Before we start the journey of this article, let us find out the top most priorities of a modern day sportsman - name, fame, money, recognition, and awards. You may have some more to add but we have just highlighted some of the most admired things in a sportsman's life.

Let us now evaluate if the human body is able to sustain constant load of exercises, competition, and pressure. Well the answer is a big no as every body has its limitations and the body of a sportsman is no different. Now comes the question, how can a sportsman create and maintain a distinctive niche when his body does not allow him to deliver at all times and ahead of all? The answer again is simple – by using steroids. This may sound absurd to you in the first place but this is truth - the plain truth and cannot be denied or left hidden behind the walls of lies.

Now that we have found why sportsmen use steroids, let us read if these incidents of steroid use in sports are new or was in existence in earlier years.

It is believed that during the times of Ancient Romans, Greeks, and Indians, sportsmen used to find new ways to improve the level of testosterone to win competitions. These ways could be as unique as ingesting testicles of sheep to eating meat or even using semen of the bull.

During the World Weightlifting Championships of 1954, the Soviet team excelled at almost every event and a Soviet doctor said that the team members were given injections of testosterone, the male sex hormone. This was the time when the team physicians for USA, John Ziegler, tried all his efforts and issued instructions for development of anabolic steroids so that his team can enhance performance in future sports events.

Whatever may have been the ways or the reasons to do such things, the only purpose was performance improvement and this is exactly what modern day sportsmen are doing with anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs.

You will be amazed to know that some of the biggest names in the world of sports such as Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Shane Warne, Carl Lewis, Diego Maradona, and Marion Jones have been accused of using anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs to improve performance on the field. What is more amazing is that more and more junior high school and high school students, aspiring to be future sportsmen, are making use of steroids to stay ahead of the rat race. This disturbing fact has been highlighted by many studies in the recent past. If that was not all, sportsmen are using steroids even at higher levels such as NFL, MLB, Commonwealth games, and even the Olympics to win applauds and admiration of all besides earning quick name and fame.

Whatever may be the claims of anti-doping agencies and sports confederations, there is no denying the fact that more and more sportsmen are using (and hiding) the use of anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs.

We hope that this piece of information on steroid use in sports was useful to you in endless ways.