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5/25/2014 10:52am
5/25/2014 10:52am
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Any news on how this went? Who was tested? Did all riders supply a control sample?
Were there any riders suspiciously absent?
Were there any riders suspiciously absent?
They don't do control samples, but a bio passport is developed over time.
There was an informational meeting on Friday afternoon that was well-attended.
For all of you that are interested in this, you can educate yourself here. http://usada.org/
The Shop
They really should be checking for IV's in motorhomes.
Does this apply to MX GuyB ?
I'm not trying to be sarcastic. I'm just trying to figure out how you think the logistics of that would work.
There would have to be something done for the restrooms as well.
Doug Henry's wife used to give them to him in the box van.
I think it benefits guys like Austin Howell, Ronnie Stewart, Michael Akaydin, the SEVEN DUECE DUECE, Nick Schmidt, Scott Champion, Chris Blose, and more.
I'm talking about leveling the paying field a little bit. That is the whole point of drug testing is it not?
I also think the idea of asking riders to not go into motorhomes or team rigs to rest or cool down is a bit over the top.
I'm not trying to mix two issues. What I am saying is that I believe more IV use is going on than drug use. We are going after the drugs and not the IV's.
I don't think it's fair that the top guys go hide in their trackside motomansions getting an IV while the privateers bake in the heat trying to drink whatever they can to hydrate.
What is your suggestion? You attend more nationals than most. What do you think would level the playing field more for the privateers?
http://advance.uconn.edu/1998/980323/03239806.htm
To take this a step further because this earlier study stated that a 3% decline in bodyweight would effect performance. New studies have shown that well trained athletes can have as mush as a 4% decline in bodyweight and still perform.
http://www.sportsscientists.com/2013/01/dangerous-exercise-the-hype-of-dehydration-heat-stroke/
I will tell you what the problem is and this goes for just about everything involving a riders fitness and wellbeing.
1. Riders
a. The mentality that they are willing to do anything to better themselves
b. Extremely gullible, naive, easily influenced
c. Uneducated or unwilling to educate themselves in all matters of issues revolving their health.
1) Choosing to work with people who TELL the rider what the rider WANTS to HEAR and not what the rider NEEDS to HEAR
2. Unethical, Mis-informed, Non- certified/licensed "Trainers" "healthcare professionals" and snake oil salesmen
a. These individuals understand the psyche of the aforementioned riders and manipulate and take advantage of them
Three examples of stories I have heard from top 10 national riders who have fallen prey to these slime bags.
Athlete sees a chiropractor in the Carolinas for an ankle injury. He is made to put his ankle in a foot bath with a device that is inserted in the water to pull the swelling out of the ankle and into the water. The water turns brown and the athlete is told its his blood. WTF!!!
Athletes parents tell me they they have been wrapping their sons calf with a concoction of honey, bees wax and corn husks that was guaranteed to decrease swelling in two days by a homeopathic "doctor".
A rider who suffered a really bad ankle fracture was told by his chiropractor to remove the cast and begin walking on the ankle as putting pressure would increase bone grow. Was told he could ride in three weeks. This rider is no longer able to walk let alone race a dirt bike.
Pit Row
I never got that from a bottle of water and an apple.
I disagree with you on the IV. I've had one and I've seen others get them. You go from feeling like total crap to feeling good again in short order. My mom is a nurse and on more than one occasion she or trackside EMT's have given IV's to riders. I don't know that any returned to competition that day so I don't think any rules were broken.
They have no trouble ignoring fans. Have you been to the races? Stewarts camp has some sort of blind set up so the fans can't see the door of the trailer. Very top secret yet every time I hear James interviewed he's always saying how approachable he is. People can just come up to him etc yet no one can.
I'm not insinuating that James is up to no good. I am simply saying he seems to like his privacy.
Fans are relentless. I've been in pit areas where they'll repeatedly shout the rider's name over and over. It doesn't matter whether there in a conversation with their crew, or anyone else. They just want to be acknowledged... Or an autograph... Or a jersey... Or some goggles...
Anyway we are getting off topic. There was very little chatter this weekend about the testing I was mainly just curious how the testing went.
Don't the "non-elite" racers also need time between sessions on the track? Don't they need every minute to get undressed, cooled down, rehydrated and a chance to reflect / strategize, get redressed and focused on their moto without having people asking them for autographs, jerseys or goggles?
The Test
Until this year, The Crossfit Games have employed a very porous testing protocol. There was no off-season drug testing and no random tests. What this meant, in practical terms, was that you could use anything that didn’t have long lasting metabolites, virtually year-round: testosterone injections, hGH, and whatever pills you could get your hands on – oxandrolone/anavar, fluoxymesterone/halotestin, Oral-Turinabol (the stuff the East Germans used), etc…anything. If you’re familiar with all-star baseball player Alex Rodriguez, who’s been caught more than once using performance enhancing drugs, and his latest suspension (remember, he didn’t test positive, he got dimed out), you know that one can still compete in virtually any sport and be using his stack (and still test clean):
Beating the Drug Test part II
Anabolics represent 1/9 categories on the official WADA list - the various hGH and IGF related peptides, like the highly potent ones listed above, are not in that category. Neither are masking agents. Hence, Drug Free Sport doesn’t test for masking agents or peptides. Plus, you get a minimum of several hours of warning before you’re expected to piss in a cup (more than enough time for a masking agent, etc…). And they don’t test for anything outside the actual list of anabolics. So right here, we’ve given you the formula to beat them- either use a masking agent to hide whatever steroids you feel like using, or stick to peptides, or anabolic steroids that aren’t on the list (or share metabolites with those which are) – and of course stuff like fast acting testosterone, which they’re not going to be able to detect at all, nor has anyone, ever, been able to.
As for offseason testing, all you need to do is say, right after the ‘Games are finished “I’m not competing this coming year” then say “I changed my mind” and register at the last minute – that gets your name out of the random pool and gets you a minimum of half a year to juice your brains out. Hypothetically.
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