Steroid

Definition

Performance-enhancing drugs that make athletes faster, stronger, and angrier, while also potentially destroying their livers and making their testicles shrink.

Example Usage

Everyone assumes elite athletes use steroids, which is probably true, but we can't prove it without drug tests they all dodge.

Source: Sports and medical terminology

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Intermediate

Eccentric Phase

The lowering portion of an exercise where the muscle lengthens under tension (e.g., lowering in a squat or bench press). It's where the most muscle damage occurs, hence most hypertrophy.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

Intermediate

spyderchick

The badass female rider who repairs motorcycle leathers after crashes—and does it expertly, whether you're patching up ripped gear or getting custom work like personalization done. A rare and valued member of the motorcycle community.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

Intermediate

hitting depth

In powerlifting, squatting low enough that the hip crease drops below the top of the knee, the difference between a white light and public humiliation at a meet.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

Intermediate

cadency

In cycling and running, your rhythm or pedal/stride frequency measured in revolutions or steps per minute—the metronomic heartbeat of endurance sports. Coaches will tell you optimal cadence is around 90 rpm for cycling or 180 steps per minute for running, then watch you struggle to maintain anything close while gasping for air. It's the difference between smooth, efficient motion and looking like you're pedaling through peanut butter.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

Intermediate

taper

The strategic reduction in training volume before competition to allow peak performance, requiring athletes to do less while eating the same. The hardest part is convincing your brain that rest is productive.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

Beginner

the pump

The temporary muscle swelling and tightness from blood pooling during resistance training, creating a satisfying fullness that Arnold Schwarzenegger famously compared to orgasm. Yes, really.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

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