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heard this in an interview in june and mentioned it before. The dude wanted his privacy and didn’t think he owed an explanation to folks but has now said publicly that thyroid issues caused his early season stuff.
I myself suffer from an under active thyroid and it can be tough just to walk a few miles let alone race at this level
For the surgery they had to remove his thyroid, the doctor said it was basically sitting on the table there next to him, then they put it back in afterwards.
Did he have his thyroid removed or radiated? My wife is on Synthroid after radiating hers when she was young. Even with doses higher than what doctors like, she is easily exhausted. I cannot imagine the balance while bringing the daily intensity of these guys.
I feel like this is something that could be partially an issue from being at bakers factory. I've known a few guys who at professional and at Olympic levels that have had issues that were traced back to over training and improper recovery. That one thing ive heard from a couple people around the baker factory is the tight nutrition lines causing some health issues. Know a few wrestlers and fighters that would fall in line with this.
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I dont think his year or two stint at bakers caused it.
Like Forkner’s brain?
Is the insanely strict dieting really necessary with these top guys? Obviously, like your bike, you want to put the best fuel in it. But with the crazy amount of calories these guys burn riding, cycling, etc there has to be a pretty big window to eat some junk calories here and there. We see Jett eating crap in a lot of those This Is Lawrence vids. Obviously isnt holding him back.
I think it’s the discipline and suffering of not eating that is the real advantage
Can you expound on that more?
To My Fans and Supporters:
I have spent most of the last month in and out of my doctor’s office getting tests done, trying to figure out what is going on. Each weekend I head to the race excited to get out there and get some wins on my Monster Energy Kawasaki, ready to defend the number 1 plate that is on my bike, knowing that I have worked hard during the week, on and off the bike. The team and bike are prepped and ready on race day and then I'm unable to race like I normally can. Where is that fight that I normally have?
For most of this outdoor season I have been frustrated and questioning every part of my program, wondering why I am unable to race to my full potential. It's tough knowing you're better than what your performance and results show. It's embarrassing riding with the #1 plate on and not battling at the front! I don't take it lightly and I knew I had to get to the bottom of my issues.
Many people have commented that it's due to my role as a new dad, but that's not it. Tate makes me want to race harder. I want my son to be proud of me and I want to teach him that by working hard you can achieve your dreams. My friend Andrew McFarlane passing was another reason that I may not be riding to my full potential. That I'm keeping it safe. That's not it either. I have always rode within my safety zone and I know Andrew is up there pumping me up to get some holeshots and win some races like he always did. These two reasons alone make me want to race harder and give it everything I have, to be an example of hard work to my son, to live life to the full and be thankful for doing what I love to do and that is race a motorcycle! I'm not ready for retirement; I want a few more championships indoors and out!
So finally with all that said, I got my results back from the doctor. I have Epstein Barr virus. I know some other riders have had it and I never thought I would be sitting here saying the same thing. It explained my fatigue issues on the track. I knew it wasn't my fitness, but I was struggling to finish motos. It just got to a point where it was dangerous for me to be out there. My doctor, team and I have decided that I need to be off the bike for a while to try get this handled. I am really disappointed to be out again. This year has been a personal worst for me. I have often been referred to as "Mr. Consistent" but this year has been far from that.
I want to apologize to my fans for not being able to race for you and I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and sticking by the 22 this year. From the worst times come the best times. And I will be working hard to kick this illness so I can get back on track and winning races as soon as possible.
-Chad
I was 22 when I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. It was the freakiest thing I’ve experienced. I would sleep for 10-12 hours, wake up, go to work stocking shelves for about an hour and it would feel like it just completed a marathon. Legs completely shot, no energy, could never recover. Finally started getting on medication and it slowly started to improve. I never got back to 100%, but I’m close.
I will say this, when it happened, I was doing HIIT workouts 6 days a week, running another 20-30 miles, a week, and rowing twice a week training for triathlons and harescrambles. I was definitely not recovering like I should have been, and I was always on the edge with calories, counting everything I ate vs what I was burning. Was I in the absolute best shape of my life and could outlast anyone? Yes. Do I think it lead to my thyroid issues? 100%.
I ended up getting in touch with Andrew Short and his trainer, Seji, as Andrew was going through a very similar situation. Andrew, somehow, was able to recover and from what I remember, was able to come off of the medication, but that is very very rare. He’s the first person I’ve known that was able to recover from hypothyroidism by not taking synthroid.
I feel for Jason because it takes a long time to start feeling anywhere near yourself. It’s really a scary feeling with all of the brain fog, extreme fatigue, and wondering if you will never feel the same again.
I hope he’s able to get it dialed in and back to a sense of normalcy.
It's not mainly about the calories, it's about trying to keep the body/muscles/tissue going into inflammatory status. Suger and fast carbohydrates/high GI (at the wrong time) can trigger it. Keep insulin consistent.
The older you get, the more sensitive you are. The more you are on the limit of pushing the body, the more critical it is.
