Quote Originally Posted by Pavlik View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Rantcatrat View Post
Alt - explain this to me, even if he had low testasterone to begin with, (1) are athletes permitted under VADA or the Nevada Commission to supplement their natural testosterone with more testosterone? (2) Isn't it pretty cut and dry if the amount of artificial testosterone put into a body is sufficient enough to move the level of testosterone beyond a certain level, leading to failing a drug test? Let's say a normal amount of testosterone in a human is 1, and Peterson was at .7, if he only boosted to 1, under the normal tests, he wouldn't have failed the test, but if he boosted to more than 1, he fails the test. So, he took an unfair amount of testosterone because he failed the test. If it was his doctor's fault or his trainer's, is somewhat irrelevant, at the end of the day, he's getting in the ring, and it is his responsibility. Right? I am in no way an expert and just trying to understand it.
can someone educate me, low level of testosterone? Lamont looked muscular
Pavlik, that's one function of testosterone. To support muscle growth but by no means does it mean that somebody muscular has high testosterone. So many other hormones and factors come in to play.

Rant, yeah that's pretty much it. I'm no expert on the testing but I do believe the old tests allowed you to have as high a testosterone as you wanted as long as your ratio was even (test : epitest) - in fact I still believe the shitty Nevada tests are like this.

Wada/Vada are much more comprehensive.
Also, yes I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to supplement with testosterone if it kept your levels within range.

Finally, how can it be his fault if he is not administering the medical dosage himself? The doctors could totally be lying but nobody will question the integrity (ha!) of a doctor.

Again, if he was trying to cheat, pellets are a ridiculous option. Nothing in this whole situation leads me to believe Peterson tried to cheat unless he has the IQ of a wombat. 1) Admitting to doing it BEFORE the first fight 2) taking pellets and 3) pushing for tests if he knew he wanted to cheat.