Research Advert: Prevalence of Performance Enhancing Drug Use in the Sport of Strongwoman
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Dear Members, my name is Dr Andrew Richardson and I am currently co-supervising a student who's research [link - https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/teesside/pedstrongwomansurvey ] is looking at strongwoman athletes perceptions of performance-enhancing drug (PED) use in their sport.
The student is called Becca Worgan and runs a very popular podcast called "Strongwoman Highs" on Spotify which many of you would be aware of.
We are researching this topic as PED use in strength sports is a topic that gets a lot of discussion, but there's very little research on it, and almost nothing that focuses on strongwoman athletes.
This survey aims to change that by exploring how common PED use is, what drugs are being used, whether athletes are accessing harm reduction information and topics such as stigma. We are recruiting all strongwoman athletes/competitors and does not matter if you have or have not used PEDs. The survey caters for both non-PED users and PED-users.
The goal isn't to judge anyone, it's to gather honest, anonymous data so we can better understand what's actually happening in the sport and start addressing the gaps in research around women's health in strength sports.
I'd really appreciate it if you could share the link with your friends, gym members, peers, athletes and those in your networks who would be interested in taking part in this survey.
Click here: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/teesside/pedstrongwomansurvey
I would like to thank the moderator for letting me post this survey here.
Thank you to everyone who has already completed the survey, if you haven't please take part and share it onto your friends and fellow athletes to complete please.
Best wishes
Andrew
PS the poster contains the QR code which takes you to the link I have pasted into the post