City of Grande Prairie Community Connections Winter 2. City of Grande Prairie. City of Grande Prairie Community Connections Winter 2. Published on Nov 1. President Donald J. Trump has decided to advance his bogus ban on trans individuals openly serving in the US military beyond tweeting vague dictates on the matter. The Texarkana Gazette is the premier source for local news and sports in Texarkana and the surrounding Arklatex areas. Rich Froning Training Days All Things Gym. Sure, there is a possibility that Froning is an absolute genetic outlier. I would never say that there is no chance whatsoever. I was 2. 4 once too. I did many things that I could not do now. However, there is a limit to human physiology, and Im just basing my educated guess off of 2. I work very closely with endocrinologists. There is a general acceptance in the medical field that when working with athletes serious athletes mind you theyve all used steroids at some point in time. Could Froning be that rare exception I suppose anything is possible, but Ive worked with pro athletes, primarily NFL and MLB, and Ive never seen even a 2. Consider other athletes training for comparison. The guys at Westside Barbell dont lift as much volume as Froning, and they openly admit to using steroids. You will never hear Louie Simmons boast about being drug free. Powerlifters just accept that steroid use is part of the sport. They have a very progressive stance on drug use. But the point Im getting at here is that its a little hard to believe that Rich Froning is somehow genetically superior to so many great athletes. I mean, just look at all the amazing athletes who have popped positive for steroids. Their training programs, even when augmented with performance enhancing drugs, still dont match the volume of Fronings training. So, Froning is so genetically superior that he has an even larger work capacity than professional athletes using PEDs Why isnt Froning a Navy SEAL or somethingJust for arguments sake, if Froning is truly this incredible athlete, why isnt he competing in a real sport where he could make far more money I mean, an athlete with his level of ability should easily be able to pick up a sport and go pro. He could do bobsled, play running back, track and field, weightlifting. I mean, if he has the capacity to train that much, he could pass Donny Shankle up in no time. If hes not using restoratives I like that term better than steroids to be honest, then hes lying about his workouts. Which actually seems the most likely explanation. I mean, lets consider this, theyre going to come and do an interview where they tape you and put this out there for everyone to see. You want to make yourself look as good as possible, so you go all out, do as many crazy hard workouts as you can in a day, and show everyone how tough you are. When in reality, you dont train like that every single day. That would be the most sensible explanation if we were going to assume that he does not use steroids. Flip side, forget the workload and the improbability of being able to recover from that much work all the time, and lets forget the physiology. Lets just look at body comp. Ill leave it to someone else to better explain it http www. Basically, after people reach a certain level of muscle mass, you would need some chemical assistance to overcome the bodys myostatin and resistance to gaining muscle. Further, you would be hard pressed to maintain that bodyfat level year round drug free as well. Pat Sherwood talked alot of sense when he discussed The Idiot Suit. Or, if you prefer biochem, Eric Auciello explained This type of hard effort training primarily uses the glycolytic anaerobic system, where muscle glycogen and lactate is used to produce fuel. An unfortunate byproduct of this type of exercise is the accumulation of hydrogen ionic waste, which leads to toxic acidosis and the systemic micro trauma of tissues. These failures cause cellular damage DOMS anyone making it extremely difficult to recover from the anaerobic training stimulus, possibly costing the athlete a valuable training session. This activity is really sub maximal when we consider glycolytic energy production only produces two ATP per each molecule of glucose. 1This leads back to my original point the hard effort crowd is not training their fat burning engines. Their daily efforts are constantly using and replenishing the easily accessed glycogen stores and blood glucose, not fat. This is a problem because when our blood glucose levels drop, we crash. The human body senses an overwhelming fatigue and begins attempting to top off the tank by shunting blood from the gut to our limbs, often leading to unpleasant side effects like vomiting. This is one of the many unhealthy aspects of hard effort training. It would be unlikely that someone could train like that year round. So, either he uses something to overcome the physiology that accompanies this style of training OR he doesnt actually train like he says he does. Let me share something random with you. A doctor at the University of Pittsburgh did blood testing on candidates of the Armys Ranger School. What he found was that for 1. This is not a bunch of lazy, sit on the couch, Call of Duty warriors here. These are some of the fittest men in America, and if none of them can train all day without suffering negative effects and a drop in performance, then how does Froning do it drug free Is it possible that he truly is just that much better than everyone else Sure, its possible, but its not very probable. One would assume that if he is truly that genetically superior, then he was a stand out athlete in high school, played for a D1 school, and went pro after college. Ive seen the genetic freaks. They lettered in every sport they played, and often had offers to multiple colleges for multiple sports. Again, Im genuinely shocked by how much people want to believe that he is drug free. I didnt realize how popular he is. Im not trying to convince anyone, if you want to believe hes drug free, well, keep on believing it. I was just defending my position, a position which I am confident in. As for him being Christian, I dont see why that would stop him from using steroids. Its not a sin to use steroids. And like I said earlier, and its worth reiterating, judicious use of steroids is not only beneficial to an athlete, but also intelligent. The research supports it. If you can look past the media bias that has been given to steroids for a moment, consider Floyd Landis. He had to have hip surgery. They resurfaced his hip, and just a couple months later, he wins the Tour de France. Now, thats superhuman. Most people take at least 6 months to recover from a surgery like that. If he comes back to win the Tour de France just a couple months later, how long was his layoff before getting back to training A week And thats a good thing. Im tired of seeing steroids painted in a negative light and their dangers being grossly overstated and exaggerated. Steroids carry the potential to not only help injuries heal, but to heal better. Why would you not use every resource available to improve the quality of life for people Why should Floyd Landis be the only person who benefits from steroid use following hip surgeryWhy not my grandfather But I digress. You state that you think that Lance Armstrong used steroids because there was a sudden change in his performance, well, then by that logic, most of the CF Games competitors would be guilty of steroid use as well. Look how many people just blew up and arrived on scene. And their performance is constantly improving by leaps and bounds. Just look at how much Annie Sakamoto blew up. That is not the same girl from all the old CF videos. Ask yourself this question, what was Rich Froning doing before becoming Crossfit royaltyI have a solution to all this.