Effect of doping on 1 hour time trial

On Jun 2, 2:05*am, Dan O wrote:
On Jun 1, 10:53 pm, Dan O wrote:





On Jun 1, 10:44 pm, Dan O wrote:

On Jun 1, 10:35 pm, User Bp wrote:

Amid all the scandals about doping in bicycle racing
are there any quantitative estimates of how much
difference the practice can make in a measurable
way, such as one-hour time trial distance or something
comparable.

Does anybody have pointers to relevant data?

It it makes a big enough difference to matter in daily
life perhaps we should all consider it as therapy. 1%
probably isn't worth trying, but 5% or 10% might be.

8-)

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

I live from one cup of coffee to the next.

As for the effect on records and data... I don't care. *It is what it
is and what it will be. *Ride Bike!

Re; daily life and chemical enhancement. *Have you seen those TV
commercials for Abilify - s drug that's supposed to boost the
effectiveness of your anti-depressant? *They're cartoon animation; the
early versions that I saw featured a sad looking umbrella that
represented th lady's depression. *The umbrella went with her
everywhere.

The latest version I've seen has dropped the umbrella. *Instead, a
yellow pill is trying to get her out of bed and urge her along to get
through the day; but it's tough (too tough). *So she goes to the
doctor, who adds Abilify to her anti-depressant, and then the rest of
the commercial shows her getting through the day "okay". *It's ****ing
eerie. *I swear they use some kind of stop-motion animation effect to
convey the zombie feeling. *She passes out copies at the office
meeting, and sits through the meeting without wishing she was dead.

Then it shows her at home, carrying a pitcher of lemonade and glasses
across the patio - kind of floating in that weird stop-motion thing -
past her husband cooking something at the grill. He glances up (sort
of) and gives a wan smile as she passes. *Okay; could be worse; meh.

Then she pours lemonade for the kids sitting at the table. **They*
look up with the same wan smile - "Is mommy about to have another of
her spells?"

*Everybody* in these commercials is bereft of any significant signs of
life, let alone passion. *Well, the doctor seems to have it
together... but held well restrained in check.

I understand this is probably necessary to seem credible to the target
market - people *already* on anti-depressants who know damn well
they're never going to wake up and want to sieze the day, but jeez
louise, come on - dope *plus* dope booster gets you to this level of
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just watch "side effects" by soderbergh ( on blu ray- wow ! the
cinematography justified the medium) - part of the storyline/ plot
deals with the effects of prescribed psychiactic drugs, and there is a
point in the movie where you can see how the commercialization of this
industry seeks to capitalize on the symptoms than a cure. one thing
leads to another in other words. great movie.