Blood Doping for Endurance Athletes

Hi,

My friend is a Enduro Racer (Motorbikes)... He would like to get more info on blood doping aka taking blood out of your system, storing it, and putting it back into your system before a competition...

Now I'm very unfimiliar with the process and thus asks for your assistance... Also sounds risky to me! What happens when the blood is not stored correctly...

Guys, help a brother out!!! Conan, Doc, Mxt, Batty, Mike rock the boat!!!

Ill pass on this one... tell him to move to Kenya for 2 months and train at altitude on his MOTOrBIKE (-,

Kraz ,

Not a good move bro. Its very risky and needs to be done proffesionally. Maybe Doc could do it

Does he get tested?

Blood Doping seems to be rather risky, but it looks to me if the hormone Erythropoietin (EPO) is used nowadays to stimulate the formation of RBCs rather than the transfusion of RBCs by means of a blood transfusion.

Mxt - lol brother!!! U must get your own stand-up comedy show on T.V asap!!!

Ya, they don't test hey. But the brothers on them bikes are using.... Believe me!! The thing is, he can't afford to add more weight to his frame... He abou 90kg already!!

So, basically he looking for a performance enhancer that will give him a boost... Other than ECA!!!

Lemme know what you gusy think!

Blood doping is way to risky, you need to much medical equipment and will have to be done at a medically facility.

EPO is his best bet but expensive and hard to get hold off. Will have to load Iron for 2-3weeks before he can even think of using epo cuz the RBC need Iron to build new cells.

He'll also need a Crit Spinner and test his % every 2de day while loading. Normal ppl have a 40-43% value, you can take it up to 55% and still be pretty safe. Some of the TDF cycling guys could go as hi as 60% but only for a very short time.

He'll have to load for 2week and might gain 2-3points, then he can load for another week depending on his results. Then he'll need a once a week maintenance dose. I see even the boxers are using EPO now.

You'll need between 40000-80000ui's depending on his weight and how it takes.

I'll have to take a crap load of Vits with Epo and baby aspirin ect to keep the blood from clotting up.

Listen, taking EPO is not that simple, I have done extensive research into it. If you don't have the right equipment to monitor your progress you could end up killing yourself.