Maybe we should have a national discussion about the IV drip often used by Hillaripped…
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Posted on 07/23/2018 4:58:16 PM PDT by EdnaMode
The social media post seemed harmless enough: swimmer Ryan Lochte sharing a photograph of himself hooked to an intravenous bag, writing “athletic recovery with some #ivdrip.”
But when officials noticed the photo in May, they launched an investigation that has now resulted in Lochte being suspended just days before the national championships in Irvine.
The 14-month sanction has nothing to do with the substance in the IV bag, which was permitted, but rather the amount Lochte received.
Athletes, who often take infusions of vitamins and other dietary supplements, are allowed 100 milliliters every 12 hours. The 33-year-old Olympian exceeded that limit.
This marks the second time he has been penalized.
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Hehe. :D
Thus you speak of the 'problem' with Professional Cycling in the past and still apparently present in the present (word play)! Seven time Tour de France victor Lance Armstrong was stripped of those 7 victories BUT they were not awarded to anyone else who competed. The reason is/was that every one of his close competitors had also been found, at one time or another, to have been doping. His team just was better at timing and hiding the doping.
This year, the Tour's 4-time victor, Chris Froome, was within a week of being banned for testing too high for a legal asthma drug in a 2017 drug check. However, at the last minute, the UCI (International Cycling Federation) and the drug testing agency gave him a pass for participating in this year's race. Froome's team, SKY, is the best funded and strongest at the race and he is currently 2nd behind his own teammate, Geraint Thomas, with a week left in the 3 week race.
You might be mistaken. Actually it is medicine that is sorely lacking in understanding the ESSENTIAL (not using this word lightly) importance of vitamins and minerals in healing.
I’m not talking performance enhancement. But for people with severe illnesses, people who have been wasting or unable to eat by mouth, having the necessary vitamins and minerals delivered by IV is sometimes life or death and often strength vs weakness. A good Meyers cocktail can help someone’s own body fight the illness better. It is a CRIME that patients in hospitals are not provided with enough magnesium (and other vitamins etc) to survive and thrive from a surgery.
When I had breast cancer I did chemo on a Tuesday and then would go back to the facility on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for hydration. The hydration took almost as long as the chemo IV.
I can’t imagine doing it just because.
That’s fine, but it’s not what we’re talking about in terms a commercial IV business. It was marketed as “enhancement” for healthy, active adults, not sick people.
I guess my argument can be an excess, as you look at the advancement in equipment allowed to be used today, particularly in winter sports and even professional golf.
With the kind of many different super-engineered/designed golf glubs today, it is no wonder more amateurs even are playing better golf than they did just 20 years ago. You can pay hundreds, or even over $1,000 for a single techniloggically specially engineered golf club today, not a set, just one club. And, as a spectator I love golf. So I guess I should just stop complaining about “cheating” in sports.
Then again, when we talk about equipment, as all participants can get it, we are not talking about drugs made to improve the physical performance of the human body.
So maybe my complaint is ok after all.
While mine is in a medical doctor’s office, it would be the same cocktail even in one of those crazy places. It’s worth the price.
If sick people are using it, I’m glad it’s available for them.
New business model: For $150 I will drive to your house and deliver an ice cold Gatorade G Force, in the color of your choosing.
Hydration, yo!
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