GearGambleThots
GearGambleThots t1_j1zbiqb wrote
Reply to comment by PrincessBananas85 in Lyu Xiaojun, Olympic champion weightlifter, banned for EPO by pjokinen
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
GearGambleThots t1_j1y3vj3 wrote
Reply to comment by PrincessBananas85 in Lyu Xiaojun, Olympic champion weightlifter, banned for EPO by pjokinen
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.
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
GearGambleThots t1_j1wzo4y wrote
Reply to comment by PrincessBananas85 in Lyu Xiaojun, Olympic champion weightlifter, banned for EPO by pjokinen
You don’t understand why people whose job is to try to enhance their performance by all means necessary would take performance enhancing drugs that are banned because they enhance performance so well?
GearGambleThots t1_j1zcpp8 wrote
Reply to comment by PrincessBananas85 in Lyu Xiaojun, Olympic champion weightlifter, banned for EPO by pjokinen
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.