Can you take steroids in the army

E-Stim has been proven in European clinical tests to build muscle size and strength, as well as improve endurance and aide in faster muscle recovery on a post event basis when the current is at a high level. Compex is the leader in Electro Stimulation for Sports in Europe since The Compex Sport was introduced to the US several years ago but only to elite professional athletes and extreme bicyclist and triathletes. Because of Detwiler and others request Compex Sport is now being offered to the general public.

Compex Sport has been used and continues to be used by Elite Professional Athletes for years. Jerry Rice says, "When I was playing it was my secret weapon. It helped me get the size and strength I could not get with just weightlifting and maintain it during the session.

E-Stim has been used for rehabilitation and therapy for decades. Carole Bergeron, a R. E-Stim devices used for rehab work are low current devices whereas the Compex Sport is very powerful.

Detwiler says "We have seen athletes in basketball both male and female increase their vertical jump 3 to 7 inches using the Compex Sport, with no other change in their training.

We have seen athletes in football get quicker and stronger using the Compex Sport. We know that Compex Sport can do everything that Steroid can do plus other beneficial things that Steroids can't, with no harm to the body. Bergeron says, "Compex Sport can go where no steroid or even weight training can go.

The device can actually target the correct muscle fibers for the sport the athlete is participating in. Some sports require slow twitch muscle fibers for endurance such as marathon runners or cyclist. Some require intermediate muscle fibers for strength such as football or wrestling. Some require fast twitch muscle fibers for explosive strength such as sprinters or basketball players.

Compex Sport can be programmed to work on primarily each of those specific muscle fibers to optimize performance in a given sport. Weight training cannot do that and neither can steroid use. Unlike other professions or disciplines, when an athlete is performing during the season, his or her body is in a diminishing capacity. His or her muscles are getting weaker as the season goes on because it is impossible in most sports to sustain a strength training regiment during the season.

Trying to maintain a strength training regiment will affect the athlete's performance adversely. Detwiler says "The off-season is so vital to an athlete. That is when the athlete hones his or her skill, recovers from injury and works on getting stronger and faster. The off-season is a very short window. That is why athletes are looking for shortcuts, looking for something that will give them the edge. Simon Lessing, says "I have dominated my sport for years the Compex has given me a added advantage over my competitors.

It helps me recover faster from workouts and events, which allows me to train harder. The cases are further complicated because the drug lab report may generically use the term steroids. Or, more commonly, the commander may have never heard of substances such as epitrenbolone or boldenone - or other prohormones that produce positive test results.

Some of these over-the-counter products have warning labels cautioning athletes subject to testing not to use the products. Other products do not have warning labels. These cases are still fairly new to the military criminal justice system. There was also a slight increase in steroid detections within the RAF. A former soldier, who wanted to remain anonymous, has told Newsbeat he "lost his career" because of his steroid use.

The serviceman was discharged from the army after steroids were discovered on his property. He said: "It was one of the first times I had done it, so obviously there were doubts in my head, but I went ahead with it because I wanted the gains.

The soldier was one of around 40 other people to lose his job over steroid use in There were loads of them that do not get caught, and that is because they are careful about it.

Anabolic steroids are Class C drugs which are only meant to be sold by pharmacists with a doctor's prescription. It is legal to possess or import steroids as long as they are for personal use, but they are banned by the MOD and it is against the law to sell or supply them to others.