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"It's not quite as clear cut as that. Doing a sport which requires explosive movement makes you more prone to injuries such as a torn ACL. Additionally, when you get older, your muscles and ligaments do not have the same resiliency and elasticity as they did prior. Viewed in this way, tearing an ACL could be said to be a "natural" part of the process of being an athlete. You could always let it heal naturally without surgery, you just won't be the same afterwards. Clearly, the surgery is providing an advantage in allowing your ligament to be restored to it's previous superior state. As for the "find a natural method" idea, how many perfectly legitimate things that fighters do or take are not strictly speaking "natural"? You think the processed soy protein powder they're ingesting occurs in nature? The multivitamins? The painkillers? How do you define "natural"? As for where I draw the line, I certainly don't draw it at what is "natural". To be honest, I am interested in seeing who is a better fighter in any particular fight, not who has the best metabolism and ability to game weight classes. I think that if there is a legitimate medical procedure that, when used correctly, can safely and effectively reverse certain aspects of the aging process (what TRT basically does), then there is no harm in allowing it. Why do you feel that such restrictions should exist? Is it actually based on some sort of logic, or just a desire to continue punishing Belfort for past cheating?"
on the following blog post:Vitor Belfort Issues Apology For Actions at UFC on FX 8 Press Conference
11 hours agoJTalbainAdded a new comment
"Here's an unpopular opinion, but I'll state it: TRT is just the newest advancement in modern medicine that enables doctors to give people a better more productive, and healthier lifestyle. It wasn't available a few decades ago, it's here now. There are many examples of how athletes would wear their bodies down over time, but new medical knowledge would make it better. Pitchers in baseball get Tommy John's surgery and throw as if they were a decade younger. Should they not be allowed to pitch? Used to be that a torn ACL was career ending, but now that can be fixed. Should GSP not be allowed to fight? Players in the NFL used to be completely dependent on their own ability to recover quickly on the sidelines, but it was realized that oxygen tanks at the bench allowed for quicker more productive rest. Is the oxygen a performance enhancing substance that should ban them? The point of view that TRT should be outright banned is based on two things: ignorance and fear of advancement. Even outside the realm of sports, doctors have given their assessment of medically acceptable testosterone levels in the adult male a considerable overhaul, and now actually recommend higher levels in many men which were previously considered acceptable. Whatever MMA decides will not change that. Steroids are banned because it's unfair to ask athletes to do something harmful to their body in order to stay competitive. Would you ask the same athletes to forego good medical advice just to satisfy your outdated opinion of what is fair?"
on the following blog post:Vitor Belfort Issues Apology For Actions at UFC on FX 8 Press Conference
1 day agoJTalbainAdded a new comment
"They have guidelines set up for TRT. There has to be a legitimate medical deficiency, you have to notify the commission and the UFC that you are using it, and your Testosterone levels can't exceed a 6 to 1 ratio, which is about the maximum that can be naturally achieved at the height of athleticism in the sport. Other sports have different ratios, and to my knowledge, as long as TRT is actually be used to correct a legit deficiency, it isn't banned in any sport. Seriously, do a search in google for the words "TRT banned sports". There are pages and pages and pages of nothing except MMA sites. Nothing about football, nothing from baseball (despite its own past steroid scandals), nothing from boxing or kickboxing. Just pages and pages of MMA sites. Everyone else sees it as legit as long as its regulated. Why are we talking about it so much?"
on the following blog post:UFC on FX 8 Post Fight Press Conference
3 days agoJTalbainAdded a new comment
"This is kind of a ridiculous point of view. There are all sorts of things that can be wrong with your body, and one of them happens to be hormone deficiencies. Low testosterone is a legitimate medical condition. It could be potentially abused, which is why they have the rules they have in place. 1) You can't take TRT without notifying the commission/UFC so said treatment can be monitored and 2) your T to E ratio can't exceed 6 to 1, which is about the realistic maximum for an elite athlete to obtain normally. As long as he stays within the bounds set, what is the problem, and more to the point, why do you feel he is a cheater when he clearly isn't breaking any rules?"
on the following blog post:UFC on FX 8: Bonuses and Attendance
3 days agoJTalbainAdded a new comment
"People choosing to continue cutting weight when they don't have the time to recover is a completely separate issue, one known as fighter stupidity. The only reason why weight cutting is even seen as an option is because of the time to recover. You say that fighters will be killing themselves by continuing to cut weight, but that is because weight cutting is dangerous. If they need to, they can add in more weight classes to accommodate some fighters, and I've thought they could have a superheavyweight division for some time now. Have Heavyweight stop at 240 and have SHW go from 241-280, or just be 241+."
on the following blog post:POLL: What should be at the top of the list of things to change in MMA right now?
