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Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
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brookyone
Deport Right Wing Nuts
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
I think back in the day I was on several world record relay teams for the Mister Donut Dash around 1:00AM after proper race preparation. It wasn't a baton we were passing.I eat fast regardless.
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
Have you ever had to run to a toilet after a bad batch jerk chicken?
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
It was awesome to get to see it, and see Jeter pointing at the clock as she passed the finish line, knowing she was shattering a 27 year old world record
That was so BA. Awesome.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
I told you already, it's the yams!!!!
I told you already, it's the yams!!!!
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
The only reply I have to counter that theory is Puerto Rico. Maybe their diet is too intertwined with the US mainland to do much. But it's odd to me that the richest island, by a wide, wide margin, in the Carribbean can't produce many Olympic atheletes. And they have much easier access to US universities, since they are part of the US.
On the other had, I do know that a lot of the traditional dishes are slowly losing favor there, and quite a bit of the food is imported, and not locally grown. That would counter my point quite nicely. It's almost as if they are in a gray area- should be capable of generating the atheletes, but just got the system beyond the area capable of doing it.
The only reply I have to counter that theory is Puerto Rico. Maybe their diet is too intertwined with the US mainland to do much. But it's odd to me that the richest island, by a wide, wide margin, in the Carribbean can't produce many Olympic atheletes. And they have much easier access to US universities, since they are part of the US.
On the other had, I do know that a lot of the traditional dishes are slowly losing favor there, and quite a bit of the food is imported, and not locally grown. That would counter my point quite nicely. It's almost as if they are in a gray area- should be capable of generating the atheletes, but just got the system beyond the area capable of doing it.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
All possible-but why would it work only for 100 or 200 meters? it does seem to be specific. I have not seen the same incredible improvement in the rest of their team, 400 meter, field events, marathon and longer distance running, swimming, etc. What we have is a sudden improvement that is just a huge leap forward (sort of like the Bob Beamon jump of 1968)-but at first limited to one runner from one country but now present with a group of runners all still from one country. Diagnostic of tampering? Not at all. Suspicious? Certainly. Would be interested to see how they test during the year when not detoxed (if they are indeed doing anything) for the olympics or the world champioonships. I am not in any way saying something is being done-i am merely proposing an academic exercise to ponder.
Besides, if something is being done by the Jamaican team-I would think other things are being done by all the teams (as long as they don't get discovered).
All possible-but why would it work only for 100 or 200 meters? it does seem to be specific. I have not seen the same incredible improvement in the rest of their team, 400 meter, field events, marathon and longer distance running, swimming, etc. What we have is a sudden improvement that is just a huge leap forward (sort of like the Bob Beamon jump of 1968)-but at first limited to one runner from one country but now present with a group of runners all still from one country. Diagnostic of tampering? Not at all. Suspicious? Certainly. Would be interested to see how they test during the year when not detoxed (if they are indeed doing anything) for the olympics or the world champioonships. I am not in any way saying something is being done-i am merely proposing an academic exercise to ponder.
Besides, if something is being done by the Jamaican team-I would think other things are being done by all the teams (as long as they don't get discovered).
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Would be even better if it worked well as a little tiny pill.
Would be even better if it worked well as a little tiny pill.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
To a certain extent, it is a bit arbitrary....just walk into a GNC store (yes, they have brick and mortar retail outlets) and you'll see that dietary supplements are a big business. How many folks around the world take protein powder for example. High-altitutude training is fine; using a hypobaric chamber at sea level is borderline.
Now, what the East German chemists did to their women athletes without their knowledge and consent was barbaric.
I'm not defending.
Some of the things on the banned substance list give no advantage at all; they are banned only because they can be used as masking agents to hide the use of other drugs. In a very few cases, they have a legitimate use in specialized treatment and if I'm not mistaken a person can get a letter from their doctor to allow use (e.g., asthmatics can take an otherwise-banned substance I think though I could easily be wrong.)
