Does Seagulls fly south for the winter?
Does Seagulls fly south for the winter?
sjm1368 wrote:
Having the same doc as both Rupp and Goucher, there is definately something wrong with each of their thyroids.
I had to go through a couple of different blood works and tests to diagnose the problem and I'm sure they did too.
Definately? What is the root word? Definate?
You went through different "blood works"? Do you mean you had blood work done two times? If that is it then say so. Sharpen up man!
sjm1368 wrote:
Here's the answer. Go look up the symptoms for hyperthyroidism which is what will happen if someone who has no need for thyroid supplementation takes it and report back to me if they sound like they will aid anyones running.
I'll give you a hint, last time I checked, breathlessness, muscle weakness, problems tolerating heat, increased heart rate, and fatigue don't aid performance. But I could be wrong.
Any of the people who suffer from some sort of hypothyroid condition (myself included) will tell you how much it can mess you up if your levels are off and it is freaking hard to keep them stable. So many things can jack up absorption. FOr example, I have to take my pill with distilled water, b/c some minerals in the faucet water were messing with absorption.
Give up on the conspiracy.
Hell, if you are really interested in trying to use synthetic thyroid as a performance enhancer go look at the old East German drug program. They tried and guess what.....they scraped the whole stupid thing because it made performance way worse! They couldn't figure out how to use it to improve performance and the East German regimin took blood tests like crazy, monitoring everything, looking for an edge.
Also learn something. It's not like the doc just took TSH,T3, and T4 levels and said "hmm thyroid levels are a little off, let's correct them!" They also test for anti thyroid antibodies and do a radioactive iodine test to diagnose the problem to make sure that thyroid levels aren't just elevated b/c of training and such.
Last thing, if you take synthroid or whatever when you don't need it, it completely jacks with your thyroids functioning and impairs it. Basically your natural thyroid function is screwed and it takes a long while to get back to normal. Yep, sounds like a positive thing and something I want!
I know that Synthroid is a PE, and I have for 20 years, but what changed over the last 8 years for you that allowed you to understand this?
Also, use Mozilla as a browser when posting anything written on the internet, it has a built-in spell check function. It will make you appear like a much better writer.
Bif Bradley wrote:
I watched the movie "Bigger, Stronger, Faster" and immediately thought about Rupp, Goucher's, etc, and their thyroid deficiencies. In the movie it shows how easy it is to get proscribed medication like this to help with "deficiencies."
Ummm, you "immediately thought about Rupp, Goucher's" what exactly?
What part were you hoping was "Bigger, Stronger, Faster"?
Charlie Francis, in his book "Speed Trap", says runners (any type) who take steroids often take thyroid supplements (back then mostly thyroxine) to keep slim. He says thyroid meds increase the metabolism. Testosterone is a steroid hormone, which will increase muscle mass. So even if let's say a distance runner were taking small amounts of exogenous testosterone using let's say a creme, that athlete would tend to gain some muscle mass which would be undesirable for distance running so it would be right in line with long established doping practices to administer thyroid meds not as a masking agent but to counter-act muscle bulking.
WADA and USADA know all about this. They have a large body of knowledge acquired since the early 80s. Let's Run posters may take a simplistic approach in trying to figure out what is going on, but WADA and USADA have deep understanding of the various doping practices.
Looks like US and UK anti-doping agencies are asking for a ban on thyroxine, but they aren't mentioning the use you describe. Wonder why they aren't mentioning that?
http://www.wsj.com/articles/thyroid-medication-could-be-added-to-banned-substance-list-1436221098
So what will Kara run this weekend? Will she get second to Huddle?