Ibuprofen before forum visits? Anyone?

(I was thinking about it... I'll be using 200 mg capsules, though)

I like to take Ibuprofen to keep my pride from swelling to the point I post something and then invite the masses to argue with me. :p

I hope nobody gets into a "using suppository debate". I am not sure if I could handle reading it.

jhuskey said:

I hope nobody gets into a "using suppository debate". I am not sure if I could handle reading it.

LOL! This thread is really funny.....so far. OTOH, maybe it's just my meds kicking in 😉

ctgt said:

I'm farily sensitive to profanity in print and so I sometimes take a couple of 100mg of ibuprofen before reading the Cycling Training forum, so as to prevent the stress-induced headaches I get from reading the nastiness.

A couple of weeks ago I had to take Tylenol 3s with Codeine before reading the "It's Killing me " thread.

jk Tony. I'm not a troll, just a frequent lurker who seldom makes time to post.

You're fairly inexpeienced in posting here, so better than taking Ibuprofen to dull the pain of the forum you should just pack a gun to deter the future threats to your manhood...By the way, by your own admission you may not be a troll, but you sure act like one...

tonyzackery said:

You're fairly inexpeienced in posting here, so better than taking Ibuprofen to dull the pain of the forum you should just pack a gun to deter the future threats to your manhood...By the way, by your own admission you may not be a troll, but you sure act like one...

Because I started a light-hearted thread about how sometimes things get carried away in this forum I'm a troll? Click on my name. I don't post a lot, but pretty much all cycling related, with this thread an exception.

If I was a troll, I would have started a thread about whether or not "NSAID rage" was an observed phenomenon.

FWIW, I do occasionally take "Vitamin I" after a tough race or workout, but I try not to make a habit of it.

I'm now going to read all of the other threads, searching for one to make a positive contribution too, lest the troll label sticks🙂

ctgt said:

Because I started a light-hearted thread about how sometimes things get carried away in this forum I'm a troll? Click on my name. I don't post a lot, but pretty much all cycling related, with this thread an exception.

If I was a troll, I would have started a thread about whether or not "NSAID rage" was an observed phenomenon.

FWIW, I do occasionally take "Vitamin I" after a tough race or workout, but I try not to make a habit of it.

I'm now going to read all of the other threads, searching for one to make a positive contribution too, lest the troll label sticks🙂

Before you get your panties in a bunch, I said you ACT like a troll, not that you ARE a troll...there is a difference...and this is just me being light-hearted right back at ya'...😄

ctgt said:

I'm farily sensitive to profanity in print and so I sometimes take a couple of 100mg of ibuprofen before reading the Cycling Training forum, so as to prevent the stress-induced headaches I get from reading the nastiness.

Chemically enhancing my natural ability to tolerate ridiculous behavior would give me an unfair advantage over my fellow posters, and I won't betray the trust of the entire internet posting community and damage the integrity of this honorable pastime in that way.

I wouldn't give up my record of 3,661 *clean* posts for anything. 😎

Dunno about Ibuprofen....but I've been known to contribute the occassional '[censored] posting' late at night....that's as farkin hard as doing an ITT...I have the ability to write in foreign languages when [censored], mostly Arabic..(well I think that's what it is 😄)....still the absolute master of '[censored] postings' is bbp...the stuff legends are made of (although I'm convinced he has a secretary that he dictates to! 😄)

frenchyge said:

Chemically enhancing my natural ability to tolerate ridiculous behavior would give me an unfair advantage over my fellow posters, and I won't betray the trust of the entire internet posting community and damage the integrity of this honorable pastime in that way.

I wouldn't give up my record of 3,661 *clean* posts for anything. 😎

Are you sure that they're all clean. 3,661 posts may suggest that at somepoint you've been over the mandated limit for caffiene. Just becareful, your name name be linked to leading exercise physiologist Andy Coggan in the up coming "Blood for (coffee) beans" scandal... :p

I don't know about Ibuprofen but one look at my PowerCranks and my legs scream Vicoden.

It would have been easier to upset people with a simple...I use weights to improve my power post.

-js

Felt_Rider said:

I like to take Ibuprofen to keep my pride from swelling to the point I post something and then invite the masses to argue with me. :p

ctgt said:

FWIW, I do occasionally take "Vitamin I" after a tough race or workout, but I try not to make a habit of it.

Supps, pain killers, epo, roids...I love how cycling has turned into this extreme paronia about people who use anything from stuff as silly as gels being considered a supp...

Give me a break already...pretty soon it will be...

For me a just grab myself a hand full of dirt and mix some water in and I got all my nutrients for the day! Like real men do!

...and I like it that way!

-js

jsirabella said:

It would have been easier to upset people with a simple...I use weights to improve my power post.

