Re: Scientific American on Landis and Testosterone

Colin Campbell wrote:
Jim Flom wrote:
"Feld" <bafeld22@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:i4Wdna81R7pgI0jbnZ2dnUVZ_t6onZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=84EC9327-E7F2-99DF-3275ED1BD923D659


The bottom line being:
"In other words, testosterone would not be used so much for recovery and increased work output during a single Tour stage as it would be for maintenance and improved performance over the course of the entire race."


Isn't this what everyone has been saying for over a year?

Not everyone. There is a significant minority that believes drugs to be magic. They don't necessarily agree on which particular drug is the magic one. That's pretty much a "flavor of the week" thing.
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