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january 7, 2002
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1.....RICKEY DALE says.....
good day to all of you in iron land.....as we enter this brand new year of 2002.......time moves faster and faster
it seems....
............well we started this newsletter in the fall of 1998.....so we are entering our 4th year........it hardly
seems like it but 'tis true.........we are sending out to about 1200 subscribers......and it continues to grow......let
your friends know of it and tell them to give us a shout to subscribe.....we are looking for new articles...pics
and any other info you all might like......i pull no punches and all the advice and/or info i give is backed up
by an unconditional guarantee or your money back (and since it is free...draw your own conclusions).....
seriously.....it is here to help you improve your speed...strength and performance in whatever sport you are in
.........explosive power is the name of the game......
now on to the meat and a few potatoes (not too many carbs)....
2.....POWERLIFTING PARAPHERNALIA.....TRIVIA and STUPID QUESTION OF THE WEEK........
and the answer to last week's trivia question is Thompson's Power Team (george zangas ran this one) and Olympic
Health Club (ran by larry pacifico).........and the winners are....nobody...........joe sheenin got one of the
right answers.........thompson's power team (geroge zangas' team)...the other was the olympic power team (larry
pacifico's team).....so..no winner............
and this week is a toughy, also........who was the first belt manufacturer to make snakeskin power belts???????
BELOW IS AN INTERESTING ARTICLE THAT WAS SENT TO ME BY DR RICHARD HERRICK.............as i have asthma and almost
died from it at an early age it was of particular interest to me......i can remember playing little league baseball
and sitting in my parents car between innings taking hits off an inhaler so i could get back out and play the next
inning..........what athletes will do to participate in sports is incredible and should never be underestimated......
Athletes needing asthma drugs face extra hurdles..... With better treatments, more asthmatics are becoming athletes,
but they struggle with a sports mind-set and some International Olympic Committee rules not conducive to treatment
compliance. By Victoria Stagg Elliott, AMNews staff. Sept. 24, 2001. Additional information
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Jim Davis, the creator of the cartoon cat Garfield, credits his success to a childhood spent indoors drawing. He
wasn't allowed to play outside because of his asthma.
This condition may have also been a factor that led other famous people -- Ludwig Van Beethoven, Robert Louis Stevenson,
Charles Dickens, for instance -- to nurture their talent, because their lung function did not allow them to do
more active things.
But the days in which asthmatics were relegated to quiet, indoor lifestyles are long past. Improved pharmaceutical
options mean that asthma no longer automatically precludes a person from participating in sports.
Most asthmatics are now able to compete, and some do so at the highest level. Track and field athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee,
swimmer Amy Van Dyken and Washington Redskins fullback Donnell Bennett are all asthmatics and top-flight athletes.
The list keeps growing. And even at the recreational level, people who use inhalers before and during competition
are a regular sight.
"Even kids with severe asthma can be well-controlled and well-conditioned to participate in all age-appropriate
physical activity," said Martin Hurwitz, MD, clinical associate professor in the pediatric pulmonology department
at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor. "And they can play competitive sports, sometimes
at extremely high levels where the limitations are only their own innate physical gifts."
Physicians complain, however, that the combination of a sports mindset that makes people think they are invincible,
and an international sporting world obsessed with getting drugs out of sports -- even those needed to treat a medical
condition -- is hampering treatment efforts.
"Compliance is the biggest problem we have," said John Weiler, MD, a professor of internal medicine with
the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City. "The medications we have today are wonderful, but
they don't do anything if they're not taken."
In August, Northwestern University football player Rashidi Wheeler died during a practice. His death is being blamed
on asthma, and there are suggestions that he had not taken his medication. Doctors say such deaths are rare, but
when they happen, they highlight the challenges and high stakes of treating asthmatics.
"This was a young man who needed his inhaler many, many, many times during practice," said Dr. Hurwitz.
"That's a badly controlled asthmatic patient."
Controlling asthma usually requires a combination of quick-acting bronchial dilators and medications such as anti-inflammatories
that provide long-term maintenance. But it is the latter category that has the poorest adherence, with most estimating
50% compliance populationwide.
"You don't get positive body feedback," Dr. Hurwitz said. "But it improves your pulmonary function
and does prevent acute asthma attacks."
Physicians say medication is what allows asthmatics to compete as equals with non-asthmatics, but concerns that
the treatments are sometimes viewed as performance enhancers is another wrinkle.
