INHALERS=UNFAIR!!!!

Hey idiot!Explain to me how inhalers help non-asthmatic runners. I don't think you understand what inhalers do...

1st off Its very rude how you responded... Anyways Ive heard from numerous people that inhalers do indeed help without actually having asthma. I can have you talk to some teammates that do this and even tell others that they dont have asthma and also when the best time to take it before a race is...

Anecdotes are not the singular form of data.

Numerous studies show no performance benefit for taking albuterol or its brethren.

There are specific guidelines for diagnosing EIA and asthma. Educate yourself.

So you've "heard." Power of the placebo my friend. Take a look around PubMed and let me know when you find a peer reviewed study that shows inhalers helping non-asthmatics. Explain to me what inhalers actually do and then you'll realize you should be doing your pre-algebra homework instead of ranting about stuff you know noting about on Lets Run.

Disagree with both of yall. You will not sway my opinion... you guys are just mad that I am calling yall out on your unfair advantage. BTW I got a 97 for the 1st semester in BC Calculus as a junior....

Completely agree with the poster. Indeed, I wish I could know how much slower these kids with inhalers, ADD medicine, and iron pills would be without them.

I was prescribed an inhaler after a bad bout of bronchitis and have renewed my prescription just for running. I find that an inhaler really does help with workouts/races if just to aid the lungs after a brutal 800

I've seen plenty of guys breathe hard after using an inhaler. Are you sure they are not just better than you?

Seriously Mane wrote:

Hey idiot!Explain to me how inhalers help non-asthmatic runners. I don't think you understand what inhalers do...

Well, before the race you open the lungs up with the inhaler.

Then when the lungs are wide open you squirt in the EPO

and the IGF to make you run faster.

I seen them do it.

Signed INHALERS=UNFAIR

fast high schooler wrote:

I was prescribed an inhaler after a bad bout of bronchitis and have renewed my prescription just for running. I find that an inhaler really does help with workouts/races if just to aid the lungs after a brutal 800

Have you been tested for EIA?

Finally some people who agree.... I guess I can see using it after a race but not before.... Yes some people are faster then me.... I clearly dont win NXN or Footlocker however my relay team was All american at New Balance with them telling me I ran the best out of the whole group!

fast high schooler wrote:

I was prescribed an inhaler after a bad bout of bronchitis and have renewed my prescription just for running. I find that an inhaler really does help with workouts/races if just to aid the lungs after a brutal 800

If you are using the inhaler to aid your performance, and

don't have bronchitis or asthma, then you are a drug cheat.

This is the 2nd thread in 2 weeks about non-medicinal use

of inhalers.

agree with fred thank you!

I know a runner who has a TUE for Albuterol. He insists that it is a performance enhancer.

How many people are using them for non-medicinal purposes.

many....mannnnnyyyyy

Inhalers help those with asthma, which is cheating. Their genetics and body is weak and need artificial means to be "normal." In my opinion there should be no chemical enhancement or medication of any kind. But I'm in the minority there. You should run with what nature, or God, or whatever gave you.

This is the rational that athletes have. Lance Armstrong used epo and testosterone under the precept in with one nut he was just getting back to normal.

Both are cheating.

Skeptic of it All wrote:

Inhalers help those with asthma, which is cheating. Their genetics and body is weak and need artificial means to be "normal." In my opinion there should be no chemical enhancement or medication of any kind. But I'm in the minority there. You should run with what nature, or God, or whatever gave you.

This is the rational that athletes have. Lance Armstrong used epo and testosterone under the precept in with one nut he was just getting back to normal.

Both are cheating.

Yeah, it's better to not use the inhaler, and die instead

it's performance enhancing afaik

opens up the lungs

Mick Rodgers just got busted for clen in China .. I think that's the same stuff