Studia Kinanthropologica 2019, 20(2):149-160

Using of anabolic steroids (AS) by recreation bodybuilders

M. Kastnerová1,*, V. Kukačka1, V. Kursová2, J. Rohlík1
1 Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Pedagogická fakulta, Katedra výchovy ke zdraví
2 Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Pedagogická fakulta, katedra tělesné výchovy a sportu

Fitness trend of present day takes for ideal looking human a person with big and welldefined muscles. The aim of research was to map the attitude of recreation bodybuilders to using of anabolic steroids, to map the reasons of anabolic use and the health disorders connected with anabolic use. The data collection was going on in the form of questionning, technique of anonymous questionnaire. The target respondents were gymnasts visiting fitness centre at least two times a week. The research proved, that the majority of respondents started with training and also with anabolic use on the grounds of design improvement. More than a half of respondents know someone in their surroundings, who uses anabolics. 13,6 % respondents are or were users of anabolic steroids (AS). The respondents present mainly the oral and also injection way of AS aplication. The most used AS were Winstrol and Dianabol. Only one quarter of all users didn't struggle with health disorders during AS use. The most mentioned health disorders during using and also after finishing were cardiovascular problems. The respondents often mention the selfconfidence increase, libido increase and agression increase in the frame of changes in their behavior during AS use. The respondents often mention the lost of selfconfidence and lost of concentration after finishing AS use. It follows from the gained data that the majority of users suffered from bigger or smaller health disorders during or after finishing of steroid cycle.

Keywords: anabolics; doping; fitness; bodybuilding; health

Published: September 30, 2019  Show citation

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Kastnerová M, Kukačka V, Kursová V, Rohlík J. Using of anabolic steroids (AS) by recreation bodybuilders. Studia Kinanthropologica. 2019;20(2):149-160.
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