cost nothing! if you can get to train at altitude during your training sessions, or simulated, when i used to run i used to have ****** i cant rememer what it was called, but it restricted air flow by 30%.WINGNUTT said:Has anyone ever really even tried EPO? How much does it really help / cost? It's probably not something I would consider unless I really started to get serious about racing.
closesupport said:cost nothing! if you can get to train at altitude during your training sessions, or simulated, when i used to run i used to have ****** i cant rememer what it was called, but it restricted air flow by 30%.
who said anything about red blood cell count/haematocrit/haemoglobin, http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/K/KidneyHormones.html,Roadie_scum said:There's no evidence that training at altitude increases etc. Performance increases are small and seem to result from increased lactate buffering capacity and possibly other intramuscular adaptions at the cellular level.
Restricting your air flow while you train is bizarre and counter-productive. That's why I take my asthma medication.
closesupport said:who said anything about red blood cell count/haematocrit/haemoglobin, http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/K/KidneyHormones.html,
Erythropoietin >>to increase the production of red blood cells. Stimuli such as bleeding or moving to high altitudes (where oxygen is scarcer) trigger the release of EPO. << line one.
i beg to differ.!
not random links, i look for the hormones related, from when i studied human biology and the endocrine system.Roadie_scum said:You can beg all you like but you won't be right. Where do you find all these random links?
The very link you posted to states that EPO increases haematocrit. In testing at the AIS (research has been published - go look it up) no increase in haematocrit was found during altitude training. That is an old hypothesis which is beginning to look very weak.
Maybe, just maybe, long term living at altitude stimulates red blood cell growth. This isn't clear and certainly doesn't equate with the benefits to athletic performance of synthetic RhEPO.
closesupport said:not random links, i look for the hormones related, from when i studied human biology and the endocrine system.
http://www.sportsci.org/news/news9703/AISblood.html RhEPO these levels you reffering to
maybe you need to give sports science info a browse, more so the fact of live hi train low the effects and drawbacks.
http://www.sportsci.org/traintech/altitude/wgh.html
what asthma medication are you on. probonol, di-proprionate or fluticasone proprionate. maybe the good ol trusty ventolain inhailer with pulmicourt. brycanyl <- which i don't like cause it makes me shake as a side affect.
just read the links to the page, saves me typing it out, reasons why RhEPO is not a clever idea, but a natural introduction of EPO as from training methods, erm. like training in colarado at altitude then traveling to dallas to further complete training.Roadie_scum said:Where did you study these things? At a university?
That's not a sentence and I don't understand what you are talking about (because you have not expressed yourself clearly). I have read the article you linked to before. It has no relevance to training at altitude.
closesupport said:just read the links to the page, saves me typing it out, reasons why RhEPO is not a clever idea, but a natural introduction of EPO as from training methods, erm. like training in colarado at altitude then traveling to dallas to further complete training.
rather than put ones health at risk! erm i ain't to good at english, i never said i was, i prefare more practical aproach to things. i hate typing, i did enough at college.
so why don't you ask for real medication like fluticasone proprionate, you won't need the preventer. seretide 125mg 25 micrograms of salmeterol.
its both,x3 times a day, i use instead of pulmicourt and ventaline, works better as well!Roadie_scum said:You're right, supplementing hormones is a terrible idea when they are not clinically indicated. I had a further look at that sportsci.org site. It has some good people writing for it, but the information is a little dated. You need to look at the newer journals.
I definitely agree that it's not worth putting health at risk by taking illegal performance enhancing substances. I think it would make reading your posts a little easier if you took more time with your typing, spelling and grammar. What did you study at college?
1. I trust my doctor.
2. Seretide is a preventer.
closesupport said:its both,x3 times a day, i use instead of pulmicourt and ventaline, works better as well!
i studied telecommununications/Networking but my hobby is
sports science, human biology, medicine and anatomy, plus when i was at college i used to help the new students that where studying sports studies with there work. understanding there assignments and stuff, plus completing there work.
you pity them! its easier to explain when you have the question infront of you and have the ability to use the library, find them the source, for there answer, they just worded it there way. i'd find them what they need to know to start from. like you pointed out the internet isn't a good source, if you don't know what your looking for to start with. Anyone could write a website and fill it with nonscence.Roadie_scum said:I know what it is.
I pity them.
closesupport said:you pity them! its easier to explain when you have the question infront of you and have the ability to use the library, find them the source, for there answer, they just worded it there way. i'd find them what they need to know to start from. like you pointed out the internet isn't a good source, if you don't know what your looking for to start with. Anyone could write a website and fill it with nonscence.
they where all getting good marks, plus they came back for further help. i just ain't to good with english grammar nor maths and stuff, although i am english, i was more intrested in physics and biology at school, i didn't really want to know anything else.
Roadie_scum said:There's no evidence that training at altitude increases red blood cell count/haematocrit/haemoglobin etc. Performance increases are small and seem to result from increased lactate buffering capacity and possibly other intramuscular adaptions at the cellular level.
Restricting your air flow while you train is bizarre and counter-productive. That's why I take my asthma medication.
God! i start to type and my head goes blank, i know what i want to say but i can't put it into text.Roadie_scum said:Just to clarify - I should have said no evidence that the changes are significant. There is some evidence that there are small changes. They are nowhere near the magnitude seen with administration of exogenous EPO, and unlikely to be the primary mediator of the (small) ergogenic effect of training at altitude.
closesupport said:God! i start to type and my head goes blank, i know what i want to say but i can't put it into text.
I agree it is stated that there ain't as much improvement in using Altitude training, than there is in using EPO, but there is increase of haemogloblin, etc that you stated, was incorrect. but as for random links, how can a random link covering information start to finish on altitude training pro's and cons be unrelated?
but at the end of the day, it isn't a banned method like the use of RhEPO it works, it is effective. Plus also it isn't constituted as cheating. if we all went out and took performance enhancing drugs, what would the sport turn into, he did faster and better than i because he had more drugs available.
Training should be just that, the quality and quantity of training and performance made by our own natural ability. oppsed to how many vials you can manage to get through in a course of a week.
or would you recommend we all go out, purchase ourselves a good supply of Steroid like probonal or proprianate and Human Growth hormones to stack, with a good EPO (Sustanate), then we can all become champions, maybe even throw in a spot of androgens for good measure, with a balanced diet you'll see the increase in performance in no time.
Hey! Risk CJD, Heart failure and blood clotting? whats it matter you'd be a champion.
Plus i am english, just not to good with it.
I also don't condone cheating.
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