80 Year Old Weightlifter Fails Drug Test

[Scott Hanson]

Interesting story in today's NYT concerning T replacement therapy in elderly men versus drug testing in sports: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/sp...it_th_20130916

The comments on the story are equally interesting, ranging from "you go" to the ignorant "taking the easy path" to a world record.

[Mark Rippetoe]

I saw this last week. I immediately knew he has mistimed his weekly injection, or he got cocky, thinking they weren't going to bother testing the masters guys. But the PanAm Masters is a big meet, and the pompous cocksuckers at USADA scored another victory for morality in sports competition. He should have known better, knowing the pompous cocksuckers at USADA from having competed at that level before. I hope everyone feels a little better knowing that Sport Purity is in the best of hands.

Note the Biden reference in the article. Fucking NYT.

[Bryan Dobson]

People are sick who do not recognize trt for an 80 year old competitor as a medical intervention, not doping.
The " old people should just fade away crowd" must have no understanding what motivates an aging person to attain the highest quality of life until the heart stops beating. The comments are mostly infuriating from timid souls.

The Man in The Arena



"It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; Who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

~President Theodore Roosevelt
Speech at the Sorbonne
Paris, France
April 23, 1910

[Mark Edward]

The comments are a goldmine. Example: "By the way, if he's in such great shape, where are the abdominals?"

[Scott Hanson]

The comments are a goldmine. Example: "By the way, if he's in such great shape, where are the abdominals?"

That was my favorite as well. I had to read it a couple of times to make sure it wasn't tongue in cheek.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Already a lotta discussion of this amongst us geezers and a few others in The Elderly section. http://startingstrength.com/resource...ad.php?t=42740

[George Cook]

1121 for that cheating bastard?! And just when I thought my 981 for a 44 year old man wasn't too shabby, he comes along and just makes it look like nothing.

Seriously, he was disqualified for that even when he had a Rx for it? This whole thing is just bullshit.

[Mark Rippetoe]

So, who are they encouraging to participate in Masters athletics?

[George Cook]

I think the answer to that rhetorical question - is no one who understands training and the effects T has on recovery at an advanced age.

I wonder where our friend Oz Gator is at the moment? Maybe he could send Mr. Ramos a few of his links showing HRT is really bad for your health. LOL!

[lewabbit]

1121? Jesus, makes my 975 quite nothing to be proud of.

And this is the character they disqualify. What a bunch of dimwit bastards.