Interesting Ferrarri comments

"chris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Intermediate are the Type IIA (pretty good endurance and power) and IIX are explosive. The problem
is, simply be alive and active (ie, walking to the soda fountain) will transform these fibers to
IIa. That's why they're almost no existent in humans.

Individuals leading the typical American couch-potato lifestyle will have plenty of type IIa (type
IIx) muscle fibers - on average, for example, the lateral gastrocnemius (calf muscle) will be around
50-55% type I, 25-30% type IIa, and 15-20% type IIb.

Andy Coggan

"chris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Sorry, Carl. I should probably correct my statement to, "...a number (that I am unable to specify)
were blood boosting with no safety controls in place (during the insurgence of HIV in the U.S.). I
have been told the Alexi Grewal was one of the few who didn't take part in this, but Eddie
Plankert also claimed he never took EPO when he was winning, just when he was going slow..." I
should mention, for anyone not familiar with blood boosting, that at the time of the '84 Olympics
blood boosting wasn't banned, so technically they probably weren't doing anything different than
many other countries.

Thanks, but I was just trying to make a correction. There have been a lot of blanket statements
about drugs and riders, so I just wanted to point out that it wasn't the entire US team. As you
mentioned though, technically it wasn't illegal at the time, no matter how questionable the
method used was.

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I also have it on three sources (I would consider reliable, as they have no reason to lie,
including one former member of the National Team) that a large number of the National Team
athletes in the early 80's used steroids and other drugs. While I have no interest delving into
this issue, I merely was pointing out, in my previous statement, that we often try pretend this
stuff never went on.

Not disputing what you've been told, but I've only heard of two riders that fit that could
description.

You are correct, and I never want to make blanket statements.

CH

"Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"chris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Sorry, Carl. I should probably correct my statement to, "...a number (that I am unable to
specify) were blood boosting with no safety controls in place (during the insurgence of HIV in
the U.S.). I have been told the Alexi Grewal was one of the few who didn't take part in this,
but Eddie Plankert also claimed he never took EPO when he was winning, just when he was going
slow..." I should mention, for anyone not familiar with blood boosting, that at the time of the
'84 Olympics blood boosting wasn't banned, so technically they probably weren't doing anything
different than many other countries.

Thanks, but I was just trying to make a correction. There have been a lot of blanket statements
about drugs and riders, so I just wanted to point out that it wasn't the entire US team. As you
mentioned though, technically it wasn't illegal at the time, no matter how questionable the method
used was.

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I also have it on three sources (I would consider reliable, as they have no reason to lie,
including one former member of the National Team) that a large number of the National Team
athletes in the early 80's used steroids and other drugs. While I have no interest delving into
this issue, I merely was pointing out, in my previous statement, that we often try pretend this
stuff never went on.

Not disputing what you've been told, but I've only heard of two riders that fit that could
description.