Some 200 gyms here have been caught promoting dangerous banned steroids to their members. This shocking discovery was made during inspections by field teams of the General Presidency for Youth Welfare.
The inspection teams also uncovered the existence of unqualified foreigners illegally working as sports trainers. The Jeddah Director of Youth Welfare Ahmad Rousy said that the surprise inspections resulted in the booking of 200 private sports gyms. These gyms violated regulations by promoting steroids and illegally employing expatriates in professions other than the ones they were recruited for.
The field committee has ordered the gyms to clear up the violations before the next visit. If they do not heed the warning, they will have their licenses withdrawn.
Rousy said that the owner of each gym must rectify the situation within 15 days. If he does not respond, the matter will be referred to the governorate, which will direct the police to close down the facility until the violation is dealt with.
The rogue gyms account for 66 percent of the three hundred gyms in the coastal city. Authorities are deeply concerned that so many were caught promoting steroids.
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Australian gyms removing heavy weights and olympic bars to discourage steroid users ?
( next thing you know they'll be admitting steroid users train harder :-) )
GYM-GOERS and fitness trainers are reporting a rise in anabolic steroid use in the lead-up to summer despite well-documented risks including testicle shrinkage and liver damage.
The Newcastle Herald reported in January concerns in the Hunter fitness industry about steroid abuse. But trainer Marc Hingston, from Howzat Cooks Hill, said steroid use appeared to be starting earlier this year. He estimated that the number of steroid users at his gym had risen from about 5per cent of people who used the weight training facilities 18 months ago to between 25 and 30per cent. ‘‘I know that others [fitness centres] are having big problems but I don’t know whether or not they are willing to talk about it, because it’s such a competitive industry,’’ Mr Hingston said. Hamilton resident Ben Hodges, who lifts weights at Howzat as part of his fitness regime, is anti-steroids but says it is not hard to pick out the people who use them. ‘‘A lot of the young kids these days are definitely hitting the steroids and trying to get massive really quickly,’’ he said. ‘‘They are just doing it in all the wrong ways and before their bodies are fully developed; it doesn’t make sense.’’
Other gym owners and managers said they discouraged steroid users from attending their gyms by removing large weights and Olympic bars from their weight rooms. Hunter New England Health drug and alcohol clinical services manager Bill Robertson said many young men were after a quick fix but were often uneducated about the side effects of illicit steroid use. ‘‘I think it’s perhaps done without necessarily thinking it through and without having someone explain to them what the potential harms are,’’ Mr Robertson said.
GYM-GOERS and fitness trainers are reporting a rise in anabolic steroid use in the lead-up to summer despite well-documented risks including testicle shrinkage and liver damage.
The Newcastle Herald reported in January concerns in the Hunter fitness industry about steroid abuse. But trainer Marc Hingston, from Howzat Cooks Hill, said steroid use appeared to be starting earlier this year. He estimated that the number of steroid users at his gym had risen from about 5per cent of people who used the weight training facilities 18 months ago to between 25 and 30per cent. ‘‘I know that others [fitness centres] are having big problems but I don’t know whether or not they are willing to talk about it, because it’s such a competitive industry,’’ Mr Hingston said. Hamilton resident Ben Hodges, who lifts weights at Howzat as part of his fitness regime, is anti-steroids but says it is not hard to pick out the people who use them. ‘‘A lot of the young kids these days are definitely hitting the steroids and trying to get massive really quickly,’’ he said. ‘‘They are just doing it in all the wrong ways and before their bodies are fully developed; it doesn’t make sense.’’
Other gym owners and managers said they discouraged steroid users from attending their gyms by removing large weights and Olympic bars from their weight rooms. Hunter New England Health drug and alcohol clinical services manager Bill Robertson said many young men were after a quick fix but were often uneducated about the side effects of illicit steroid use. ‘‘I think it’s perhaps done without necessarily thinking it through and without having someone explain to them what the potential harms are,’’ Mr Robertson said.
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