| freiamaya |
10-06-2007 11:36 PM |
Apollo's DREAMY!!! sigh....
I think Lance Armstrong did his Tour de France clean. I really do. I read a really interesting article on him that came out in Outside magazine about 8 years before he was anybody -- just another up-and-comer on the circuit. He had undergone medical testing to determine his biological potential, and through muscle core sample examination and through his lung capacity exam, the MDs were absolutely astounded. With respect to his muscle fibers, he has way, way BETTER than the ideal ratio fast-twitch to slow-twitch fibers, meaning that his endurance, recovery, lactic acid production and all that is far far superior to anyone that the sports MDs had ever seen before. His lung capacity too was absolutely unbelievable. These tests are for things that are genetically produced. You can't change your muscle fiber ratio through drugs, nor your inherent lung capacity. You are either born with it or you aren't. It was so amazing that the MDs felt he was a "genetic freak" -- that one-in-100 million person who biologically was more than perfectly created for cycling. They put it like this --If you think of his physical perfection like you would consider eyesight, you know that perfect vision is 20/20. Eagle eye vision is 40/20. Lance Armstrong has 400/20 vision. Wrap your head around THAT one! They had never seen anything like it before. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for sure. With his genetic gifts, he has no need for chemical assistance, and is probably the only one EVER in the entire history of cycling to be so fortunate...
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