Steroids are man-made substances that are basically artificial
male sex hormones. They are sometimes referred to as anabolic-
androgenic steroids which means the steroids have varying levels
of two different types of characteristics. The anabolic
characteristics of steroids refer to muscle-building traits and
the androgenic characteristics of steroids refer to the increase
of masculine traits. It is thought that performance enhancers of
sorts were used as far back as the Olympic Games in ancient
Greece in the form of all meat diets. Modern use and research of
steroids goes back to the mid-1800s when scientists were finally
able to isolate testosterone. It was then that they discovered
that it was responsible for masculine characteristics. In the
mid-1900s when steroids were first used in athletics at the
World Weightlifting Championships in Austria by the Soviet team.
After that, production and research of steroids began around the
world and athletes began using them to increase strength,
appearance and perfor