As per a recently concluded study, power lifters who used steroids in the past but no longer remain on steroids benefit from advantages even years later. It was revealed that changes made to their shoulders and quadriceps gave them a competitive edge over others while the drugs were no longer traceable.

The research conducted by Anders Eriksson and Lars-Eric Thornell, Department of Integrative Medical Biology Section, brought out the fact that there is a great possibility that a high number of nuclei in the muscle found by them in previously doped power lifters lead to increased muscle mass in the quadriceps and shoulder regions.

From Bio-Medicine.org:

The researchers examined data in two muscles: the vastus lateralis, found in the quadriceps, and the trapezius, a part of the shoulder-neck muscle. Each muscle is key to power lifting.

Three groups were examined. One group was comprised of seven power lifters who had previously used anabolic steroids for long periods of time but stopped their usage some years ago (PREV). One group was currently power lifting but did not use steroids (P). The third group was power lifting and taking steroids (PAS). The researchers examined muscle fiber distribution, fiber area, subsarcolemmal and internal myonuclei number per fiber, myonuclei expressing androgen receptors, satellite cell numbers per fiber, and proportion of split fibers in each muscle for each individual.

Findings

The researchers found that several years after anabolic steroid withdrawal, and with no or low current strength-training, the muscle fiber area intensity, the number of nuclei per fiber in the quadriceps was still comparable to that of athletes that were currently performing high intensity strength-training. They also discovered that the shoulder-neck fiber areas were comparable to high-intensity trained athletes and the number of nuclei per fiber was even higher than found in the current steroid-using group.

In a nutshell, it can be concluded that previously doped power lifters have an advantage over non-doping or present-day doping athletes indulging into high intensity strength-training due to a high number of nuclei per fiber.

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