HS athletes and supplements

[Techbaseball]

Man... it's amazing what high school students think about steroids and supplements. I coach HS baseball and overheard a conversation about "getting big" on the bus. We were headed to a baseball game when they started talking about the "big" kids in their weight lifting class. Most of the info was coming from the "expert" 15 year old who actually sits the bench. I let most of the stuff that was being said slide...not wanting to put myself in the position of discussing steroids to high school students (my views are obviously more informed then what they hear in the media). And the last thing I need is for one of the athletes to go home and say "coach said that steroids are okay!"

Well...... i had to step in when the expert said that creatine is bad shit and makes your balls shrink...... but it will blow your muscles the fuck up. Then he started to give examples of the "big" kids who take it and gain like 40 lbs of muscle.

It just sucks.... cuz as a HS coach you have to really be careful how you approach nutrition and supplementation. You can get into some serious trouble just by mentioning basic calorie, carb and protien information.

--Techbaseball

 

[SwolK]

tough situation, but i know what you mean

 

[southpaw45]

lol, creatine dbol mix or what? What's sad is I know many people that juiced in HS and they are now at D1 colleges or in the minor leagues.

 

[BigCracker]

Man... it's amazing what high school students think about steroids and supplements. I coach HS baseball and overheard a conversation about "getting big" on the bus. We were headed to a baseball game when they started talking about the "big" kids in their weight lifting class. Most of the info was coming from the "expert" 15 year old who actually sits the bench. I let most of the stuff that was being said slide...not wanting to put myself in the position of discussing steroids to high school students (my views are obviously more informed then what they hear in the media). And the last thing I need is for one of the athletes to go home and say "coach said that steroids are okay!"

Well...... i had to step in when the expert said that creatine is bad shit and makes your balls shrink...... but it will blow your muscles the fuck up. Then he started to give examples of the "big" kids who take it and gain like 40 lbs of muscle.

It just sucks.... cuz as a HS coach you have to really be careful how you approach nutrition and supplementation. You can get into some serious trouble just by mentioning basic calorie, carb and protien information.

--Techbaseball

I feel ya. As an adult I'd really like to mentor these kids with the truth in hopes it would sway them away from the use of AAS. Kids know they're being lied to about the dangers of AAS in the same way weed was claimed to make you insane in the Reefer Madness days. Education is critical in keeping teens off the juice. Unfortunately the majority of adults are just as naive about this topic as anyone else, so anyone that debunks the myths will be considered a radical advocate of their use. I'll leave that martyrdom to someone else thanks.

Welp, time to go hang myself with my belt. The juice has my suicidal tendencies kicking in. Maybe first I'll take out that fucker at 7-11 that overcharged me for a MetRx Bar I bought yesterday? A to the fuckin' K homeboys!!!!

 

[letsrun4it]

I coach high school as well, throwing events, and the steroid talk is quite entertaining. I have a kid who is 6' 250 (so he says...I'd say more like 270) probably 32-34% and he's askin me about getting some pills he can take for a couple of weeks and get stronger.

 

[BigCracker]

I coach high school as well, throwing events, and the steroid talk is quite entertaining. I have a kid who is 6' 250 (so he says...I'd say more like 270) probably 32-34% and he's askin me about getting some pills he can take for a couple of weeks and get stronger.

Gotta love that Gen X pill poppin' mentality. Working for it is just too much like, well, work I guess?

 

[cityhick]

I coach as well. Kids these days are a bunch of whinning pussies. And like you said I stay outta of it when they talk about steroids... to much to risk. Maybe one or two outta a whole team will actully think about dieting. I just talk to em about dieting and telling them to do your research on that.

 

[BigCracker]

I coach as well. Kids these days are a bunch of whinning pussies. And like you said I stay outta of it when they talk about steroids... to much to risk. Maybe one or two outta a whole team will actully think about dieting. I just talk to em about dieting and telling them to do your research on that.

That's actually great alternative advice that they will benefit greatly from. Roids w/o getting the nutritional support that you need is almost as bad as using roids and not working out.

 

[cityhick]

Exactly. And the ones that will look up diet will most likely be the ones that will do the research when they look harder at AS. I would hope so at least. I dont talk to steroids to anyone not even close aquentces. 2 close friends and elite and thats it.

 

[Techbaseball]

I would love to create a nutritional plan for my athletes for the off-season. I'm allowed to run off-season weightraining/conditioning sessions.....but kind of sucks that the diet portion, that is so important, has to be tip toed around.

--Techbaseball