Years ago I remember overhearing a conversation about steroids where one of the participants said, "People who use steroids can have a lot of trouble with their backs."

Actually, I heard this conversation in a coffee shop outside Santa Anita and presumed at the time it was a conversation amongst trainers, but that's another story.

Returning to this story, at the time I heard this I started thinking of Lenny Dykstra and Howard Johnson both of whom called it quits early because of bad backs. Both seemingly overnight developed much greater power and had to call it quits because of the strain on their bodies.

I report. You decide



Post Edited (02-17-05 11:35)