According to a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology last year, use of asthma medications
by American athletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics ranged from a high of 60% among cross-country skiers to a low
of 3% for bobsledders. Because of high numbers like these that are not in line with populationwide estimates for
the condition, the international sporting community has targeted asthma medications as part of the efforts to get
performance-enhancing drugs out of sport.
"An awful lot of people are using asthma medications," Dr. Hurwitz said. "Nobody knows if they're
really performance-enhancing, but a lot of the athletes think that it gives them an edge. Like anything else, it
can be subject to abuse."
IOC skepticism trickles down
Last year, the International Olympic Committee announced their new list of prohibited and restricted substances,
including tougher requirements to get permission to take asthma medications. Athletes must now submit clinical
proof to a medical review panel and may be subject to an on-the-spot test to substantiate that they have asthma.
"I don't want to see athletes taking drugs they shouldn't," said Dr. Weiler, who authored the study.
"But when they start making edicts that don't allow for the art of medicine and its just a bunch of numbers,
that does not work. We make the diagnosis of asthma based on clinical presentation, but they're asking for tests
that aren't commonly done. And they're probably not the right tests to be asking for."
While most experts feel that the intent of the efforts is noble, it sometimes means therapeutics are categorized
with other drugs that give athletes an unfair edge.
"The IOC doesn't really believe asthma exists among athletes," Dr. Weiler said. "But it's a common
problem and not any less common among athletes. Athletes also push themselves, and they can provoke pretty severe
attacks."
Experts believe asthmatic athletes may forgo their medication because of the hassle, and that some, although diagnosed
as asthmatic, may not pass the tests required by the IOC. "Every test we do has an opportunity to be falsely
negative," Dr. Weiler said. "Then what do you do? You don't provide drugs to them? That's terrible."
And although the actions of the IOC appear to affect only elite athletes, physicians report that its approach does
trickle down to recreational athletes.
"The message it sends to our kids and the athletes who participate at lower levels such as the NCAA, all the
way down the line, is not a good one," said Dr. Weiler. "The message is: 'This really doesn't exist.
These people are going for these drugs so they can improve their performance.' Indeed athletes have it at all levels.
Let's treat them properly."
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Olympic rules for asthmatics
Beta-2 agonists
Must submit clinical and laboratory evidence of asthma, including lung function tests, at least one week before
competition.
This evidence will be reviewed and approved by a panel of medical and scientific experts.
If questionable, athlete will be required to submit to additional tests.
Salbutamol, salmeterol, terbutaline*
Classified as stimulants.
Permitted by inhaler only.
* Otherwise, same requirements as in place for beta-2 agonists.
Glucocorticosteroids
Regular oral, rectal and intravenous administration is banned.
Athlete can receive intermittent local injections as deemed medically necessary.
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Weblink
Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/org/medcom/medcom_antidopage_e.html
Article, Asthma in United States Olympic Athletes who Participated in the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, Journal of
Allergy and Clinical Immunology, August 2000
....this is food for thought>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
3.....FORM.....STYLE.....TECHNIQUE.....and ROUTINES.....
I could probably out do anybody for the most mistakes in training and contests! Stupidity is sometimes a virtue
as long as you don't keep showing it...over & over! Consistency in training is the key to a big squat in training
and a big squat in the contest. Consistency in stupidity shows perhaps you should take up bowling or lawn tennis!
Routine...Routine...Routine..., over and over and over again. The idea is to do every warm-up and every rep of
every set of a complete cycle the same...exactly the same.
Dr. Judd Biasiotto brought up in his book "POWER" that in training one should picture every rep of every
set in your mind before you do it. Start your workout 30-45 minutes before you normally start lifting. While you
are stretching, go through your entire workout in your mind. Picture every rep and every set, in your mind, of
your whole workout before you actually start. When I do this I usually have a great workout, when I don't and hurry
my stretching and other preparations, my workout usually suffers.
You should have every rep of every workout planned out for the complete cycle. I can go to my workout book and
look at the reps in the 12th week, and know what I will be doing, assuming you have picked out a reasonable ending
weight. Remember, if your best single was 525, you are not going to triple 550 in sixteen weeks. TOTALLY UNREALISTIC!
I have used numerous routines over the past 31 years...
Some people because of genetics, natural ability and strength, perfect body structure, leverage, and other factors,
can use any routine and make gains and win championships and/or break records, but the average lifter must have
a well planned out routine and use a little common sense in going through it!
********remember it is not called a routine for nothing*********
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IF INTERESTED....
