# Performance Enhancers **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 1, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627 "2026-03-01T17:07:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jayce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jayce/32/598477_2.png) [@Jayce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jayce)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/23 "2026-03-01T22:17:29Z")
![1000035132](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/1/5/d15a7b64aab80d6498a9af3b0c5c9ecb9970a554.jpeg) Here i will just let google answer, I dont feel like going full psychopharmacologist ---
**Author:** ![CannibalCricket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cannibalcricket/32/665098_2.png) [@CannibalCricket](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CannibalCricket)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/24 "2026-03-01T22:18:49Z")
Noted. ---
**Author:** ![Wildo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wildo/32/668485_2.png) [@Wildo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Wildo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/25 "2026-03-01T22:25:37Z")
Yeah that, or google just doesn’t want you taking your game to the next level 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![Jayce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jayce/32/598477_2.png) [@Jayce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jayce)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/26 "2026-03-01T22:28:05Z")
Trust me I wish it could be done, so does every musician around the world lol ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/27 "2026-03-01T22:35:52Z")
No but it would be funny. I’ve also found that I yoyo better when under effects of things that would typically make actual athletic activities worse, such as while recovering from a run. In a dexterity-based activity I feel that stimulants would actually be a mild-to-significant hindrance if used as a PED ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/28 "2026-03-01T22:39:32Z")
This take for the win ---
**Author:** ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/29 "2026-03-01T23:52:17Z")
> [@CannibalCricket](#): > > If not, why? Everyone would fail ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/30 "2026-03-01T23:59:15Z")
You might have a point. Musicians are famous for their sobriety. ---
**Author:** ![CannibalCricket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cannibalcricket/32/665098_2.png) [@CannibalCricket](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CannibalCricket)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/31 "2026-03-02T00:05:46Z")
Just as I suspected. It’s not a sport and no one really cares​🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/32 "2026-03-02T00:53:18Z")
I mean a part of me doesn’t want YoYo to get to a sport level because then those sports books firms will swoop in fast. I’ve already had a very eager one talk to me for the state contest I’m running but I just can’t get entangled in that. Don’t get me wrong YoYo’s as an Olympic sport and legitimized and on large broadcast tv networks would be awesome and bring I. So much money to both the hobby and the contest space but there allot of downside that comes with that. ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/33 "2026-03-02T01:01:37Z")
> [@AudreySickburn](#): > > Kind of like the snow boarders from the Olympics that lost medals for testing positive for mj reminds me of when they tried to say weed was a performance enhancer for Phelps. like mmk lets just flip the typical msging on its head cuz hey it’s convenient lol. “weed makes you a lazy loser!..unless you win gold medals in the olympics, then it’s the exact opposite of what we just said”… ---
**Author:** ![CannibalCricket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cannibalcricket/32/665098_2.png) [@CannibalCricket](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CannibalCricket)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/34 "2026-03-02T01:08:49Z")
Yeah this was the point of the question. Does it need or want to be treated as a sport. What would that look like. If it made it to syndicated sports networks it would bring plenty of cash but what would that do for the world of yoyo? ---
**Author:** ![Juiccetin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/juiccetin/32/671353_2.png) [@Juiccetin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Juiccetin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/35 "2026-03-02T01:21:24Z")
I think you skipped a logical step somewhere between musicians’ recreational drug use and performance-enhancing drugs. That made no sense. :joy: ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/36 "2026-03-02T01:23:54Z")
> [@CannibalCricket](#): > > but what would that do for the world of yoyo? It would bring in all the neurotypical people and normies. ---
**Author:** ![Shapapy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shapapy/32/141199_2.png) [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/37 "2026-03-02T01:29:57Z")
I don’t know if drugs really enhance my performance when yoyoing. Maybe in my head… but not in reality. Reminds me of this scene. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/c/b/fcba7ba690ed4117c3e75938088a7b1128f7b553.jpeg "It's Always Sunny: The Gang Dances at their Reunion") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PdYJoKT6Og) ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/38 "2026-03-02T01:41:32Z")
I wasn’t the one bring musicians into the performance enhancing drugs discussion, I’m just rolling with it. But for the sake of debate, Jimmy Hendrix would likely posit that drugs can be both performance enhancing and recreational. ---
**Author:** ![Juiccetin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/juiccetin/32/671353_2.png) [@Juiccetin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Juiccetin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/39 "2026-03-02T01:42:38Z")
You know what, I’m not going to deny that one. ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/40 "2026-03-02T01:53:43Z")
I mean for the contest scene to get bigger yeah it needs to grow into a proper sport but as a hobby and club activity nope not at all. Any expansion into the realm of syndication sports (think like world poker on espn) would bring with it loads and loads of money for the makers, the retailers, the players and the contest runners and league as a whole, With money comes stipulations though, more scrutiny and often with organized sports gambling… On a good note it would bring yoyo to many more regular people and start another small boom expand clubs, school events, scouts and so on dabbling in yoyo which would be a big thing but with more community comes more bad eggs. Spaces like this would become more crowded with new players who are less interested in the community and more into the sport aspect. It’s hard because I want to see yoyo grow. It has to at minimum expand to the youth or the hobby dies. Yet if it grows too much too fast or goes mainstream it loses allot of what brings folks like us to the community. ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627/41 "2026-03-02T03:46:03Z")
Testing all the players would be super expensive. Besides everything else but it is definitely outside of the yoyo contest price bracket for professional wada approved testing. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/performance-enhancers/441627.md?page=1)