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GearGambleThots t1_j1y2bzm wrote

Reply to comment by PrincessBananas85 in Lyu Xiaojun, Olympic champion weightlifter, banned for EPO by pjokinen

That’s your belief but it’s completely false

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PrincessBananas85 t1_j1y2f94 wrote

Several athletes have taken Peds and it didn't help their performance one bit.

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GearGambleThots t1_j1y3vj3 wrote

The enormous majority of athletes take peds and perform at a level they’d never attain without any drugs.

You should refrain from saying something absurd about a topic you do not fully understand.

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PrincessBananas85 t1_j1y4cj4 wrote

Do you think that EPO helped Lance Armstrong?

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GearGambleThots t1_j1zbiqb wrote

It’s not a thought, it’s an absolute fact. It’s literally what EPO does, increase hematocrit enhance oxygen transport to the tissues so that you get way more endurance and that increases power output over time meaning more strength and less fatigue under critical conditions

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PrincessBananas85 t1_j1zc7as wrote

Maria Sharapova was taken Meldonium. In your honest opinion how do you think that drug helped her become a better player? Do you think that it gave her an advantage over her opponents? She was taking it because she had irregular EKGS. She said this in an interview. Maybe I don't really understand how professional sports actually works.

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GearGambleThots t1_j1zcpp8 wrote

Are you going to keep resorting to one anecdote at a time to maybe prove your belief that peds don’t work? They do.

>Meldonium has been shown to have beneficial effects in cardiovascular, neurological and metabolic diseases due to its anti-ischaemic and cardioprotective properties, which are ascribed mainly to its inhibition of ß-oxidation and its activation of glycolysis.

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Max-Powah t1_j291c8z wrote

Athletes take PEDS for one simple reason: They work. More strength and speed and better recovery. The recovery is key because then you can push yourself even harder while training, leading to more strength and speed gains. Anyone who says otherwise is completely clueless and frankly it's silly to even respond to them.

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