Originally posted by Rigpig
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If you're comparing him to the average 38 year old man then yes Beterbiev has elevated HGH and testosterone levels - he eats clean, sleeps early, trains like a maniac and doesn't take drugs or drink alcohol. Those are all factors that contribute to raised levels of those hormones purely through lifestyle choices.
If however, you're comparing him to someone who DOES inject HGH and take TRT then his levels were lower.
Then you have to take into account his genetics. He has low bodyfat, dense bones and huge hands. Those are signs of people with larger than usual Test and HGH. Also, he's pure Caucus.They don't mix with other races at all. Their women don't marry outside of Chechen tribes so they have very distinct genetic markers.
VADA are also the strictest tests - or amongst them - much stricter than UKAD and even though could not find grounds to say it was an adverse finding. It was atypical because:
- It was under the threshhold
- There are extranerous variables to take into factor - when the tests were done, how close was it after a training session? What were blood, oxygen and other hormonal levels like at the time?
- Genetic factors
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