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yo you know say Anthony Gonzales from Indianapolis Colts been using that since I think his Junior year at Ohio State and he said that it helped him get faster and helped his endurance -
It could be useful in Beijing to provide MORE oxygen for the athletes, though I suspect they would have air-conditioned rooms.
BTW the girl in the clip (Alice Schmidt) made the team with a good time- 2:00.46
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some CFA player was using it last season and it caused some controversy....the effect is the same as using EPO? does anyone know?
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Effect? ...same effect?Originally posted by Gamma View Post
EPO, I think, enables one to 'store up' oxygen'. Produce more/increased levels of 'red blood cells' = ability to 'store more oxygen'.
This "chamber", I think helps the body to better ultilise available oxygen in the atmosphere."Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."Comment
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the chamber allows you to breathe in more pure oxygen so that there is more oxyge in the blood stream....i see the difference but the effect is similar.
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the lines are getting very blurry though!
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You at Cinchona? Suffering from lack of oxygen or what?
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EPO is a drug. The tent only creates a particular environment so it would be considered natural and therefore legal.
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mi undastan that...it is the effect.....same effect?
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Originally posted by Karl View Post
Good bit of research there boss. I wonder why none of Mexico's concacaf opponents have used that level of science in the recent past. I distinctly remember Bolivia being unbeaten in the South American zone of World Cup Qualifying about 2 cycles back. They also play at an extremely high altitude if not higher than the Mexicans in La Paz.Comment
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I'm not an expert but I did a quick google on EPO and I would conclude that the effect is the same. EPO is produced naturally by the body when the kidneys detect a low level of oxygen in the blood, stimulating red blood cell production and therefore the body's oxygen carrying capacity.
By starving the body of oxygen (in the tent) the body then releases EPO and thus creates more red blood cells and oxygen carrying capacity. Artificially injecting EPO does the same thing.
Natural EPO and synthetic are almost identical but one article ( rice.edu below) indicates that a reliable urine test can detect the difference between the two.
Apparently EPO abuse can lead to anemia and stroke.
A couple sources:
http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/epo.html
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/...rticlekey=7032
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