Originally posted by travestyny
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I will give you an example so even you would understand!!!
Lance Armstrong's HT is about 42 but there is an acceptable range.
Lance Armstrong would use PEDs during his Tour de France and Giro D'Italia.
HT values can normally range from about 38 to 50 in males
BUT
for a given individual like Lance Armstrong, his range shouldn't fluctuate that drastically. Meaning that if his normal value is around 42 then a reading of 48 is NOT OK even though it may be OK for me because I usually come in at around that (my HT=47 the last time that I checked).
So to say, they look individually to see what is the expected acceptable range. You need multiple values usually to be sure that your results are not false positive. The more samples are tested the better.
So Lance would use various ways (EPO, blood transfusions.... ) to increase his HT values during the competition!!!
So if the LAB sees HT=48 for me, that would be fine. Lance's HT = 48 is NOT OK.
Of course there is more to it than that such as when you race, your values tend to decrease. So that is taken into account as well. Plus as I said, they check his values for the previous races where he was tested such as Giro D'Italia which is prior to the Tour de France. Also his values when he not training.... in which cannot happen for Floyd!
For Floyd, he only needs to be concerned about 5-7 weeks twice a year, sometimes once/year, sometimes none. For Floyd testing is not a 365 days a year thing. He just needs to practice getting it right during those weeks of training.
even if Floyd's norm is HT=42 when he doesn't sign to fight, Floyd can keep the HT closer to 47 while training and being tested.
What would the ABP score show? That Floyd's normal HT is similar to ADP02. It's NOT above 50 and it's in between 38-50 and it's what Floyd usually tests at. A bit more or less is fine too .....
BUT if there are spikes that are above the expected average then they are at the very least red flags to look out for. Well, as I kept telling you, ABP is checked for reasons such as EPO abuse and there are "thresholds".....

Now Travestyny will ....... DEFLECT in 3-2-1 .....

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