I’ve never taken any. I remember in law school there was a student who sat behind me who used to take them, “to calm himself down” during a trial advocacy class we had. Never understood it.
What do beta blockers do to give anyone an edge, and for that matter, see the below. Who in the hell is going to do one of the tri events, stoned? Or drunk? Or on “heroin?” I’m guessing race safety is at issue there instead of performance enhancement.
I’ve never read the doping rules before. Turns out “adeniostein”(spelling?) steriod is banned, and, the wierd thing about that is, I WILL use creatine as a recovery drink, and if you don’t watch it, I noticed in GNC, when I was buying that powder, a few of the products, will ALSO stick in that steriod in the powder. Have they ever proved Adeno to work? Please, no Mark McGwire proof posts.
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CLASSES OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES IN CERTAIN SPORTS A. ALCOHOL Where the rules of the governing body so provide, tests will be conducted for ethanol. B. CANNABINOIDS Where the rules of the governing body so provide, tests will be conducted for cannabinoids (e.g. Marijuana, Hashish). At the Olympic Games, tests will be conducted for cannabinoids. A concentration in urine of 11-nor-delta 9tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid (carboxy-THC) greater than 15 nanograms per millilitre constitutes doping.
I have taken beta blockers. Prescribed by my doctor for high blood pressure. It lowers your heart rate. I am a 56 year old, vegetarian, 5’10", 145#, 5% body fat athlete. I don’t smoke or drink (an occasional beer or wine at the holidays). I never add salt to anything I eat. I am telling you this so you don’t ask me to change life styles and do away with the LEGAL drugs. My doctors keep blaming my genes. I am healthier than any doctor I personally know. I do not like beta blockers because they keep your heart rate from rising when you want it to, such as during high intensity work outs. I finally convinced my doctor to let me try ACE inhibitors to control my blood pressure. Way better for my performances. That is probably way more than you wanted to know. :~)
Pretty much all the marksmen were on the beta
blockers until they were banned. I believe they had to postpone an Olympic final one time when the shooters had a shot or two to calm the nerves prior to the final and got carried away and were all drunk. Now for some real fun try the winter Biathlon. G
I can’t imagine beta-blockers would be considered “performance enhancing” in triathlon, although I’d be curious to try some just to calm my nerves during the swim start. I’d be pretty concerned though that the beta-blockers might prevent the necessary increase in HR that happens as a triathlete really begins to swim hard, hammer on the bike, etc. You wouldn’t want to see people passing out because their heart can’t beat fast enought to deliver the necessary oxygen. Could it be more of a safety issue? Of course, maybe there is no logic… like the rules prohibiting marijuana. Unless you’re Jerry Garcia, I don’t think pot can be considered “performance-enhancing” either/
Androstenedione is a natually occurring steroid hormone produced in the adrenal glands (in both males and females) and can (at least theoretically) be converted into both testosterone and estrogen. I know of one study which documented a small increase in testosterone levels in males taking andro, although at least a couple of other studies failed to show this. However, all studies have shown a significant increase in estrogen levels in males taking andro, and more importantly, no study has ever documented any sort of performace or muscle mass increase. So although many people have taken a dim view of McGwire’s record season, I’m convinced the andro had nothing to do with it. Now he may have been taking more conventional (and illegal) anabolic steroids…