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Re: MLB investigating region in PED war - ESPN
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Originally Posted by jojo
HGH will induce increases in muscle mass but it's not conducive to the types of muscle function that helps baseball players and it causes an increase in mass that isn't simply due to an increase in fiber size (i.e. the mass doesn't necessarily cause the functional changes that would be considered ideal). Also it's effects on bone growth aren't really conducive to the types of athletic moves required for baseball. A person who is already in the 99th percentile athletically and at their peak athletic age (early 20's to early 30's) would be silly to take HGH. To the extent that HGH actually improves the performance of professional baseball players, it is pecking at the margins and carrying a disproportionate set of risks that makes it's use as a PED a game of diminishing returns.
You did more than stop taking HGH. You also stopped doing whatever you were doing to effect the change in body composition.
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Does the confidence that PED's give a player matter in this type of discussion. I'm not sure what others think, throwing that out there.
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