Galen Rupp lives in an altitude house set to 10,000 feet- thoughts?!

Knew a guy who attempted Everest.

He said they made the obligatory stop at the local pharmacy.

They were given medicines with verbal instructions in basically 3 categories:

- This medicine is maintenance, every day

- This medicine is taken to alleviate altitude sickness

- This medicine is emergency use only, last resort

Well, now I understand why Rupp always seems to be suffering from some sort of allergy. Living in a completely sealed home has to affect an immune system.

... and how is this different than living in Flag or Boulder? Non-story, bro.

AT THESWOOSH wrote:

... and how is this different than living in Flag or Boulder? Non-story, bro.

It's between 3000 and 5000 feet higher.

Rupp and his wife are in the mile high club all the time.

Using an altitude chamber serves to keep your off-score down when blood doping. USADA published an email from Ferrari to Lance explaining it.

Also don't forget that this is what Galen declared on an anti-doping test form:

? ? of Citracal

? of Grastek

???? of Iron

? of vitamin C 1

? of vitamin D 2

?? of vitamin E 2

? of zinc

??? tablets of ZMA

?️ Advair® inhaler

? of Allegra®

?️?️ of Combivent® inhaler

? of Singulair®

?? of Tylenol®

? of Cytomel®

? of Synthroid®

Listed in not L-carnitine because Alberto told him not to list L-carnitine.

jesseriley wrote:

Knew a guy who attempted Everest.

He said they made the obligatory stop at the local pharmacy.

They were given medicines with verbal instructions in basically 3 categories:

- This medicine is maintenance, every day

- This medicine is taken to alleviate altitude sickness

- This medicine is emergency use only, last resort

I am sure it's true. Some locals came up with a nice scam for rich "Climbers". Did it work? Probably not.

I know that people use diamox, the drug who helps you with altitude sickness, a LOT.

Knows Uncle Phil when he sees Uncle Phil wrote:

Also don't forget that this is what Galen declared on an anti-doping test form:

? ? of Citracal

? of Grastek

???? of Iron

? of vitamin C 1

? of vitamin D 2

?? of vitamin E 2

? of zinc

??? tablets of ZMA

?️ Advair® inhaler

? of Allegra®

?️?️ of Combivent® inhaler

? of Singulair®

?? of Tylenol®

? of Cytomel®

? of Synthroid®

Pain relievers (Tylenol), allergy medicine, thyroid medicine, and a daily vitamin... oh no! Someone call the police in this man!

This is very old news. Years old

I’m disappointed that Smith would lower himself to coach Rupp, while we all know AlSal is still the puppeteer.

npurdy1112 wrote:

This is very old news. Years old

And the science behing it is... umm, not very scientific.

yes wrote:

npurdy1112 wrote:

This is very old news. Years old

And the science behing it is... umm, not very scientific.

Exactly, the tent is a puffed up placebo, it may be a perfect pretext to explain some of the anomalies in his blood profile.

yes wrote:

npurdy1112 wrote:

This is very old news. Years old

And the science behing it is... umm, not very scientific.

Possibly. I am sure Nike foot the bill, so nothing but a chance to get that extra 0.5% advantage

I wish my house was on a 10,000 foot mountain. It would be scenic as fukk

slripe111 wrote:

yes wrote:

And the science behing it is... umm, not very scientific.

Exactly, the tent is a puffed up placebo, it may be a perfect pretext to explain some of the anomalies in his blood profile.

If such anomalies exist? My point is that the vast majority of people, sports scientists included have no clue about how hematology affects energy delivery. Nor do they care, they just love to pontificate.

Kinda stupid when he could just move to leadville.

npurdy1112 wrote:

yes wrote:

And the science behing it is... umm, not very scientific.

Possibly. I am sure Nike foot the bill, so nothing but a chance to get that extra 0.5% advantage

0.5% of what though? Isn't the innovation with Smith and team an issue of biomechanic efficiency improvements? So he can run more and recover faster because he has rehabilitated from his injury?

macdaddy wrote:

Knows Uncle Phil when he sees Uncle Phil wrote:

Also don't forget that this is what Galen declared on an anti-doping test form:

? ? of Citracal

? of Grastek

???? of Iron

? of vitamin C 1

? of vitamin D 2

?? of vitamin E 2

? of zinc

??? tablets of ZMA

?️ Advair® inhaler

? of Allegra®

?️?️ of Combivent® inhaler

? of Singulair®

?? of Tylenol®

? of Cytomel®

? of Synthroid®

Pain relievers (Tylenol), allergy medicine, thyroid medicine, and a daily vitamin... oh no! Someone call the police in this man!

Ya not sure what the point of listing these out here is - nothing unusual for a pro runner

Tribe wrote:

This makes me think he’s not using PEDs. Why would you go to all this effort when you’re also taking epo. There’s no point. The net effect of both is to boost your red blood cell production but taking a daily dose of epo is a lot easier than subjecting your entire family to an altitude house.

I don't think anyone has ever mentioned EPO being associated with Galen.

So Rupp has an Alter G at 10,000ft.? That right there could be the "secret." He could be running 250 MPW at 10,000ft. That would be so boring and so effective.

I've got no issue with these methods, as long as it is not bad for your health. The problem is when a scenario is created when that you must damage your health to compete.