Have you ever taken PEDs?

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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Mwah mwah

    I would be ever so grateful, Shocked.
    :D
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    I took 2 paracetemol yesterday before my session down the velodrome - fortunately there were no p**s takers down there :wink:
  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    Riding on LSD was a strange experience in my youth. My mate managed to so about 10 laps of the park in the time it took me to get from one side to the other. Speed was effective.
    However, a couple of years ago I was training for 4 hours a day, 6 days a week, in the Austrian hills. Never being able to climb like Simoni, it always surprised me how I could, after working Fridays nights in a bar, fly up the hill (1 mile, 12%) to my girlfriend's house completely rat arsed on her granny bike. I think the booze caused an almost psychopathic form of concentration which I couldn't achieve sober. Still didn't encourage me to put Jägermeister in my bidon, though.
  • Old Tuggo
    Old Tuggo Posts: 482
    A friend of mine who is on the kidney transplant list is prescribed EPO and it makes a tremendous difference. He only cycles at weekend but when he has his EPO the previous evening none of the club can keep up with him on the hills.
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Alcohol + riding strongly? I think you probably *thought* you were riding strongly at the time.
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    "Beer scooter" is the technical term.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Tusher wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:

    On a serious note, ephidrine, aspirin and caffiene. Weight drops off :twisted: (apparently)


    (ears prick up)

    Really? Tell me more. How many decongestants and aspirins would it take?
    I'm stopping decaff tomorrow.

    I'll find out the exact science behind it later on. I've had it explained a couple of times.

    they promote water loss
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Tusher wrote:
    Mwah mwah

    I would be ever so grateful, Shocked.
    :D

    He explained it, then pointed me here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synephrine
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • Limburger
    Limburger Posts: 346
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Tusher wrote:
    Mwah mwah

    I would be ever so grateful, Shocked.
    :D

    He explained it, then pointed me here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synephrine

    Ah used to take pseudo-ephydrine, caffeine and aspirin while lifting to make my weight. Then the Gov banned pseudo-ephydrine. Twas harmless I tell you but any fun is forbidden.

    Anyway, if you want to lose weight like a crazy man find a demolitions firm and borrow some DNP (DiNitroPhenol) which increases you metabolic rate buy upwards of 50% without consuming ATP. Your body becomes uncomfortably hot to touch so best stay in the cold bath and if you take enough of it it will kill you.

    YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! :wink:
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  • Gav888
    Gav888 Posts: 946
    Alot of drugs out there aimed at making you faster on the bike, what about the other side of the coin, drugs that make you recover quicker so you can then do another hard workout sooner?

    What helps you recover quicker apart from protein?
    Cycling never gets any easier, you just go faster - Greg LeMond
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Gav888 wrote:
    Alot of drugs out there aimed at making you faster on the bike, what about the other side of the coin, drugs that make you recover quicker so you can then do another hard workout sooner?

    What helps you recover quicker apart from protein?

    No drugs out there are aimed strictly at making you a faster or quicker recovering cyclist.
    Steroids are usually called for to make you recover faster after a workout. The do tend to work should you choose to use them. A bodybuilder favorite for many, many, years.
  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    Anabolic steroids certainly reduce recovery time. Can't say I know of too many cases in which cyclists have been busted for using them.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Gav888 wrote:
    Alot of drugs out there aimed at making you faster on the bike, what about the other side of the coin, drugs that make you recover quicker so you can then do another hard workout sooner?

    What helps you recover quicker apart from protein?

    I thought that was why some people (Landis) took testosterone?

    A key hormone required for muscle rebuilding?

    Tends to get a little depleated post endurance exercise?

