So Fedor just lost

[IC Champion]

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto Testosterone levels are checked for anabolic steroid use, it is not a sign of HGH use. HGH is not a steroid hormone, it is a polypeptide. It is measured directly using antibody tests in plasma/serum. I think to catch an athlete doping on it, repeated, unannounced tests must be done during training to record a persistently elevated level. Further, supposedly tests now can detect artificial HGH as opposed to endogenous. Medical testing for acromegaly or pituitary gland tumours also use co-testing with Insulin-like growth factor (IGF), since levels of this increase in response to HGH. Anyway, if someone has gained an enormous amount of muscle in a short period of time, I'd be thinking steroid use. HGH seems unlikely, the evidence suggests HGH doesn't signficantly increase muscle bulk/strength. One of the key measures of bullshit in the fitness supplement industry is the wild claims surrounding HGH. As with many of these things, HGH injections almost certainly help people who are deficient, but in normal individuals it either does nothing or may cause problems. People with naturally elevated HGH (acromegaly) tend to have many health problems.

So it's used more to help recover and get over injuries faster than? That could be all I can think it would be used for if can be useless in normal individuals and it doens't help increase muscle.