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Lance Armstrong, Cycling, & HGH
December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
 There’s no way to stop the years from ticking by, but you can do what Lance Armstrong is trying to do: embark on an athletic renaissance no matter what your age. “We’re seeing endurance athletes stay competitive later in life,” says Peter Park, Armstrong’s personal trainer.Â
Athletes often feel fresher and more motivated after a break, Park says. And with improved training techniques and experience earned over years of cycling, the results often defy age-related assumptions. “These days, older athletes believe they can still win–and they do,” Park says. Here’s how to get back in the game after age 35.
Take two for recovery Twentysomethings bounce right back from intense workouts, but after 35, athletes need two days–occasionally three–to recover after going hard. That’s because levels of testosterone and human growth hormone (hgh) –which increase protein synthesis for new muscle cells–drop by as much as 50 percent. Compensate by doubling your recovery time, and monitor your strength once you resume workouts. If you feel weak during your next hard push, insufficient recovery may be the culprit.
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More HGH Testing for Cyclists
December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In light of many famous sports figures getting caught in the steroid/HGH web, the sport of cycling has developed a screening strategy.
Team High Road’s anti-doping program for 2008 will be run by the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE), which also runs the program for the American Professional Continental Team Slipstream. High Road manager Bob Stapleton called it “the most comprehensive program out there. It is what the team needs and what the sport needs.”ACE called its program “a comprehensive anti-doping program that tests for three categories of abuse – blood doping, anabolic steroid use and hormone use, such as HGH. The most difficult to test for is HGH “because it returns to normal so quickly after administration. However, ACE has had some success in detecting HGH use because of its combination of high frequency testing and longitudinal analysis. Currently, HGH use is undetectable with traditional means of anti-doping.”
To read more about HGH testing at CyclingNews.com, click here.
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