I n some unive rsit y situ a tions it is poss ible to h ave a n a r c hit ec t or stage d es ig ner help pro duce an arrangemen t of apparatus wh ich is ha rmoniou s and function a l from the audience 's viewpo int. An ything which makes gymnastics more in teresting without violating it s unity wi ll ma ke it more bea utiful a nd give it wider a ppea l.
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Abstract: T we" 'e matched pairs of subjects, fed a high protein diet, were trained \Vith weights fo r 6 weeks . In th e fll/al 3 weeks 12 subjects receil'ed 5 milligrams of methal/drostenolon e (Dial/abol) twice daily. Max imum weight lifting, thickness of skil/ folds, oxygen uptake , blood chemistry pro.file , and cOl/cen tration of blood lipids were determined. A lso used were cable tensiom etry and anthropom etric m easurements. Th e strength of treated subjects iI/ creased significantly; their m ean weight gail/ was 2.48 kilograllls with I/O significa nt change il/ skin fold thickness. S el'eral al/thropoll1etric measurem ents iI/ creased significa ntly, as did oxygel/ uptak e ability al/d nitrogen retention by the blood. L.c. J ohnson and J.P. O'S hea 1969 A nabolic steroid: Effects on strength del路eloplll ellt. S cience 164 :957-959. The study abstracted above was run to provi de bas ic information about the ab ilit y of the a na bolic steroid s to increase strength. Becau se gy mna sts a re certa inl y concerned wit h strength a nd bec a use so me of our re aders may be try ing to eva lua te th e use of th ese hormones in their own stre ngth-building progra ms , it is a ppropriat e th a t we take a loo k at thi s practice. While th e medica l use of a nabolic steroid s ha s been ma inl y confined to use on pati e nt s recov ering from illness or s urgery. theory predicted the drugs shou ld stimu la te muscle development a nd strength increases in normal hea lth y men . The a uthors . John so n a nd O'Shea . pointed ou t that littl e is known of poss ible longterm s ide effects on adult s a nd caut ioned against their use by teenage rs a nd ph ys ica ll y immature indi vidu als . Their Science a rticl e does cite some unfav orable side effects. and o th ers may be found in it s litera ture citat ion s.
From a n ex pe rimenta l sta ndpoint , th ei r study has yie lded bas ic data which te nd s to bea r out th e ir th eo ri es. Nonth e less , the y ca ution th a t s till more information is needed on ph ys io logical e ffect s on huma ns. I think th a t still a nother point was made in that stud y, one which is obvious but which is ignored. Not only did their treated indi vidu a ls ga in in strength a nd we ight on a pre sc ribed hi gh protein diet a nd weight tra ining program , but so a lso did th e ir con trol subjects. The ga in of th e controls ce rt a inl y was not as great , but it does show that the simple initiation of a weight trainin g a nd dietary progra m is of be nefit. Recentl y, th e N CAA's Co mmitt ee on th e Co mpetiti ve Safeguards a nd Medic al Aspects of Sports iss ued a warning on th e use of the a na bolic steroid s. The y were pa rticul a rl y concerned with mi sinterpretations of a rticles a ppea ring in popul a r publication s. (notably Sports Illu strated June 23 a nd 30. Jul y 7. 1969) a nd stre sse d their belief that in yo ung. hea lth y males , the drugs do not benefit performance . Such concern is not limited to the Unit ed S tates. At a Sports Ph ys ici a ns Co nference in Munich , Wes t Germany. thi s fa ll . doctors de bated the use of these performa nce boosters. Among the points brought out were: I) that th e dru gs apparent ly do augment the de ve lopme nt o f mu scle ti ss ue during tra inin g, 2) the use of hormone s can - in tee nagers - pre maturel y stop bone growth , pre ve nting a tt a inment of full s ta ture, and 3) the use of hormones is simpl y not in keeping with the precept s of good s portsma ns hip . " We need to clarify th a t s port , e ve n the top sport. s hould contribute to health ," sa id Dr. Geo rge F. Schliche nri ede r. ph ys ician for the German Olympic hock ey a nd cro sscou ntry ski tea ms . "a nd not be used for brea king record s a lone. " I think that a great man y of our gy mnasts who have en tered the medica l profess ion cou ld ma ke the point in eve n stronger terms that drugs a re da nge rou s a nd there is rea ll y no s ubstitut e for we ll -directed . good. ha rd work. Perh a ps some of th e m will direct le tt e rs to th e Ed it or o n thi s ma tter. To this may be added th e thought th a t at hlete s are admired for achi ev ing exce ll ence on their own merit. The who le spirit of compe tition is s ubvert ed whe n a contes ta nt uses drugs to boost hi s production capac ity. Such use of hormones is not consistent with the hi gh standard s of gy mn as tic s a nd it s focus on the in di vidual' s inn a te capab iliti es.
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