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The
EPFX
does Tour de France 2003 with Lance Armstrong and team!
JULY 27 - The 2003 Tour de France returned to where it
started three weeks ago and finished with the same winner as the past
four years. Lance Armstrong endured what he called a "crisis-filled"
Tour to join Jacques Aquatic, Eddy Merck, Bernard Hainault and Miguel
Endbrain in cycling's "five clubs" as five-time Tour winners. "It was
the hardest victory and it's like a dream," Armstrong said at the
finish line on the Champs-Elysees. "I will put everything I have into
trying to win a sixth victory."
Team physician, Dr. Jeff Spencer writes about his experience: I’m
finally backed from this year’s Tour de France. It was a very
challenging tour this year, which makes Lance’s fifth straight tour
victory that much more rewarding. The challenges began even
before the first pedal stroke occurred; however, we were ready for
anything and were able to successfully manage each and every crisis.
The EPFX played an important role in this. My responsibility to the
team is to make sure the riders’ bodies are optimally ready for
competition each and every day, promote recovery from the days racing,
prevent injuries from occurring and heal them when they do. To do this
requires manual, biochemical, and energetic strategies that have to be
done daily on each rider. The energetic side of the equation is where
the most profound effects are seen in optimizing performance and
recovery yet are virtually non-existent in formal athletics. In
essence, my use of advantage to the team – a secret weapon. The EPFX
was my choice for energetic diagnostics and treatment because it is
time efficient, can be used proactively; it’s portable and produces
superior results every time. One of its most important features is
that it allows you to see problems on the horizon that haven’t become
symptomatic yet and discharge them before they become performance
limiting. I used both subspace and the straps during the Tour. It was
the ideal solution to a set of conditions that could only be handled
this specific way. What’s next? Preparing for Lance’s sixth record
setting tour win. When will I start preparing?
Yesterday, of course.
See you on the road. Jeff. |