I used Bromo-Seltzer for my state high school state meet in 1985--so I would not necessarily say it was a new way of doping. I think I got the idea from my brother who was swimming for Texas. The theory is to buffer lactic acid but I don't think it works (I'm no chemist, but the amount you would have to take to actually buffer would make you vomit--the little I took made me sick). The problem with these athletic performance studies is they have like five people enrolled and no real way to control for other variables.
I used Bromo-Seltzer for my state high school state meet in 1985--so I would not necessarily say it was a new way of doping. I think I got the idea from my brother who was swimming for Texas. The theory is to buffer lactic acid but I don't think it works (I'm no chemist, but the amount you would have to take to actually buffer would make you vomit--the little I took made me sick). The problem with these athletic performance studies is they have like five people enrolled and no real way to control for other variables.
