the POWER MAG NEWSLETTER
monday july 30, 2001
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1.....RICKEY DALE says.....

good day and good morning.........

i will be cutting out early this week...traveling to southern part of oklahoma to celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary......(and 60 years of weightlifting...as my dad would put it).....believe it or not marriages can survive through 50 years of meets and 4-5 weeks a night of training.....so i guess my mom gets all the kudos on this one....

2.....POWERLIFTING PARAPHERNALIA.....TRIVIA and STUPID QUESTION OF THE WEEK.....

and the winning answer is the year 1971.......and the three lucky winners (who live at the computer) are rick " i must carry a laptop around with me" fowler from granite city (the only 5 time winner)......vince anello from middleburg heights, oh and andrew schmitt from cliffside park, nj............

and the answer was "1971"..........

and this week's trivia question is ???????? .........what was the second powerlifting publication out and who edited and published it........(the first was lifting news from iron man magazine)????

and the stupid question/statement of the week is !!!!!!!!!!!........i overheard this at a meet a few years ago.....a young fellow had just tried a huge squat...more than he had ever tried before by far and said this to his friend after virtually getting crushed with it........"i do not understand why it was so hard...it sure went down easy???!!!".....

3.....FORM.....STYLE.....TECHNIQUE.....and ROUTINES.....

the past few weeks while training i have noticed one of my younger trainees (a national caliber and up and coming lifter)......started analyzing his form...........i had not paid as much attention the previous workout or two on his form...etc, as i should have.........as his form has been improving..........his warmups were a bit haphazard......reps and sets were haphazard.....he still does not grasp the concept of routine......routine.....routine........every set...every rep should duplicate the previous..................that is why it is called routine(s).......you always take control of everything you can in training and in contests....because there are many things you have little or no control over.......put as much in your favor as possible.....

warmups are very important and most people neglect them....shrug them off.....do part of them some of the times or do whatever is on the bar at the time from a previous lifter......take that 2-3 sets with an empty bar...to not only loosen up but to work on form and style and technique..........work on speed and explosiveness.......make sure your warmups are the same in progressive nature each time....you know the weight......you know how it should and will feel..........when you start putting weight on the bar continue to practice the same thing...making each rep look exactly alike........you can never practice all the little things too much.......you need to get so it becomes like a good habit, not like a bad one........you do it without even thinking about it.......your good form will enhance your routines and help keep you from injury...........every rep from every set should be the same as if it was a max weight....no matter what the lift/exercise.........perform it with the same zeal and intensity level....THE WARMUPS SHOULD BE THE SAME WEIGHT EVERYTIME...as i previously stated.......no surprises......routine is something that grows on you.....use it to your advantage.........

there is a very famous squat poem that has floated around for years........no one knew who had written it...well we now know and he needs to be recognized..........dale clark..............ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY PRINTED POEMS ABOUT SPORTS EVER......we will reprint it below.......and thanks dale....

Squattin

Way down this road, in a gym far away,
A young man was once heard to say,
“I’ve repped high and I’ve repped low,
No matter what I do my legs won't grow.”

He tried leg extensions, leg curls, and leg presses, too.
Trying to cheat these sissy workouts he’d do.
From the corner of the gym where the big men train,
Through a cloud of chalk and the midst of pain.

Where the big iron rides high and threatens lives,
Where the noise is made with big forty fives.
A deep voice bellowed as he wrapped his knees,
A very big man with legs like trees.

Laughing as he snatched another plate from the stack,
Chalking his hands and his monstrous back,
Said, “Boy stop lying and don’t say you’ve forgotten,
Trouble with you is you ain’t been squattin.”

-----------DALE CLARK-----------

i have a new wrap out...it is guaranteed to put more on your squat than any other wrap out there or i pay you $50.00.......it is pictured below......

4.....NUTRITION and SUPPLEMENTS.....you are what you eat.....

well.......
we have come full circle.........in the athletic world as well as the real world..........back in the 60's we knew if one wanted to cut weight and fat we cut out carbs in our diet...they are they are the real culprit............then in the late 70's/80's and early 90's the general public and those infamous medical people knew that fat was the real problem........well now after 10-20 years of low fat diets...but still maintaing high carb (junk food/fast food).60-70% of the people in the usa are considered overweight...and it is continuing to grow (pun intended)...everyday...............we now are back realizing that the carbs were the real problem.........everybody needs to heed this.....eating tons of food may be alright for you now...but as you age (and take my word for it...it will sneak up on you)..it will make you a fat...overweight person (pig).....so try and control yourself and develop some decent eating habits while younger>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

still have some good deals on closeouts on protein bars and some drinks..............also all tanning and skin products my muscle up/skin tech are on close out.....at cost.....

and oat bar specials..........

good day all......there has been a rash of postives in the doping field the past 2-5 years on the drug nandrolone.......i found this article thanks to dr rodacker and thought it could explain the reason for at least a few of the positives from people who claim (and claims are always higher than truths) they did not use any steroids...

