PED conversations around here usually devolve into some argument about whether they really work or not. Whether they can turn a middling baseball player into a great one or a borderline player into something middling.
One man did a little experiment on himself that is definitely worth a read:
I was curious — considering the number of people who say that steroids and other PEDs aren’t really that big of a deal and might not effect performance all that much — how much of an effect can drugs have on peak athletic performance? These drugs are pretty widely available so I wondered what would happen if an average person, let alone a professional athlete, started taking a substance banned by the MLB and the US Anti-Doping Agency.
He became a human guinea pig. No, it doesn’t seem like he used a syringe, but I like this pic anyway.
Click through for the results. Pretty interesting stuff.