So, guys, Derek, morepley28.com.

Today we're going to be talking about a commonly overlooked performance enhancing drug that I and many others that I respect the opinions of believe is a highly abused compound that is more so leveraged for its recovery enhancing capabilities more so than

its performance and aggression, you know, any kind of like acute neurological benefit it could

provide. It's more so used in a recovery and longevity aspect. And that is human growth hormone.

And that is something that I believe is more commonly used than most would think in a lot of the mainstream sports especially the NBA is one that comes to mind mainly but today what we're going to be talking about in particular is the UFC. And the UFC is known for their very strict level testing via USADA.

And, you know, you saw all the physiques that just completely melted after USADA was enacted and came into the picture.

So presumably they're doing a very, very good job and are getting people to stop doping.

And I believe, you know, that partially to be the case, I believe that a lot of people

did stop using what they were using.

And a lot of people have probably tightened up on their protocols or stopped certain

lenient practices that they may have been doing previously now that they are in the picture

and are hammering down a bit harder than they were prior.

However, it's not all out of the picture in my opinion.

And one thing I wanted to touch on is just how impossible it is to test for certain things,

namely human growth hormone.

So this is something that is commonly stated that it is

tested for in, you know, water banned substance. It's one of the main things that people are going

to think, oh, you know, check if they have HGH, check if they're using HGH. What is often not understood

is that the detection time of HGH is so minuscule that it is a much harder thing to catch a guy

doing.

And above and beyond that, the tests are not that advanced for human growth hormone.

It's not that easy to figure out if a guy is using it or not.

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