Blood Doping

[PsYcHoTiC SA]

Can anyone tell me a little about about doping, how is it dangerous, is it worth it, how to do it, anything.

Thank you.

 

[Legion Kreinak]

About WHAT?

 

[PsYcHoTiC SA]

BLOOD DOPING

 

[Legion Kreinak]

Which IS?

 

[Aussie Juga naught]

anabolic steroid use...wrong board mate.

 

[Imnotdutch]

Which IS?

Unless I'm mistaken, this was a technque common in endurance athletes prior to EPO becoming common.

You remove some of your blood and then centrifuge out the RBC's and store them. You put the plasma back into your body. You wait until your body has replaced the lost RBC's and then add the stored RBC's back into your body. You end up with more RBC's so in theory your stamina increases (oxygen is delivered more effectively as there are more RBC's....similar to the effects of EPO).

You do have the problem that extra strain is suddenly put on the heart as the extra RBC's will make the blood more viscous.

I'm not sure this would be worth it unless you are an advanced athlete. There are much easier ways of making progress.

Just my 2c.

 

[Imnotdutch]

Heres a pretty good link.......gives side effects too:-

http://www.tc.cc.tx.us/~mstorey/beckham.html