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"It's not quite as clear cut as that. Doing a sport which requires explosive movement makes you more prone to injuries such as a torn ACL. Additionally, when you get older, your muscles and ligaments do not have the same resiliency and elasticity as they did prior. Viewed in this way, tearing an ACL could be said to be a "natural" part of the process of being an athlete. You could always let it heal naturally without surgery, you just won't be the same afterwards. Clearly, the surgery is providing an advantage in allowing your ligament to be restored to it's previous superior state. As for the "find a natural method" idea, how many perfectly legitimate things that fighters do or take are not strictly speaking "natural"? You think the processed soy protein powder they're ingesting occurs in nature? The multivitamins? The painkillers? How do you define "natural"? As for where I draw the line, I certainly don't draw it at what is "natural". To be honest, I am interested in seeing who is a better fighter in any particular fight, not who has the best metabolism and ability to game weight classes. I think that if there is a legitimate medical procedure that, when used correctly, can safely and effectively reverse certain aspects of the aging process (what TRT basically does), then there is no harm in allowing it. Why do you feel that such restrictions should exist? Is it actually based on some sort of logic, or just a desire to continue punishing Belfort for past cheating?"
on the following blog post:Vitor Belfort Issues Apology For Actions at UFC on FX 8 Press Conference
11 hours agoJTalbainAdded a new comment
"Here's an unpopular opinion, but I'll state it: TRT is just the newest advancement in modern medicine that enables doctors to give people a better more productive, and healthier lifestyle. It wasn't available a few decades ago, it's here now. There are many examples of how athletes would wear their bodies down over time, but new medical knowledge would make it better. Pitchers in baseball get Tommy John's surgery and throw as if they were a decade younger. Should they not be allowed to pitch? Used to be that a torn ACL was career ending, but now that can be fixed. Should GSP not be allowed to fight? Players in the NFL used to be completely dependent on their own ability to recover quickly on the sidelines, but it was realized that oxygen tanks at the bench allowed for quicker more productive rest. Is the oxygen a performance enhancing substance that should ban them? The point of view that TRT should be outright banned is based on two things: ignorance and fear of advancement. Even outside the realm of sports, doctors have given their assessment of medically acceptable testosterone levels in the adult male a considerable overhaul, and now actually recommend higher levels in many men which were previously considered acceptable. Whatever MMA decides will not change that. Steroids are banned because it's unfair to ask athletes to do something harmful to their body in order to stay competitive. Would you ask the same athletes to forego good medical advice just to satisfy your outdated opinion of what is fair?"
on the following blog post:Vitor Belfort Issues Apology For Actions at UFC on FX 8 Press Conference
1 day agoJTalbainAdded a new comment
"They have guidelines set up for TRT. There has to be a legitimate medical deficiency, you have to notify the commission and the UFC that you are using it, and your Testosterone levels can't exceed a 6 to 1 ratio, which is about the maximum that can be naturally achieved at the height of athleticism in the sport. Other sports have different ratios, and to my knowledge, as long as TRT is actually be used to correct a legit deficiency, it isn't banned in any sport. Seriously, do a search in google for the words "TRT banned sports". There are pages and pages and pages of nothing except MMA sites. Nothing about football, nothing from baseball (despite its own past steroid scandals), nothing from boxing or kickboxing. Just pages and pages of MMA sites. Everyone else sees it as legit as long as its regulated. Why are we talking about it so much?"
on the following blog post:UFC on FX 8 Post Fight Press Conference
3 days agoJTalbainAdded a new comment
"This is kind of a ridiculous point of view. There are all sorts of things that can be wrong with your body, and one of them happens to be hormone deficiencies. Low testosterone is a legitimate medical condition. It could be potentially abused, which is why they have the rules they have in place. 1) You can't take TRT without notifying the commission/UFC so said treatment can be monitored and 2) your T to E ratio can't exceed 6 to 1, which is about the realistic maximum for an elite athlete to obtain normally. As long as he stays within the bounds set, what is the problem, and more to the point, why do you feel he is a cheater when he clearly isn't breaking any rules?"
on the following blog post:UFC on FX 8: Bonuses and Attendance
3 days agoJTalbainAdded a new comment
"People choosing to continue cutting weight when they don't have the time to recover is a completely separate issue, one known as fighter stupidity. The only reason why weight cutting is even seen as an option is because of the time to recover. You say that fighters will be killing themselves by continuing to cut weight, but that is because weight cutting is dangerous. If they need to, they can add in more weight classes to accommodate some fighters, and I've thought they could have a superheavyweight division for some time now. Have Heavyweight stop at 240 and have SHW go from 241-280, or just be 241+."
on the following blog post:POLL: What should be at the top of the list of things to change in MMA right now?
1 week ago More...
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