“These NFL and NBA players, they know the rules because the rules are brought to them, and they run through them every year. Which, by the way, the AMA and the FIM do not do that. Period,” Astephen says. “There are performance supplements that you use [when the athlete is] out of competition. All athletes, not just
Ken Roczen, that are in a high stress sport with only two months off a year, you’re putting so much strain on your body, your adrenal glands, your cortisol levels. There are real doctors that see athletes in the off-season and do things to get their bodies back to normal. There’s a lot of stuff that’s legal, or IV stuff, that if you did it during competition it could be considered, or it is, performance enhancing.
But it’s okay if you do it outside of competition. NASCAR, PGA, NFL, NBA, it’s so key. They know exactly what their window is.
