Ergogenic aids
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- Created on: 19-12-18 11:07
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- Ergogenic aids
- Pharmacological
- Anabolic steroids
- Increased muscles mass and growth
- Increased recovery
- 'Roid' rage
- Heart, liver and kidney disease
- Severe acne
- Human growth hormone
- Increased muscle mass and growth
- Increased strength
- Joint and muscle pain
- Increased recovery
- Increase of cancerous tissues
- EPO
- Increased RBC prdouction
- Increased oxygen carrying capacity
- Increased V02 Max
- Naturally occuring, therefore very little negative side effects
- Anabolic steroids
- Physiological
- Blood doping
- Increased oxygen carrying capacity
- Increased RBC production
- Increased blood viscosity leading to strokes
- Autoimmune diseases
- Take blood out, train, and then reintroduce it
- Gene doping
- Inserting DNA into body to enhance athletic performance
- Artificially increase hormone levels
- Increases testosterone levels
- Changes made are permanent
- Cooling aids
- Cool core body temp
- Before improves performance
- After aids recovery
- Blood doping
- Nutritional aids
- Creatine
- Increased muscle growth and recovery
- Caffeine
- Stimulant, increases alertness and awareness. decreased tiredness
- Nitrates e.g beetroot juice
- Dilation of blood vessels. Increased blood flow to muscles
- Protein
- Growth and repair of muscles
- Bicarbonate
- Buffers lactic acid and therefore decreases effects of lactic acid
- Carbohydrate loading
- Deplete carbohydrate stores and then super-compensate before competition
- Creatine
- Pharmacological
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