    Anyone?
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Yep, testosterone patches for faster recovery. What Landis was done for.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    That's what anabolic steroids do - replicate the effects of testosterone.
  • jmeadows
    jmeadows Posts: 335
    ashamed to say in my younger days i took all kinds of steroids for body builidng, boxing etc, not good and i pray that i will not pay for that abuse in years to come.
    when i trained thai boxing even the lads who were doing interclub fights were after taking something that numbed their shins to lessen the pain, i think to an extent in every sport there is abuse at every level, even recreational.
    a lot of it is laziness and lack of patience , people want it now and quickly, hard work and perseverance is what i think its all about.
    this country is set for a mental health explosion from steroid abuse according to friend who works in that field, you would be surprised how many people in gyms are taking the stuff, even if it looks like it aint working :?
    glad to say i have turned a few kids away from stegs after telling them the many negative effects, steer clear
    never hurts your eyes to look on the bright side of life...
  • Abdoujaparov
    Abdoujaparov Posts: 642
    One of my mates started taking steroids to help with his body building - definitely made him more aggressive and not that much fun to be around.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Abdoujaparov wrote:
    One of my mates started taking steroids to help with his body building - definitely made him more aggressive and not that much fun to be around.

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  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    RichN95 wrote:
    Seriously, you're a struggling musician in Glasgow. You're hardly in the inner loop of British cycling. How the hell do you know anything?

    Struggling? How much do you earn an hour? :wink:
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  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    Actually, I'ma rephrase that...

    How much did you earn per hour when (or maybe if) you were a 24 year old student?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    paulcuthbert wrote:
    Actually, I'ma rephrase that...

    How much did you earn per hour when (or maybe if) you were a 24 year old student?

    It's just a longer game
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    paulcuthbert wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Seriously, you're a struggling musician in Glasgow. You're hardly in the inner loop of British cycling. How the hell do you know anything?

    Struggling? How much do you earn an hour? :wink:

    Hee hee.

    Probably earns more to buy a better bike than a ploppy aluminium Trek.
    Just an observation. :wink:
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I stuffed down about 10 sudafed, half a bottle of buttercup syrup, a shedload of olbas oil, gargled TCP and had some Neurofen yesterday to try and get me over a cold and onto the startline at Etape Du Dales this morning. Didn't work.

    I'm posting this in the hope that future riders don't have to go down the dark path I did to complete Sportive rides. Buttercup is ming. :wink:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    I stuffed down about 10 sudafed, half a bottle of buttercup syrup, a shedload of olbas oil, gargled TCP and had some Neurofen yesterday to try and get me over a cold and onto the startline at Etape Du Dales this morning. Didn't work.

    I'm posting this in the hope that future riders don't have to go down the dark path I did to complete Sportive rides. Buttercup is ming. :wink:

    Good luck for the journey back to health, you will be a different man. :)
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    RichN95 wrote:
    You've often said you're a busker - that's struggling. I'm guessing you're not Paolo Nutini.

    Busking is my choice. You've basically just proved every point I've ever made about this place being full of snobbery.

    Just because I'm not recognised widely, does that mean I'm not successful? Well, no. Because that's my choice. Playing gigs is a waste of time, and it was my choice to stop doing them and busk instead. Job satisfaction- ever heard of that? Busking is a lot of fun and you meet a lot of great people who stop to talk or sing along with you. And I really enjoy that.

    If you're looking at it financial, I make more per hour than all my friends do in their part-time jobs, so in that respect I'm far from struggling. But for me, it's not about that. So sorry to disappoint you Rich, but I'm not struggling at all!

    Oh, and whenever you can write and record a song at home yourself, come back and slag off my music. I'll gladly do the same to your efforts. Asshole.
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  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    Unless performance enhancing drugs influence any of your salaries, how is this relevant.

    Back on topic (sort of).. I assume people who dabbled in unorthodox methods to enhance performance have exhausted all other avenues e.g. experimented fully with preparation and recovery.
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    Luckao wrote:
    Unless performance enhancing drugs influence any of your salaries, how is this relevant.

    Back on topic (sort of).. I assume people who dabbled in unorthodox methods to enhance performance have exhausted all other avenues e.g. experimented fully with preparation and recovery.

    Halls Soothers :wink:
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  • John Stevenson
    John Stevenson Posts: 962
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  • Abdoujaparov
    Abdoujaparov Posts: 642
    John Stevenson wrote:
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    Not surprised. Some pretty outrageous and unqualified statements....
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    John Stevenson wrote:
    Defamatory comments and ensuing discussion deleted.

    Spoil sport :P
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