1 % Better - Hidden Stories in Sport
Is Carbon Monoxide Performance Enhancing and Should it Be Banned?
19 Jul 2024
In this episode we cover peaking in sport, whether going to live sporting event is good for your health and changes to the qualifying through the rounds of the Olympic Track Events. We then quickly visit the doctor’s office which is full of Sprinboks before discussing Carbon Monoxide in sport, how it works, is it performance enhancing and should it be banned? (00:00) Introduction (00:34) Xylon’s Trivia Escapades (04:27) Community Shoutouts (05:29) Peaking and Age of Performance at the Olympics (19:52) Could Usain Bolt have Won Another Olympic Medal? (22:31) Live Event Attendance and Wellness (25:29) Olympic Track Event Qualification and Repechage System (31:00) Doctor’s Office (32:44) Carbon Monoxide use in the Peloton (40:11) How does Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing Work to Measure Haemoglobin? (44:55) Why Would You Use Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing? (46:14) How Much Does Haemoglobin Increase Due to Altitude? (47:51) Why May Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing be an Issue? (49:00) What is the Role of Carbon Monoxide in the Body? (50:35) Can Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing be Used for Training? (51:46) Articles on Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing Use for Performance (57:01) Is Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing Doping and/or Will it be Banned? (57:31) How Does the Athlete Biological Passport Work? (60:30) How Does a Substance or Method Make it Onto the Banned List? (61:25) Should Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing be Added to the Banned List? (64:41) July’s 1% Better Challenge Thanks to Precision Fuel and Hydration for their sponsorship, use the link below to get 15% off your first order and support the podcast: https://visit.pfandh.com/theonepercentbetterpodcast If you’re unsure how which products to use or how to plan your race nutrition check out Precision’s Fuel & Hydration Planner (if you follow this you will have your discount applied automatically on your first order too): https://visit.pfandh.com/onepercentfuelplanner Article on Peaking and Primes https://academic.oup.com/jrssig/article/21/3/6/7686552 Article on Live Sporting Events and Wellness https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.989706/full Original Article on Carbon Monoxide Use in the Peloton https://escapecollective.com/exclusive-tour-riders-are-inhaling-carbon-monoxide-in-super-altitude-recipe/ Article on Use of Carbon Monoxide Rebreathing and Quantification of Haemoglobin Increase as a Result of Altitude Training https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/Suppl_1/i31 Article on Carbon Monoxide and Haemoglobin Increases https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/2020/09000/chronic_exposure_to_low_dose_carbon_monoxide.4.aspx Article on Carbon Monoxide and Performance Improvement https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.00701/full David’s Article on What Creates the Best in the World https://open.substack.com/pub/healthperformancenexus/p/what-creates-the-best-in-the-world?r=34wgun&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web David’s Article on Talent https://open.substack.com/pub/healthperformancenexus/p/what-is-talent?r=34wgun&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Submit topics, feedback or questions to us on Instagram via DM or to the email address: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onepercentbetterpod?igsh=MW1tcGM4MHQ4bm5oaw== Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com Track: Trendy Style by PillowVibes https://tunetank.com/track/1027-trendy-style/
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