Peds of the past

[New England]

smelling salts


ever wonder how a guy who was dead to rights in the 13th would get sc****d off the canvas by three cornermen and then show up ready to fight in the 14th?



two words
conditioning (roadwork!)
salvolitile (smelling salts)




anybody ever been around these bad larrys?
i've seen them from my days with contact sports (back when a concission was a headache.)
they'd pick a concussed man up and bring him to the bench
salts behind his head and then to the side of his face (not even close to the nose, thats how powerful they are)
and he was ready to play again

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelling_salts

banned in the 70's if i remember correctly in boxing


today they use adreneline soaked cuetips (regularly used to treat a nose bleed)
watch tavoris cloud's corner
they'll tell him to breathe in while they're working on his nose
the adreneline is a stimulant, and allowed by the comission to treat bleeding.


also, panama lewis used to mix athsma medication in the form of a crushed up pill with perrier mineral water "The one i mixed," to open lungs

that's what he says, anyway
could have been blocaine

[StarshipTrooper]

They used smelling salts on the football team when I was in high school in the '80s. I never thought it was any big deal. We also had the ultimate PED known as "Gatoraid"

Poet

[New England]

They used smelling salts on the football team when I was in high school in the '80s. I never thought it was any big deal.

Poet

neither did i, at the time, poet. all i wanted to do was skate hard and win and smash people. i would be lucky to be looking 10 mins down the road at that age
but it is a big deal

i wouldnt want my son back on the ice, field, ring if he needs salts to wake him up

[New England]

They used smelling salts on the football team when I was in high school in the '80s. I never thought it was any big deal. We also had the ultimate PED known as "Gatoraid"

Poet

lol i mainline that gatorade

[StarshipTrooper]

neither did i, at the time, poet. all i wanted to do was skate hard and win and smash people. i would be lucky to be looking 10 mins down the road at that age
but it is a big deal

i wouldnt want my son back on the ice, field, ring if he needs salts to wake him up

You played hockey? I think I'm actually starting to like you! :grin9:

[StarshipTrooper]

lol i mainline that gatorade

I still drink it daily :hah9:

[StarshipTrooper]

but it is a big deal

i wouldnt want my son back on the ice, field, ring if he needs salts to wake him up

But we're a lot more protective of our kids now then they were when we were younger. A lot of parents won't even let their kids play football these days when it wouldn't have even been given a second thought when I was a kid.

Poet

[New England]

You played hockey? I think I'm actually starting to like you! :grin9:

yeah you're growing on me too poet
stranger things have happened


and yes sir, hockey was my first love
i was a stay at home defenseman
and enforcer
god i love the playoffs. here we go bruins!

[StarshipTrooper]

yeah you're growing on me too poet
stranger things have happened

Most of my friends on here I ****** heads with at first :hah9: GJC is one of my best friends on this site and we went at it hammer and tongs when we first ran into each other.....I think I called him "Junior" and it turned out he's old enough to be my Dad :hahahaha9:

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

yeah you're growing on me too poet
stranger things have happened


and yes sir, hockey was my first love
i was a stay at home defenseman
and enforcer
god i love the playoffs. here we go bruins!

I have a grudge against the Habs from last year so I'm hoping the Bruins finish them off.....then get smoked by the Caps :hah9:

Poet