Jake has been training to run in a marathon. He started taking anabolic steroids in January. By February, he doubled his initial dose and by March, he tripled it. Three weeks before the marathon, Jake stopped using anabolic drugs. This procedure is known as __________.

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Pyramiding is the process of gradually increasing the dose of anabolic steroids over a period of weeks or months, and then tapering off the dose towards the end. This is done to try to avoid detection in drug tests. Since Jake increased his dose over two months and then stopped using the drugs three weeks before the marathon, this fits the pattern of pyramiding.

Jake Has Been Training to Run in a Marathon