Worlds at Stanfofd - It's not how fast you go but how good you look
Former Member
I may be growing old, thin and feeble, but it seemed to me that there were a HELL of a lot of really big beefy middle aged dudes swimming at the meet at Stanford. I was sitting in the clerk of course for the 50 and 100 free thinking I weigh about 20-40 lbs less than most of these guys. I'm tellin' yah some of these guys chests were HUGE with big guns to match! I felt like a friggen squirrel in a Rotweiller cage. Saeger and I were glad it wasn't tag team wrestling. We'd of had our arms and legs ripped off.
I'm thinking my standard formula of vitamins, protein powder and motrin may be out of date. After all, the cardinal rule of Masters Swimming.................. It's not how fast you go....... It's how good you look..... :-)
John Smith
Originally posted by kokkole
This year in Italy masters swimmers were tested by the Public Health Department (as opposed to sports authorities) at several meets. We think the idea was to find any traffic of illegal substances. The only offenses found were for precription and/or otc drugs.
The list of prohibited substances is on the World Anti Doping Agency website:
WADA
My favorite is actifed. I love the stuff! :rolleyes:
A couple of interesting items from the list.
Alcohol is not prohibited from swimming competition - if it were we probably wouldn't have a Masters Swimming :)
Strychnine - is that because people try to kill their opponent
It seems that Powerboating Alcohol limits are higher than Billiards - must be the bar fights.
All Beta Blockers, except Blue Blockers ;)
Does anyone know what normal medications would be considered illegal, ie is Flonase, Aleve, Sinus medicine, what otc supplements may have banned components?
Originally posted by kokkole
This year in Italy masters swimmers were tested by the Public Health Department (as opposed to sports authorities) at several meets. We think the idea was to find any traffic of illegal substances. The only offenses found were for precription and/or otc drugs.
The list of prohibited substances is on the World Anti Doping Agency website:
WADA
My favorite is actifed. I love the stuff! :rolleyes:
A couple of interesting items from the list.
Alcohol is not prohibited from swimming competition - if it were we probably wouldn't have a Masters Swimming :)
Strychnine - is that because people try to kill their opponent
It seems that Powerboating Alcohol limits are higher than Billiards - must be the bar fights.
All Beta Blockers, except Blue Blockers ;)
Does anyone know what normal medications would be considered illegal, ie is Flonase, Aleve, Sinus medicine, what otc supplements may have banned components?
