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184. Should Performance Enhancing Drugs Be Banned in Sports? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

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Why Do Athletes Use PEDs?

Blood doping is a way to enhance the amount of oxygen in your blood. Stimulants are drugs which excite your brain and your nerves. In medicine they can be used to treat illnesses like asthma or muscle loss. Athletes use anabolic steroids to increase their endurance, so they can compete or train longer,. To lose fat, to improve their recovery times and to increase their size and strength. But why do athletes use these banned substances? Well while drug testing has become incredibly accurate it hasn't stopped sportsmen and women across the world from using PEDs.

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