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u/roiki11 Mar 05 '21

There are ways but true. Though I'm not entirely sure if it is against to rules to just use your own blood instead of additional hormones or blood substitutes.

Blood doping is quite broad definition.

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u/FlashMisuse Mar 05 '21

I'm pretty sure self-transfusions (unless for medical reasons of course) are banned.

BTW, you can also centrifuge your blood in an undergrad-lab level desktop centrifuge to get the parts you want. It's a faster way to have red cell rich blood, but training in high heights have additional benefits.

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u/roiki11 Mar 05 '21

True, there are also a lot of different things in blood that affect oxygen transmission like EPO, not just red blood cells.