Topic: How spread is drug usage in weightlifting?

[StoneBear]

Some people told me that all lifters use drugs, so I could never compete with them. I tried to remain optomistic and deny it. But how true is it? Is it just some? Not many? Most? All? Tell me what you think. Thanks/

[Albert B. Gonzalez]

if your worried about what others are using for training other than pure will your in the wrong sport.

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

The drug situation is bad in weightlifting, but in America the bigger problem is the idiocy and injustice of the USAW.

[StoneBear]

if your worried about what others are using for training other than pure will your in the wrong sport.

This has got to be the stupidest thing I've read in a long time, and don't tell me I'm in the wrong sport. If someone is cheating in order to beat you in competition unfairly and take your medal, glory, money and well deserved self satisfaction of out doing the competition and even yourself, then yes it worries me and there's nothing wrong with that.

[StoneBear]

in America the bigger problem is the idiocy and injustice of the USAW.

How so?
 
I don't care if body builders or whatever want to use drugs. They just shouldn't compete in drug free competition. They don't belong there. It boggles me to think what kind of craven character would lie about such a thing. Winning is supposed to be about glory, but there's no glory in cheating unless your brain is f*cked.
 
If anyone had to put a % on the amount of Olympian weightlifters in drugs, what would your guess be, but?

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

The USAW is a state-protected monopoly. Monopolies are always bad for the consumer, provide worse and worse service for higher prices over time. Since the USAW is not in business for profit, serving the consumers is not its priority. It is immune from the profit-loss feedback mechanism and can thus get away with mistreating its consumers.

If I had to guess, I'd say about 80% of the competitors at sr worlds use forbidden drugs and 95-99.9% of the medalists. The drug war will never, ever achieve anything except punishing the innocent and driving the "cheaters" to ever more dangerous drugs.

[Albert B. Gonzalez]

if your worried about what others are using for training other than pure will your in the wrong sport.

This has got to be the stupidest thing I've read in a long time, and don't tell me I'm in the wrong sport. If someone is cheating in order to beat you in competition unfairly and take your medal, glory, money and well deserved self satisfaction of out doing the competition and even yourself, then yes it worries me and there's nothing wrong with that.

my, what a childish reponse. how long have you've been weightlifting? You ARE in the wrong sport, theres no doubt about it. You only care about the end result i.e medal , glory etc. And the fact that you're willing to waste time, money, and energy "worrying" about what other lifters are doing shows your willingness to use excuses when competitions don't go your way. By the way there is something very wrong with that.

[StoneBear]

my, what a childish reponse. how long have you've been weightlifting? You ARE in the wrong sport, theres no doubt about it. You only care about the end result i.e medal , glory etc. And the fact that you're willing to waste time, money, and energy "worrying" about what other lifters are doing shows your willingness to use excuses when competitions don't go your way. By the way there is something very wrong with that.

Yes, I only care about the end result - money, achievment, healthy body. I don't particularily enjoy the training part, but I like doing it daily because I know I am getting what I want out of it, and I feel good after each training session and depressed if I skipped it instead.
 
Everyone's different. A lot of world champions ONLY did their sport for money, also, and would not have done it without promise of pay. I'd like to see you go and tell them they're in the wrong sport.
 
And if I got mechanical hydraulic hips installed and then flogged your ass in a weightlifting comp, you'd no doubt be complaining too. The thing about drugs is it becomes less about who has the best training and genetics and more about who has the best drugs. And when those who do not want to use drugs due to their artificial nature are unable to compete in fair competition because of rule breaking drug users, that's just a bitch. It's unfair, and shouldn't be like that. At the very least, they should hold a special Olympics for drug users, like they do the Paralympics. Then you could roid up all you like and go lift things...
 
I can't believe you honestly think you can have the reasonable high ground when arguing pro drug use. It's pretty shameful. You should at least try and keep some dignity about you and admit not everyone likes the roids and stop trying to insult them and tell them find a different sport.