With the apparent increase in use of supplements as human growth hormone, testosterone, HGH, EPO and IGF-1 in sports (particularly cycling) during the last decade, I wonder if their use has managed to leak over to masters events...... including swimming. Seems silly to me that anyone would use hardcore muscle building agents as these in a setting such as masters so late in life. Is it worth implementing drug testing, or does it really matter in the end....... after all its just masters.
John Smith
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Although I have never personally seen anyone in masters "using" or spoken to anyone who would admit it.....I do know several swimmers who say they have seen and/or spoken to people who have.....and I'll leave it at that.
I have used creatine and did find if helped.....definite increase in strength and faster recovery....but I also had horrible cramping to the point I had to stop in the middle of some sets....I also hated the "water weight" gain.....so I'm done with that experiment.
What I would be curious to see is if the Doc at UCLA who some time back proposed a voluntery "team clean" would consider testing the concept in masters?
Although I have never personally seen anyone in masters "using" or spoken to anyone who would admit it.....I do know several swimmers who say they have seen and/or spoken to people who have.....and I'll leave it at that.
I have used creatine and did find if helped.....definite increase in strength and faster recovery....but I also had horrible cramping to the point I had to stop in the middle of some sets....I also hated the "water weight" gain.....so I'm done with that experiment.
What I would be curious to see is if the Doc at UCLA who some time back proposed a voluntery "team clean" would consider testing the concept in masters?
