but juice also breaks down joints/liagements/tendons over time and Roger's had none of that. Hamstring/back injuries yes but never elbow/shoulder/rotator cuff injuries in 20+ years. I waiver back and forth on whether he's done roids or not.
Steroids, specifically testosterone does NOT break down tendon, ligament, synovial fluid or cartilage. Injury, repetitive stressors, poor alignment, age and drying of synovial fluid and lack of glycosaminoglycans, abnormal prostaglandins, etc do. Gh is now being used by a orthopedic in maimi with GREAT success for cartilage and joint problems....it will NOT be long that these athletes are allowed to use gh to aid in recovery and therefore prevent injury. Also, we're seeing an increasingly large number of athletes playing into their 40's and being competitive. That means money to ball teams. Once one of these players goes to a doctor because they are feeling like hell from over training and lack of repair and their hormones levels, sex hormone binding globulin levels come back out of whack, one of these guys is gonna say that for my HEALTH and wellbeing i gotta be on HRT. Tides will begin to change within the next 10 years. If you think testosterone and gh use is gonna go away your crazy. It will only become more common, then within ten years things will change and thinking will change. The ONLY reason it was a common thought that you can't compete in 40's is because of lack of hormones and susequent breakdown of tissue and joints without repair....and society's sheltered thinking that 40 or even 30 is old. I know that when I'm 40 (I'm 38 now), I will be able to compete in ANY fashion (athletic wise) with anyone,......I took up pro wrestling last year and got a contract with the wwe. I improved more than ANY single person Jody Hamilton(50 years hall of fame guy) has EVER seen..his words exactly. Now after years of bodybuilding and being in a boxing gym with my brother i will have my first jui jitsu tournament......it is what it is, believe if you want, but it all comes down to TRAINING and repair. ARE you willing to train the way you did when you were 20 at 40? Take the gh and keep test levels normal and you CAN be better then you were at 20, no doubt. Training has progresses significantly over the years. A guy like Roger Clemens works every single day on rotator external/internal, abduction and proprioception exercises and THAT'S why he stayes great. Same with randy johnson and many others. The ONLY thing is that in contact sports only (football/boxing)injuries BEYOND the control of any single person take place. Absent of that there is no reason athletes can not be compettive in their 50's.....in marathon running it is already happening, bike riding it will as well. One more thing. Giambi has a pituitary tumor. The treatment for EVERY SINGLE PERSON with a prolactin secreting (not gh) tumor is testosterone and eventually gh. This is a fact, my brother has been through the ringer with it and i know all about them. What does baseball say about giambi (medically prescribed testosterone)?
