Curiouser and curiouser:
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WB1GK?utm_source=twitter
Curiouser and curiouser:
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WB1GK?utm_source=twitter
They say right in the article that it aids in recovery. What is perplexing about an athlete using a PED for this purpose?
Isn't the point of EVERY PED to aid in recovery?! Faster recovery=more work you can do=better performances within individual races/games and within entire seasons. What kind of morons do we have in the media?
Seriously mate? wrote:
Isn't the point of EVERY PED to aid in recovery?! Faster recovery=more work you can do=better performances within individual races/games and within entire seasons. What kind of morons do we have in the media?
Some PEDs are intended to aid in recovery, yes. But others are intended to act as a stimulant during the workout. Imagine the most pumped up and "ready to go" you've ever felt in a workout. Imagine if you could feel like that every time by just taking the right stimulant. That could be a big advantage, especially if you aren't very good at getting that pump on your own. (Stimulants are mostly beneficial to power/speed athletes).
Other PEDs are intended to increase how hard you can work during a workout, shifting how your body metabolizes energy stores during a workout.
So no, not every PED is intended to aid in recovery.
sdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:
Seriously mate? wrote:Isn't the point of EVERY PED to aid in recovery?! Faster recovery=more work you can do=better performances within individual races/games and within entire seasons. What kind of morons do we have in the media?
Some PEDs are intended to aid in recovery, yes. But others are intended to act as a stimulant during the workout. Imagine the most pumped up and "ready to go" you've ever felt in a workout. Imagine if you could feel like that every time by just taking the right stimulant. That could be a big advantage, especially if you aren't very good at getting that pump on your own. (Stimulants are mostly beneficial to power/speed athletes).
Other PEDs are intended to increase how hard you can work during a workout, shifting how your body metabolizes energy stores during a workout.
So no, not every PED is intended to aid in recovery.
I wonder when Red Bull will be banned.
Meldonium seems to be a broad-spectrum PED that enhances recovery, acts as a stimulant, and enhances endurance...all in a pill. While it was legal, sounds like the "perfect" all-purpose PED.
Gives you a bigger and more tuned engine. The key to performance enhancement.
YabbaYabba wrote:
Curiouser and curiouser:
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WB1GK?utm_source=twitter
There isn't a lot to be perplexed about, Meldonium is a PED and a very good one. Unless Sharapova had a heart condition, she was taking it for the same reasons any athlete would take a PED. The only reason it was not banned is WADA simply didn't know athletes were taking it until recently. In all fairness, she should not have been taking a heart medication that has all of the hallmarks of a PED. At the very least, she should have filed for a TUE exemption. However, as a technical matter, Sharapova was operating with in the rules until about 2 months ago, she should have gotten off of it as soon as it was added to the ban list. I appreciate the upfront manner she is handling this situation; however, as multi millionaire with a team of people working with her, it is hard to believe she was not aware of what she was taking all those year weather it was legal or not. Nowadays, t&f athletes specifically will not take any type of pill unless they fully know the purpose and content of the substance. Track and field professional athletes are in the habit of reading the ingredients in vitamins and even OTC cold medicines for example. They are very careful about everything that goes into their body. Perhaps it is different with tennis players. Btw, Sharapova may be in even more trouble for taking a controlled substance with out a proper aliment, symptom, diagnoses and prescription.
TrackCoach wrote:
YabbaYabba wrote:Curiouser and curiouser:
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WB1GK?utm_source=twitter...Btw, Sharapova may be in even more trouble for taking a controlled substance with out a proper aliment, symptom, diagnoses and prescription.
Who would give her this extra "trouble"?
coach deez nuts wrote:
sdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:Some PEDs are intended to aid in recovery, yes. But others are intended to act as a stimulant during the workout. Imagine the most pumped up and "ready to go" you've ever felt in a workout. Imagine if you could feel like that every time by just taking the right stimulant. That could be a big advantage, especially if you aren't very good at getting that pump on your own. (Stimulants are mostly beneficial to power/speed athletes).
Other PEDs are intended to increase how hard you can work during a workout, shifting how your body metabolizes energy stores during a workout.
So no, not every PED is intended to aid in recovery.
I wonder when Red Bull will be banned.
Pffft! Cocaine. Or how about the legal version? Adderal.
This is honestly a non-issue for me. She has been taking it for 10 years, but it was not banned. While it may be a PED, it WAS NOT BANNED. Therefore, she did NOT break the rules. It was just recently added to the banned list, something she obviously was genuinely unaware of as she'd have had to have been an idiot to keep taking it while knowing it was a banned substance. She unknowingly broke the rules shortly after the rules were changed, and she's been honest and upfront about it. I think everyone should go extremely lightly on her.