-js

That would definately get things stirred up 😄

jsirabella said:

Supps, pain killers, epo, roids...I love how cycling has turned into this extreme paronia about people who use anything from stuff as silly as gels being considered a supp...

Not to turn this joke thread into a serious discussion, but I don't see it as cycling paranoia. Rather I see it as a very, very fine (and somewhat arbitrary) line between "supplement" and "dope" which also exists in society as a whole, and that is the line is one of legality rather than anything inherent different between molecule X and molecule Y.

Maybe it is because I have taken many supps including multi-vitamin...:eek:... while never getting into roids as I never had the monies when I was young that the common person really believes it is like a "superpill"!!

No need to train! Just take this pill and you will suddenly be able to jump over buildings...

Sorry but from my experience and the guys I know who have even taken roids, they are worthless without the training, time and hate to say genetics.

When you get into the pro levels where guys are so evenly matched a substance that can even enhance your performance by 1% can be the difference maker but not in this world of cycling.

I have seen guys take roids for months and go absolutely no where in weight lifting. There are no "superpills".

On your statement though, draw the line? Tell me when it is ok and not ok. Please do not tell me though what some board of people tell us. I would like to know for you and what you believe should be for others.

-js

frenchyge said:

Not to turn this joke thread into a serious discussion, but I don't see it as cycling paranoia. Rather I see it as a very, very fine (and somewhat arbitrary) line between "supplement" and "dope" which also exists in society as a whole, and that is the line is one of legality rather than anything inherent different between molecule X and molecule Y.

jsirabella said:

On your statement though, draw the line? Tell me when it is ok and not ok. Please do not tell me though what some board of people tell us. I would like to know for you and what you believe should be for others.

For me personally? I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs because I don't like the taste/effects, but I wouldn't give up Big Macs, Cheetos, or ice cream for a performance boost even though I know they're unhealthy. I'm probably not the best one to draw the line, because I personally don't really care what folks put in their body or refuse to put in their body. It really wouldn't bother me to find out that some of the guys that I race against are using chemicals in their training, and I wouldn't feel the need to do the same to keep up -- I just don't have that much invested in being able to ride my bike faster than someone else.

If I had to draw the line, it would be one of competitive fairness rather than right vs. wrong (as society seems to portray it lately). In those terms, things should be allowed for level-specific competitive use if they are not harmful to the competitors and are either widely available to the competitors of that level, or not generally thought to provide an advantage. So, for example, if pro-level teams across the board have the funds and resources to safely administer testosterone supplementation to their athletes, then there's no competitive advantage there (assuming T-use is safe, which I know nothing about) since they are all doing it. At the club level, funds and access aren't there across the board so it would provide an advantage to those that could get it. So, I would disallow it at the club level as an unfair advantage. The same could really be said for $5000 bikes, but no one's going to go for that because the bike stores want to sell bikes (although.... if it were generally thought that those bikes provided no advantage then I guess my rule is still safe 😎 ). If EPO, or whatever, is a health-risk to athletes then it's banned because I don't want to expose athletes across the board to the risk, just like aero bars in mass-start events.

I just don't see "performance enhancements" as an issue of right vs. wrong. Cheating definitely is, but again that's about enforcing rules for fairness of competition across the board, not deciding what those rules should be. For grand juries to be convened to ask baseball players what pills they take -- c'mon, they're baseball players, who gives a [censored]? Is Roger Marris' homerun record really that important that Congressional oversight committees are needed to protect it?

That's it, I'm putting myself on my own ignore list after this rant. I'm obviously talking over my head, so.... no more! 😄

tonyzackery said:

You're fairly inexpeienced in posting here, so better than taking Ibuprofen to dull the pain of the forum you should just pack a gun to deter the future threats to your manhood...By the way, by your own admission you may not be a troll, but you sure act like one...

It's funny that you were quick to judge and you're the one who's usually railing against discrimination and negative pigeon-holing. [img]cyclingforums.combiggrin.gifOpen ↗[/img]

frenchyge said:

For me personally? I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs because I don't like the taste/effects, but I wouldn't give up Big Macs, Cheetos, or ice cream for a performance boost even though I know they're unhealthy. I'm probably not the best one to draw the line, because I personally don't really care what folks put in their body or refuse to put in their body. It really wouldn't bother me to find out that some of the guys that I race against are using chemicals in their training, and I wouldn't feel the need to do the same to keep up -- I just don't have that much invested in being able to ride my bike faster than someone else.

Really?
What about time, persistence, dedication, sacrifice?
Those are the best kind of investments. I bet you have made some of those.

jsirabella said:

Maybe it is because I have taken many supps including multi-vitamin... while never getting into roids as I never had the monies when I was young ... -js

How the hell can hemorrhoids make you faster on a bike? I would think they would slow you down.