Within the next two decades you can bet a country like China will use genetic testing to find youths who are predisposed to have an advantage in certain sports and put them into intensive training camps.
To a certain extent, it is a bit arbitrary....just walk into a GNC store (yes, they have brick and mortar retail outlets) and you'll see that dietary supplements are a big business. How many folks around the world take protein powder for example. High-altitutude training is fine; using a hypobaric chamber at sea level is borderline.
Now, what the East German chemists did to their women athletes without their knowledge and consent was barbaric.
I'm not defending. Some of the things on the banned substance list give no advantage at all; they are banned only because they can be used as masking agents to hide the use of other drugs. In a very few cases, they have a legitimate use in specialized treatment and if I'm not mistaken a person can get a letter from their doctor to allow use (e.g., asthmatics can take an otherwise-banned substance I think though I could easily be wrong.)
Within the next two decades you can bet a country like China will use genetic testing to find youths who are predisposed to have an advantage in certain sports and put them into intensive training camps.
Farce Poobah
Registered User
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Change of topic ...
I just have to say how much I have enjoyed Olympic basketball. The format - no TV timeouts during play - brings me back to the days before both college and NBA broadcasts were ruined by concessions to TV. I've pretty much stopped watching hoops on TV because of that, but the Olympics are much more watchable
Change of topic ...
I just have to say how much I have enjoyed Olympic basketball. The format - no TV timeouts during play - brings me back to the days before both college and NBA broadcasts were ruined by concessions to TV. I've pretty much stopped watching hoops on TV because of that, but the Olympics are much more watchable
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
You can bet that genetic testing and even manipulation will be on the horizon. We might even think about some sort of surgical enhancements.
To a certain extent, it is a bit arbitrary....just walk into a GNC store (yes, they have brick and mortar retail outlets) and you'll see that dietary supplements are a big business. How many folks around the world take protein powder for example. High-altitutude training is fine; using a hypobaric chamber at sea level is borderline.
Now, what the East German chemists did to their women athletes without their knowledge and consent was barbaric.
Some of the things on the banned substance list give no advantage at all; they are banned only because they can be used as masking agents to hide the use of other drugs. In a very few cases, they have a legitimate use in specialized treatment and if I'm not mistaken a person can get a letter from their doctor to allow use (e.g., asthmatics can take an otherwise-banned substance I think though I could easily be wrong.)
Within the next two decades you can bet a country like China will use genetic testing to find youths who are predisposed to have an advantage in certain sports and put them into intensive training camps.
You can bet that genetic testing and even manipulation will be on the horizon. We might even think about some sort of surgical enhancements.
bronconick
Yep, still here
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
"That guy just broke the 200 freestyle world record by 18 seconds!"
"I'd hope so. He's got webbed feet and hands along with gills. May as well be Aquaman."
"That guy just broke the 200 freestyle world record by 18 seconds!"
"I'd hope so. He's got webbed feet and hands along with gills. May as well be Aquaman."
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
If pot improved athletic performance, Dr. Johnny Fever would have spent a lot of podium time.
After Johnny went to LA then returned to WKRP, they asked him if he got into trouble for saying "booger" on the air. He said, oh you can say "booger" on the air in LA. What you can't say is "mother effer."
If pot improved athletic performance, Dr. Johnny Fever would have spent a lot of podium time.
After Johnny went to LA then returned to WKRP, they asked him if he got into trouble for saying "booger" on the air. He said, oh you can say "booger" on the air in LA. What you can't say is "mother effer."
leswp1
Well-known member
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
By the time they get to Sport I will be asleep 
Yes but they think they are faster and that is what counts.
Does this make up the 1 hour long show that says Olympics but seems to be a show about WWII? UUTF has this got to do with the olympics.
By the time they get to Sport I will be asleep
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Really? The official clocks go off of how fast the competitors think they are?
leswp1
Well-known member
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Nah, but they don't care. (Or they are so relaxed they run well?)
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