A Brief Review of Nandrolone Doping Control Procedures
By Dr Simon Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, MS70a 3363, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720. Fax: (530) 236 7627, e-mail: simondavis1@compuserve.com

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Summary

1. Nortestosterone (nandrolone) and its metabolites occur naturally in up to 50% of individuals who are known not to have committed a doping offense.
2. Up to 11% of individuals who have not committed a doping offense have been found to have nortestosterone metabolite concentrations greater than 2 ng per mil in their urine.
3. External factors, such as exercise, can quadruple nortestosterone metabolites in urine samples (provided by individuals who are known not to have committed a doping offense).
4. Internal IOC memorandums show that IOC accredited laboratories are aware that nortestosterone metabolites occur naturally in urine.
5. Current analytical protocols do not take into account urine dilution of metabolites, rendering any reported measure of concentration meaningless.
6. It is not possible to determine that a doping offense has been committed solely on the basis of the detection of nortestosterone metabolites in a urine sample.
7. The detection of 19-norandrosterone and 19-noretiocholanolone should be treated in the same manner as a high testosterone / epitestosterone ratio, with a full contemporaneous scientific investigation being carried out before a sample is declared positive.
8. The only valid scientific method for determining the origin of 19-norandrosterone and 19-noretiocholanolone is the measurement of the metabolites 13C/12C ratio, thus enabling a distinction to be drawn between metabolites originating from synthetic or endogenous nortestosterone.

Evidence for naturally occurring nortestosterone metabolites in urine samples.

Currently, if 19-norandrosterone and 19-noretiocholanolone are detected in a urine sample, IOC regulations consider this to be conclusive evidence that a doping offense has been committed. Under this premise the sole reason for detection of these urinary metabolites is ingestion / injection of nortestosterone (Nandrolone) or a nortestosterone pre-cursor by an athlete . Work by Bjorkeim et al. (1982) and Keiman et al. (1988) have, however, contradicted this hypothesis. These studies indicated that nortestosterone and its metabolites occur naturally in humans as intermediaries during the production of estrogenic compounds. Le Bizec et al. (1999) recently published results showing that more than 50% of individuals tested voided urine containing 19-norandrosterone and 19-noretiocholanolone (all individuals in the study were known not to have committed a doping offense). As a result, 50% of these individuals would have produced false positives if tested under IOC protocols. In the light of such evidence the secretary of the IOC Sub-Commission for Doping & Biochemistry of Sport, Dr Jordi Segura, distributed a memorandum on the 22nd of August 1996 to the heads of all the IOC accredited laboratories. The communication stated that only urine samples with a concentration of nortestosterone metabolites equal to or greater than 2 ng per mil should be considered as evidence of a doping offense. This memorandum clearly shows that the IOC recognizes that nortestosterone occurs naturally within individuals who have not committed a doping offense.

One question raised by the memorandum, is why the concentration of 2 ng per ml represents the boundary between a positive and negative sample. Work by Debruyckere et al. (1990) has shown that 2 ng per ml is a gross underestimate of the concentration of nortestosterone metabolites which occur naturally within urine. Debruyckere et al. found that more than 11% of all individuals tested produced natural urinary concentrations of nortestosterone metabolites above the 2 ng per ml level. One individual provided a urine sample with 37 ng per ml of nortestosterone metabolites, 18.5 times greater than the level specified by the IOC communiqué (all individuals were known not to committed a doping offence). The concentration of metabolites is also not constant over time, being affected by external stimuli. This was demonstrated by Le Bizec et al. (1999) who demonstrated that exercise, prior to sampling, increased 19-norandrosterone urinary concentrations by a factor of 4.

Even if it were possible to determine a point at which metabolite concentrations conclusively proved a doping offence, current IOC to protocols would prevent meaningful values of urinary concentration being reported. This is because the current standard analysis does not take into consideration the relative dilution of metabolites in the urine. For example, if an athlete had recently consumed a pint of water, a subsequent urine sample would be diluted, decreasing the observed metabolite concentration. Likewise, an athlete having completed a long run may be dehydrated, resulting in a subsequent urine sample becoming concentrated. This in turn would increase the concentration of any metabolites present within the voided urine. To avoid this problem it is standard scientific protocol to report urinary metabolites relative to time (e.g. ng per 24 hours) or to another urinary component whose excretion is known to be constant (creatine is often used for this purpose).

It is clear, therefore, that simply detecting the presence of nortestosterone metabolites in urine, even at high concentrations, is not indicative of a doping offense. As in the case of a high T/E ratio, any individual providing a urine sample containing nortestosterone metabolites should be subject to further scientific investigation before a positive result is declared.

References.

Bjorkeim I, et al., (1982). Journal of Steroid Biochemistry, 17, 447-451.
Debruyckere R, et al., (1990). Proc. Of 4th Symposium On The Analysis of Steroids, S. Gorog (ed.), 363-367.
Keiman A, et al., (1988). Journal of Pharm Biomed Analysis, 6, 473-483.
Le Bizec B, et al., (1999). J Chromatogr B Biomed Science Applied, 723 (1-2), 157-1572.
Shackleton C, et al., (1997). Steroids, 62, 379-387.

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5.....PARTING THOUGHTS.....

again thanks to all the ones who offer suggestions.........and give feedback on this newsletter.........we are always looking for articles......comments..pictures...meet results....etc.......

so until next week..................

IN HIS NAME
Rickey Dale Crain

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