but the reward is huge - the next 12 years can depend upon it. Once a senior though, the testing is much more reasonable (not as stringent as I'd like, not as bad as plenty of other sports), and the rewards are lower - especially as they're mostly interested in maintaining what they've already achieved. Added to which, of course the world is much more forgiving of an 18 year old who made a naïve mistake, than a 28 years old who really ought to know better. It's also easy for us old farts to not know (or have forgotten) how easy it is to put on muscle as a late-teen whilst clean - especially if we were largely trying to play rugby (and probably other sports as well) alongside the gym work, a day job (even if studying) and no professional level nutrition, training and equipment. [/QUOTE]
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