The only problems I do think might be significant are regarding WHY she was taking it and HOW she was getting it. From the little bit I've read, it sounds like this drug is unobtainable or nearly so in the US, and that she seems to have gone over to doctors in Eastern Europe to get this drug specifically and then transported it back to the US. I would imagine there are some issues involved with all of that.
Jgjhghjhjghgjjbh wrote:
TrackCoach wrote:...Btw, Sharapova may be in even more trouble for taking a controlled substance with out a proper aliment, symptom, diagnoses and prescription.
Who would give her this extra "trouble"?
Vladimir Putin.
seems simple to me wrote:
They say right in the article that it aids in recovery. What is perplexing about an athlete using a PED for this purpose?
Athletes: take pain killers, use ointments, drink special drinks, eat special foods, get muscle massages, etc.
Why, why, why? Because it makes them, or they think it makes them, feel better.
Guppy wrote:
The only problems I do think might be significant are regarding WHY she was taking it and HOW she was getting it. From the little bit I've read, it sounds like this drug is unobtainable or nearly so in the US,
Do you really think any drug is "unobtainable or nearly so" in the United STates?
Pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:
coach deez nuts wrote:I wonder when Red Bull will be banned.
Pffft! Cocaine. Or how about the legal version? Adderal.
You ever try either of those substances lol?
Seriously mate? wrote:
Isn't the point of EVERY PED to aid in recovery?! Faster recovery=more work you can do=better performances within individual races/games and within entire seasons. What kind of morons do we have in the media?
EPO, CERA, darbypoeitin, blood doping may aid in recovery in some small way, but the main thing they do is increase the number and concentration of RBCs circulating in the bloodstream, to increase the amount of oxygen that can be delivered to the mitochondria, to increase the amount of ATP that can be produced, to increase the strength, rate, and duration of muscular contractions. Really nothing about "recovery" there at all.
Steroids also build and repair muscles back up faster than without, but the main benefit is for the cells (including the aforementioned RBCs and mitochondria) to be built up to a level BIGGER, STRONGER, DENSER and more powerful than before. Quicker recovery is not the only thing taking place there. This is why steroids make a bigger benefit for women than they do for men. Also, why someone can be on steroids and still look feminine. The steroids aren't all for making women look like Marita Koch. Someone like Dibaba could be on them and the main effect is to raise the power, size and density of the mitochondria to a higher level than altitude or training ever could. It raises those things at a cellular level closer to the level of men. In men it raises the levels above what nature can attain.
Amphetamines are similar in that they speed recovery, but the main benefit is that they give you more energy and focus to be "on" and have a good day. They are also very easy to detect when you are on them and they are helping you. If you took them days earlier, they don't help you at all today. Amphetamines have been in wide use for nearly 100 years.
Pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:
coach deez nuts wrote:I wonder when Red Bull will be banned.
Pffft! Cocaine. Or how about the legal version? Adderal.
Red Bull contains caffeine, taurine, B vitamins (B3, B5, B6, B12), sucrose, and glucose.
I have never had any, but could you tell me what cocaine and Adderall have to do with Red Bull?
Guppy wrote:
This is honestly a non-issue for me. She has been taking it for 10 years, but it was not banned. While it may be a PED, it WAS NOT BANNED. Therefore, she did NOT break the rules. It was just recently added to the banned list, something she obviously was genuinely unaware of as she'd have had to have been an idiot to keep taking it while knowing it was a banned substance. She unknowingly broke the rules shortly after the rules were changed, and she's been honest and upfront about it. I think everyone should go extremely lightly on her.
The only problems I do think might be significant are regarding WHY she was taking it and HOW she was getting it. From the little bit I've read, it sounds like this drug is unobtainable or nearly so in the US, and that she seems to have gone over to doctors in Eastern Europe to get this drug specifically and then transported it back to the US. I would imagine there are some issues involved with all of that.
Are you aware that she made $29 M last year? When you make that kind of money, if it exists, you can obtain it. Lance Armstrong, at his peak, coincidentally made $29M too.
Think about that for a minute. She makes $45,000 a day just off her investments.
... and $80,000 per day off her earnings. Making her about $125,000 per day in a year like last year. People like that have people that secure whatever drugs your doctor thinks you need. And by "doctor" I mean the person that coordinates your PEDs.
People on Letsrun are not very well-read, or they think these kind of things are conspiracy theories. She has been on the WTA Tour since 2001, so a solid 15 years. Her estimated net worth is $195,000,000.
If you have that invested in a variety of things and return a meager 8% over the long term (a more than reasonable assumption), you will return $15.6 M per year.
That is $42,739 a day. If you are making $29M a year, that is $79,452 a DAY. Put those together and you are earning $122,000 per day.
Do you see now why she has a reason to cheat as the World's 7th-ranked female tennis player?
whats to know ,
was go to legal stimulant now just use caffine ,etc.
big boys stil got pure adrenaline to be race ready.