I'm not fully convinced on that, and I have very good insight into elite level training. Maybe it has a positive impact on some, other it doesn't fit. Maybe it works for a limited time. Like an F1 car, you can push enormous amount of effect out of those 1.6l engines, for a limited time.
It's difficult to understand exactly why Aldon have them so strict, when we have world class olympic skiers pushing down cinnamon buns, candy and cookies during daytime rest in between their 2 sessions per day during build up.
Been saying this for years. Every time I watch a riders vlog I take notice of their meals and most of them seem to eat less than or around 2000 calories based on the meals we see. Very high in fat and protein, i've been saying for years with the intense amount of endurance training they do they probably wear their immune and nervous systems down to a nub without enough carbs.
If you look at pro athetes in other sports (crossfit for example) alot of those guys are eating 4500 calories a day, even the women are over 3000 calories.
2k calories less, each rider would lose 16-20 pounds per month compared to some one eating 4500 and assuming same burn.
We burn 1200-1500 calories per hour riding mx. So one hour riding, 1h cardio or gym would put up a deficit of 2300-2600. That in addition to the 2k needed as base. Thats 4500 per day needed just to stay at current form.
Nerve system I agree with is an issue. I think we do to much 20-30min motos, in combo with eating to strict.
Other elite sports, max 45-60min zon 5 per week. MX? Like 3-4h depending on how much you ride and race. It's not healthy doing that year upon year.
What's Aldon going to do? Get paid a shitload of money and just tell them to eat a lot? Hell no! He has to make it look like he's doing something. In 2025 fitness isn't some secret it was 30 or even 15 years ago. He's got to justify that pay.
Man I was 25 and this sounds so similar to my experience. I went from running and rowing plus motos and being in incredibly shape to being extremely fatigued just walking up stairs. It was insane and I felt crazy. Took the doctors months to diagnose me and they just thought I was an anxious wreck (I was) but my arms couldn’t move the way my brain was telling them to. Strange experience
Yes. Sounds exactly the same. Took doctors forever to diagnose me (months) since it’s not as prevalent in males as it is in females.
Is there any other professional sport known to man that has as many of its premier athletes get EBV as professional motocross? NFL, MLB, NBA, Soccer, Rugby, Tennis,
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Does this kind of thing come on all of the sudden or does it "warm up" and give warning signs?
Chad took a lot of crap with his performance that year, and was ridiculed in his privateer Honda effort. He came back to challenge RV in SX MX before the Chadapult incident.
I hope Jason can come back too. His peak is pretty high and at his best is podium capable.
I'm at the same point. I'm on thyroid medicine for the last 2 years. I'm probably older than you guys (69) but I have the same tired legs, sleep more than ever and and a loss of any endurance that I had..My doctor never said anything about all the effects and symptoms you guys mentioned, he just prescribed it from a blood test. I wonder if I need a bigger dose? I'll bring it up when I see him in a couple weeks, but you're right it sucks. I've never been like this before and was just blaming it on getting old.
Did you find the thyroid meds helped at all?
Mine was very acute. It was about 10 years ago but I believe the symptoms onset within a week or 2 and got worse for the next 6-8 months until I was finally diagnosed. The full body fatigue was pretty much immediate
I'm sure that the health issues really suck, but I also think he left out the severe personal life problems that have been alluded to. He may also be completely stressed out personally.
Healthy Ando wins a race, stamp it
Here’s an interview that was posted a few days ago, where he talks about his thyroid issues and how it’s affected him.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TNnLal5DNwo&pp=0gcJCfwJAYcqIYzv
I had thyroid cancer a couple years ago. They removed my thyroid and a shit ton of lymph nodes. Even with the thyroid meds I definitely don’t feel anywhere as active as I used to. And the brain fog is one of the most frustrating things imaginable. It’s definitely a lot harder to get motivated now, so I can’t imagine being a professional athlete, where motivation is an absolute must, and having thyroid issues. I hope he’s got it all sorted out and feels like a new man.
If I miss too many doses my energy levels fall off noticeably. A day or two, no big deal, 4-5 and it’s getting worse, more than that and I’m struggling to get through the day.
I don't really know, I was doing OK but like I said it was prescribed from a blood test. I don't know if I got used to it or what because it sure isn't helping now and after reading all these other guys symptoms I'm seeing more things that apply to me that I didn't know about and didn't attribute to the thyroid. I'm definitely going to ask the doctor about it when I see him.
Posted this in another thread, but my thyroid experience -
I have super bad hypothyroidism, diagnosed when I was 14, I'm 35 now. It completely wrecked me for about a year before they figured out what it was. I was super cold all the time to the point of running an electric blanket in summer time, terrible headaches, insane weight gain. My parents went all out to figure it out, CT scans, specialists, etc, until bloodwork was suggested and came back off the chart low.
The good news is with a synthroid pill, dialing in the dose, and some time, he'll be good as new. Your thyroid gland controls/has input on more of your bodies systems than most people realize.
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