RECEIVE A NEWSLETTER FROM "THE BLOND BOMBER"...I.E. DAVE DRAPER... MR UNIVERSE..........if you remember....
he was in all the beach movies and on the cover of all the bodybuilding mags back in the 60's.......he had a few
choice things to say about lifting gear and equipment.........i thought was interesting and very on the mark......
and it comes from a bodybuilder no less................this article is a reprint...i do it once a year because
i find it so revealing.....and honest....
"Draper here... Ready for Action, Ready or Not
Throughout my workouts I regularly strap, wrap and cinch myself together to protect this or that and to enable
me to outdo my unsupported self. This is quite legitimate as few athletes of any sport perform free of gear of
one sort or another for very long. Continual adjustments are required as I move about the equipment in my multi-set
fashion to secure one pair of wraps suitable for one particular exercise and release another that is not. Certain
straps need to be bound tightly to enable me to exceed a joint's limits and quick removal is advisable as circulation
is inhibited -- Thank heaven for Velcro.
My belt is necessary for the overhead load yet resists my efforts when bent over and pulling at an angle. The wrist
strap has been in place too long and my hand is deep blue, swelling and numb. Anybody see my belt? I thought I
left it here by the chalk box. Heavy-duty knee wraps take tedious minutes to gather and re-roll while the wrist
straps and elbow wraps, looped around my appendages, hang long and loose between sets. I look like the Curse Of
The Untidy Mummy in a tank top and Nikes.
Supersetting squats with pullovers is engaging as I juggle my belt-cinching and knee wrap procedures (wrapping,
un-wrapping and re-rolling) for the heavy leg movement with tight wrist strapping and meticulous elbow wrapping
(or is it strapping?) for the pullover. A notorious volume trainer I sometimes carry on like a clown for seven
or ten rounds of this act before fatigue and confusion overcome me. Once I hoisted a loaded Buffalo Bar across
my shoulders and backed out of the rack to dig into a hopeful set of four reps... you can do it, Draper. I squinted
into the polished mirror before me and noted that my wrists were impenetrably bound in heavy-duty safety-red elastic
binding (genesis power wrist wraps)..., my bandage-fortified elbows could take a bullet and my absolutely indispensable
thick black leather belt lay limply next to my rumpled, totally essential knee wraps on the floor behind me. Something's
wrong with this reflection. I got the reps but it's confusing out there.
Oh, yeah. I never fail to carry water, a power drink, tissues (runny nose) and a towel on my excursions and on
occasion add gloves, bar grip-expanders and a manta ray to the collection. Exhausting. I have enough inventory
and strategies for a small business. One day I will go Public.
There are times when I go out to the wilds of the gym floor, er, naked: just my gym clothes and me. What freedom.
What courage. What innocence. Truth is, the goofy heap of added attractions allows me to train harder and heavier
with less risk and less damage and soreness. I'm getting the hang of it after all these years and I appreciate
the hand-eye coordination and the pacing mechanism their application provides. They contribute a playful dimension
to the already playful sport without resorting to aerobic contraptions resembling Harleys and Corvettes. They come
in pairs and in colors and are under twenty bucks, belts excluded." the older we get the smarter we get...that
is for sure~rickey dale crain
still have a few sets of used dumbells for sale....at a very good price......... as well as used power bars.....plates...some
equipment...etc...
4.....NUTRITION and SUPPLEMENTS.....you are what you eat.....
you are what you eat..... caffeine......guarana....carb loading......etc.....many different types of herbs and
supplements are used to enhance your workout......both in performance and recovery..... many of these raise your
metabolism.....i.e heart rate...blood pressure ...etc....... so that even after the workout is long over with and
you are physically dead tired... your system wants to keep on going on..... and the end result is a sleepless night
of tossing and turning.......what to do????????? a couple of things to help avoid this and overcome this......first...make
sure whatever you are taking is at least 8-10 hours before you plan to go to bed......i.e bedtime 11 pm......nothing
later than 3 pm.... second.....make sure you take no more than you need.....early in a training cycle means less
than a few weeks before the meet... third......you can try some sleep aid products to help you to relax......there
are many over the counter types...you also might try kava kava or vallerian root......it can help you relax and
sleep...there are also many different types of teas available than can also help..... relaxing is the key......if
you continue to have the problem you probably better go to a doctor to make sure you do not have a sleep disorder..........good
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5.....PARTING THOUGHTS.....
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it has been a hectic 2 weeks, with all the holidays and such......2 weeks.....a thoughtful 2 weeks.....many times
over that period of time i just could not get it going.......could not concentrate....could not get motivated........but
that too shall pass..........getting back to normal may take a while......
strength in character is as important as strength in all other aspects of one's life....remember that......
IN HIS NAME
Rickey Dale Crain
5 time world champion
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