There are many reasons for someone to have problems with rhabdomyolysis. These include metabolic disorders, thrombosis, infections etc., and even very strenuous exercise, especially when dehydrated - however I'd expect Ortiz's team to have addressed this after his first bout of rhabdomyolysis.
Other causes include reactions to certain drugs including medications and toxins.
This has happened to Ortiz twice now during a training camp and so it seems unlikely to be something like a metabolic disorder, thrombosis etc., which would affect him at all the times.
In a training camp a fighter trains very hard while trying to lose weight (he's in a calorie deficit).
The two classes of drugs that "naughty fighters" often use to help them to do this are amphetamines and diuretics.
Amphetamines are stimulants that fight fatigue allowing you to train harder than you could naturally and they increase fatty acid use in the body helping you to lose weight.
Diuretics increase the amount of water lost from the body, helping you to lose weight (they're also masking agents for other PEDs).
However BOTH amphetamines and diuretics can give rise to rhabdomyolysis and while I obviously can't make a definitive accusation about Ortiz, the possibility of him reacting to a certain amphetamine, &/or a certain diuretic, in preparation for the fight can't be totally discounted. Certainly not with the pathetic drug testing protocols that exist in pro boxing.
However, as I pointed out earlier, the problem has to be something that happens in his training camp.
There are many reasons for someone to have problems with rhabdomyolysis. These include metabolic disorders, thrombosis, infections etc., and even very strenuous exercise, especially when dehydrated - however I'd expect Ortiz's team to have addressed this after his first bout of rhabdomyolysis.
Other causes include reactions to certain drugs including medications and toxins.
This has happened to Ortiz twice now during a training camp and so it seems unlikely to be something like a metabolic disorder, thrombosis etc., which would affect him at all the times.
In a training camp a fighter trains very hard while trying to lose weight (he's in a calorie deficit).
The two classes of drugs that "naughty fighters" often use to help them to do this are amphetamines and diuretics.
Amphetamines are stimulants that fight fatigue allowing you to train harder than you could naturally and they increase fatty acid use in the body helping you to lose weight.
Diuretics increase the amount of water lost from the body, helping you to lose weight (they're also masking agents for other PEDs).
However BOTH amphetamines and diuretics can give rise to rhabdomyolysis and while I obviously can't make a definitive accusation about Ortiz, the possibility of him reacting to a certain amphetamine, &/or a certain diuretic, in preparation for the fight can't be totally discounted. Certainly not with the pathetic drug testing protocols that exist in pro boxing.
However, as I pointed out earlier, the problem has to be something that happens in his training camp.
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