aduck2022,
Is there any way to test for igf-1? If so, are athletes able to get away with it by microdosing?
aduck2022,
Is there any way to test for igf-1? If so, are athletes able to get away with it by microdosing?
IGF-1 is pretty much concentrated meat. It's nothing new, but was rather a big thing in the 90s. As other growth hormones it increases muscle mass, decreases body fat and strengthens bones. It's anabolic and will make cells grow faster (including eventual cancer cells in your body...) It may help in living/staying healthy longer.
Here is IGF infohttp://www.elitefitness.com/forum/anabolic-steroids/great-read-igf1-lr3-674367.htmlNote that this is from 6 years ago. This is not a new drug. No doubt that professional athletes have been all over it since well before London.
Perhaps the most interesting and potent effect IGF has on the human body is its ability to cause hyperplasia, which is an actual splitting of cells. Hypertrophy is what occurs during weight training and steroid use, it is simply an increase in the size of muscle cells. See, after puberty you have a set number of muscle cells, and all you are able to do is increase the size of these muscle cells, you don’t actually gain more.
But, with IGF use you are able to cause this hyperplasia which actually increases the number of muscle cells present in the tissue, and through weight training and steroid usage you are able to mature these new cells, in other words make them grow and become stronger. So in a way IGF can actually change your genetic capabilities in terms of muscle tissue and cell count. IGF proliferates and differentiates the number of types of cells present. At a genetic level it has the potential to alter an individuals capacity to build superior muscle density and size.
1. Victor Conte is not trustworthy. Those of you with the patience to read more than one paragraph at a go, look up this case--he drove investigators nuts by telling different lies each time they spoke with him
2. As a trained chemist, I can say that most folks trained in this field are cautious, risk-averse individuals with a strong commitment to using their profession for good--I have NO doubt we could find bright young minds to make cheating considerably more difficult than it has been. The statement that chemists are all on the dark side -- that chap must be living in a basement -- probably his mums.
In conclusion, speaking as a chemist and a fellow who has run a few miles in my life, I see no reason why the culture of this sport, at the athlete, administrative, and sponsor level, could not fundamentally change in such a way so as to make chemical cheating rare. It would not happen by one single change however. It requires good science, good administration, and good characters. Each of these elements are within our grasp in my view--but it's not certain that it will be achieved. Time will tell.
As a trained chemist .... LOL. That makes you "THE" world expert of performance enhancing drugs, and all drugs, and all chemistry. . . . LOL^infinity power.
does many things . but got to take to peak cycle to see nervous system
enhancement
yes hgh was last paradigm shift in sprints
but only in select few that biochemistry right does it
bring igf-1 levels high and only for short time ,.
would kenya of been able to do what did, at these champs without tis stuff
or south africans .
or jamican becoming fastest country from 2008 onwards .
or bolt to do what does .
take all the steroids he wants and without this peptide no way going
as fast .
Aduck
in your expert opinion
Is mo Farah on this stuff?
I suspect he may well be
Testing of Team USA has scared off drug use. We are hosed.