Nineteen football players from an Oregon high school are hospitalized and found to have high levels of creatine kinase, a protein that can harm the kidneys. Several also had unusual soft tissue injuries. School officials are puzzled. NY Times 8/23/10.
Puzzled? Really?
The offense of SUNY Brockport's football team is expected to be built around the running game. Why? Well the linemen average 286 pounds! Average. I'm sure they all just worked out hard and ate buckets of wings every night. Yeah, that's it.
I had a friend who started at center on Brockport's team in the late 1970's. He built up his weight to 220. He wouldn't even be a big running back now.
Sure, training methods have changed some. Kids begin training harder, earlier. But this isn't all natural. And it isn't just football, obviously.
Do you really believe every masters runner, even local phenoms, have kept their speed due to genetics? Well, I don't.
Do I have an answer, no. I don't see how you stop it, especially substances like creatine, which aren't illegal, just dangerous if used improperly. Comments appreciated.
Shhh!!!! Now that Barry Bonds has retired, we don't care anymore because we want to root for A-roid to get to 700 and beyond.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting and some what related article. This topic needs to be hashed out on a long Saturday run.
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Interesting article from anonymous. Amazing how many athletes use the "contaminated nutritional supplement" argument. I have a hard time believing them anymore.
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