Are performance enhancing drugs part of paintball

[PBX Ronin 23]

In a culture where boundaries are constantly pushed to the edge and where winning isn't everything....it's the ONLY thing, you will at some juncture find steriod use in any athletic endeavor.

It may not be prevalent now in paintball but as the sport evolves where more of a premium is placed on athletic ability, I wouldn't be surprised at all to hear of the use of "performance enhancing" drugs.

My two copper coins.

[funeralplanner]

I've been putting some kind of cream on my trigger. Flaxseed oil I think.

My trigger is now HUGE, and VERY FAST.

All kidding aside, an advantage is just that, an advantage. Being faster down field, being able to concentrate more, due to not having to concentrate on running fast. You get the idea.....

[Richter]

steroids help you take of your lock-tighted reg off your tank when doing it by hand in the airport.
Actually heard that about a guy that just might be doing "the juice". I saw him at a practice and he seems to be considerably faster than when i saw him 2 years ago. Maybe he has been training or maybe he is a juicer.

I am not pointing fingers at anyone, but lets look at the logic of paintball - at least some players

Its ok to wipe if it gets you ahead

Its ok to use gun cheats to get ahead (less so now with ramping available to everyone and legal in many places).

I'm sure there are others.


So here is a point to ponder. If some of these same players who have reached the top through use of other cheats (in addition to tremendous skills, I don't mean to take that away) were told they could be the supermen by taking a few pills a day - would they?

Which brings up the question - do you think performance enhancing drugs are present in paintball, or will they be in the future?

[minimag03]

I don't think there is enough to be gained in the sport right now. The majority of drugs being used is in a leauge where money is at stake. Without that payoff at the end, I'd say most players don't bother. I'm not saying there isn't people crazy enough to do it though.

[VFX_Fenix]

I dunno about "performance enhancing" at the time being, I can see it being an issue at a later date if the sport actually gains the sort of status that Football or Baseball have here in the USA, but apart from that I'm sure that someone's used PED's at some point in Paintball.

Now if you wanna talk about drugs in general... yeah... I've seen more people smoking bowls and tossin' back brews, on the field at times no less, in the last year than I have in the previous 6 combined.

[JRingold]

I agree, as I don't think the pharmaceuticals being used by paintball players are intended to be performance enhancing, more like mood enhancing. But only for medicinal purposes, like treating my catarax...

You really have to watch out for those guys who work at the Orange Julius or Jamba Juice places, they really know how to get the juice... :spit_take

[BobTheCow]

Eh, i shoot black tar heroin between my toes, but thats the only drug i do.... although it does seem to make my fat arse run faster

Never have I ever... done black tar heroin!

[ultralight]

steroids not only build muscle, but with the proper training regimen and diet, can melt fat and help "tone" muscles. some say that paintball isn't big enough to warrant the use of steroids but i think that that is the perfect cover. there are cash prizes at stake, so the motivation is definitely there, but most people, most importantly the ones who matter, wouldn't think that paintball is "big" enough to merrit steroid use. the fact is that steroids are more prolific than most of the general public can fathom. i've seen highschool and even middleschool (that's right, 8th grade) athletes who have used steroids. most people have seen steroid users and never even suspected it. i'm willing to bet that 75% of all men's health cover models have used one cycle of anabolic steroids. i know, they're not the hulking gorillas that we were all taught to look for when spotting juicers. but that's just it... you don't have to get all big and nasty looking. the mr. olympia types that you see have done several cycles and trained non stop as a profession. but the underwear models have only done one cycle to burn the fat and expose those washboard abs.

do i think that there are paintballers who use steroids? probably. but i doubt that many, if any, are using them specifically to enhance their paintballing ability.

do i think that it is or will become a widespread problem? probably not. let's face it, these guys need to stay lean, all they need is one $1500 cycle and they should be set for years to come.

edit: great to have you posting again lohman, i always enjoy your topics. and congrats on your 2nd place IAO win.

[Duzzy]

I was reading a hunting magazine, it is probably long gone by now but they mentioned a type of drug that would be very useful in paintball.

I don't know what it does, or how it does it but it makes hunters get "on track" faster. It basically speeds up their reactions to a certain extent. It is something English and I don't know anything about it really, but if it exists it might be the next problem.

Maybe I shouldn't even bring it up, but if I don't someone else will.

[behemoth]

WHAT?

I'm sorry but this made me laugh.

this is as far as i read.

I agree, gotta be the stupidest comment evar.

"Gotta make that 50! gotta get the pull! QUICK, ELEPHANT GROWTH HORMONES!!"

[gc82000]

I think it is not really roids that are the enhancing drugs of PB, more like Red Bull and other energy drinks.

[behemoth]

I think it is not really roids that are the enhancing drugs of PB, more like Red Bull and other energy drinks.

[Automaggot68]

While I understand that you're probabaly talking about Roids, or things of that nature....
I thought I'd add this.
Way back when, I was addicted to a variety of illegal substances, one of them being Methamphetamine.**
I'd sometimes play paintball while under the influence of said substance, and it didn't not improve my perfornce at all.
Opinions may vary.







**I have since cleaned up my act, everything is peachy keen, kiddo's.

[Teamslayer76]

I am not pointing fingers at anyone, but lets look at the logic of paintball - at least some players

Its ok to wipe if it gets you ahead

Its ok to use gun cheats to get ahead (less so now with ramping available to everyone and legal in many places).

I'm sure there are others.


So here is a point to ponder. If some of these same players who have reached the top through use of other cheats (in addition to tremendous skills, I don't mean to take that away) were told they could be the supermen by taking a few pills a day - would they?

Which brings up the question - do you think performance enhancing drugs are present in paintball, or will they be in the future?

Lohman, I'm sorry but I disagree with you. I don't know any players "locally" that cheat like that. We all use semi auto and never have to my knowledge whiped. We call ourselves out if we see the paint. At the field there might be a whiper once a day, but never a Rampin/Full Auto cheater.

As for steroids I doubt it. But I'm sure people have thought of it and have tried it.

[Tyger]

There's an over the counter medication that's WADA banned that effectively increases your body's ability to process oxygen in the lungs. I know of at least one tournament player who has taken this drug regularly, and he says it increased his stamina through a day of play. He said the last game of the day feels like the first game, he was just as fresh off the line and not fatigued.

So yes, there are players taking performance enhancing drugs. There are also players taking recreational drugs as well, but that's not important.