Who would be opposed to drug testing in Masters Swimming? What would be the cost to implement such a program to test winners at US Masters Nationals? and finally, What drugs do you think would potentially be found?..... HGH?.... Testosterone?..... THG?....... IGF-1?..... designer steroids?
Jim Clemmons, do you get good results swimming with iboprofen? Reason I'm asking, one time many years ago I woke up with a knocker of a headache, who knows why. I took 2 ibuprofen and stumbled across the college campus to 6:30 am practice. Then proceeded to have one of the worst practices of my life. I was numb. Couldn't sprint. Couldn't do anything. Later I remembered the ibuprofen and realized it dulled my nervous system. Since then as a rule I will not take anything prior to swimming, no matter how much pain I'm in. Sprained ankle, sore knee, whatever... I save the ibuprofen until after swimming.
The problem you had was probably from whatever gave you the headache. Ibuprofen and other NSAIDS do not work by affecting the nervous system. They work by stopping inflamation by inhibiting the COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes.
Leo
Jim Clemmons, do you get good results swimming with iboprofen? Reason I'm asking, one time many years ago I woke up with a knocker of a headache, who knows why. I took 2 ibuprofen and stumbled across the college campus to 6:30 am practice. Then proceeded to have one of the worst practices of my life. I was numb. Couldn't sprint. Couldn't do anything. Later I remembered the ibuprofen and realized it dulled my nervous system. Since then as a rule I will not take anything prior to swimming, no matter how much pain I'm in. Sprained ankle, sore knee, whatever... I save the ibuprofen until after swimming.
The problem you had was probably from whatever gave you the headache. Ibuprofen and other NSAIDS do not work by affecting the nervous system. They work by stopping inflamation by inhibiting the COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes.
Leo
