Steroids have more than one meaning. Generally your body produces some steroids to fight stress and make your body grow during puberty. But then there's the type of steroids you take to improve your physical appearance or to get better at the sport you play. Normally when you hear people say steroids, they are often talking about illegal anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are a synthetic steroid hormone that resembles testosterone in promoting muscle growth. Steroids affect athletes to improve their performance in the sport they are completing, but they also affect young people. Nowadays, young people use steroids to improve their physical appearance and/or to improve the sport they are enrolled in. I personally think that young people get the idea of ​​using steroids from the athletes they watch on TV and decide to use them for this reason. Steroids increase lean body mass and improve muscle strength. Studies have shown that most people gain an average of 2.2 pounds of lean body weight while taking steroids, but increases in strength changes. Apparently about 50% of studies show improvements in strength measurements with steroid treatment. Anabolic steroids cause growth retardation in children, birth defects in fetuses, terrible virilization in women, testicular atrophy, and reduced blood levels of gonadotropins and testosterone in adult males. I personally think that the use of steroids is wrong in young people and adults because it seems to me Steroids are drugs, but they are only used to improve yourself, win in a sport you are playing or simply improve your physical appearance. Taking steroids is basically cheating because the steroid makes you stronger so you can accomplish things... middle of the paper... steroid use should be stopped because it makes a difference but it's not good. Steroid users such as athletes who inspire young children might make younger kids believe that steroid use is okay and that steroids are the way to win. When truly winning comes from believing you can do it and wanting it enough to make it happen. Steroids should not be used to improve and win for some or simply to make physical presences more attractive to others. To get better at something or want a muscular look you should simply work hard for it, instead of taking steroids. There are two different types of steroids, the first is anabolic and the second is corticosteroid (given by a doctor). There are many different ways that people believe that it is not right to use steroids, that's why I personally believe they are wrong.