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Oxygen tents

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 robandian 26 Oct 2014
Just read Tyler Hamilton's book and being a bit of a scientist am interested in how the riders these days get their Haemacrit levels to max (if they no longer use EPO / blood bags etc). Wiggo et al all use Oxygen tents to sleep in - so the question is: do they have extra oxygen to help recovery or less oxygen to mimic altitude and so get their bodies to produce more red blood cells? Anyone know the regime/answer/
 JamButty 26 Oct 2014
In reply to robandian:

Answer 1: I think its mimic altitude and more red blood cells. They also do a lot of training at altitude camps.

Cynical Answer 2: They've got another drug thats undetectable at present!!

In reply to JamButty:

> Cynical Answer 2: They've got another drug thats undetectable at present!!

This is my view on the situation, I also think the way it's administered that riders may not even fully be aware of the total implications.

Does anyone have any ideas of what this is?


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 malk 26 Oct 2014
In reply to John Simpson:
WADA has recently banned xenon and argon (undetectable)
the opioid Tramadol is still legal i think.
must be many other 'legal'/not yet banned performance enhancers out there..
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Removed User 26 Oct 2014
In reply to JamButty:

>> Cynical Answer 2: They've got another drug thats undetectable at present!!

They may have, but I suspect it is more likely that they are using drugs that aren't illegal yet.
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