Sports Nutrition and Athletic PerformanceIf you exercise regularly or if you are an athlete in training, you are trying to make your muscles work better. You want to be stronger if you are a weightlifter, you want to be able to throw a blistering fast ball if you are a baseball pitcher or you want t...

To be or not to be toned? Want to have a wash-board stomach? Ripped visible abs? Or how about strong, lean arms? Men and women across America strive for the perfect, flawless, and celebrity type bodies. Why do they? A physical-minded man's mentality is usually to get big and a woman's min...

Androstenedion What is androstenedion? Androstenedion, ¡§a nutritional dietary supplement (McCallum 17)¡, increases athletic performance and its use has caused controversy in the sports world. Once taken, androstenedion elevates the testosterone levels in your body. With that in mind, ...

Androstenedione is one of the leading supplements in body building nutrition. Many serious bodybuilders use androstenedione to further help increase their lean muscle size and strength. Androstenedione helps the body build lean mass through the extra supplementation of testosterone. This "drug" h...

Creatine: Health or Hazard?IntroductionCreatine is the biggest thing to hit the supplement market and the field of nutritional science in years, though it is not a new supplement by any means. It has actually been around for decades, with scientific reports on creatine and muscle dating as far bac...

Humans have had a fascination with being excellent at what they do, and athletics have been no exception. Many substances exist, and many have been criticized and analyzed for their safety, legality, and morality for athletes. With the banning of steroids from competitive sports, and the implementat...

1. Homeostasis is defined as the body's internal environment being within a certain physiological state. There are seven major factors that need to be homeostaticly maintained. They are: concentration of oxygen and carbon dioxide, nutrition of cells, concentration of wastes, concentration of s...

The word bodybuilder typically provokes images of muscleheads grunting brutishly in the gym, tossing around more weight than a Mini Cooper; however, at one-hundred and thirty five pounds, and barely lifting more than my own bodyweight, I too consider myself a bodybuilder. Classics such as Franco Co...

The Use of Creatine in the World of Athletics What does it take to be the best in athletics? Some people say determination and heart will get you to the top. That is partly true, but those two qualities can only take you so far. In order be the best you need skill and raw athletic ability. Ski...

Athletes are competitive. They go out there to win. But, at all costs? Why are athletes willing to sacrifice their long-term health in order to have one outstanding season? Will it be worth it when they are hooked up to machines in order to stay alive? Many athletes do not think that taking a supple...

Fitness that once started as a trend in the late 70's has become more of a lifestyle than a fad today. Personal trainers are a good idea to help you on your way to get fit, or stay fit. Anyone can be a personal trainer if they want to; the only prerequisite is that you enjoy fitness and a he...

Pseudohypertropic muscular dystrophy, or Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease whose symptoms include quickly progressive muscle weakness. This muscle weakness begins in the legs and pelvis and slowly affects the whole body. Duchenne muscular dystrophy only affects boys (girls are on...

Dietary supplements: Beneficial or Hazardous? On any given day, a student athlete could walk into a trainers or coaches office holding up a bottle and ask "Hey coach, does this stuff work?" This young athlete, playing three sports a year, is referring to the dietary supplement called ...

The sports world has a plethora of products including pills, potionsand tonics that provide loads of promises to give the athlete that winningedge. Their promises include improved performance, better endurance,increased strength and better recovery. These can be achieved by redu...

Stage 2 Exercise Physiology Acute Responses to Resistance Training • Transient hypertrophy • Increase in blood pressure • Increase in heart rate • Increase of blood lactate acid • Endorphin release • Increased respiratory rate Chronic Responses to Resistance T...

Since the 1930's, people have been interested in strengthening and defining the human body. However it wasn't until 1960's, that body builders began to resemble the sport that it is today. Bodybuilding is becoming more popular by the day with the recognition of its positive influences on a person'...

Exercise has many benefits that will help people live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Not only is exercise healthful, it also has an effect on our overall appearance and bodycomposition, which can directly influence self-esteem, self-worth, and level of confidence. Heart disease is America's n...

I chose to do my paper on eating disorders, particularly anorexia. I think this is a very interesting and sad topic. It is relevant to exercise physiology because that can be defined as "how people adapt to exercise under a wide variety of circumstances and environments." Another was to explain i...

As long as there have been two humans around to make a comparison, the impression of an individual\'s body has been a predominant factor in self-image. Although it has been in existence for hundreds of years, creatine monohydrate has, only over the past few decades, been utilized as a dietary supple...

Introduction With the onset of 2000, the average North American's life span has been extended by three years. The predictable consequences are detrimental changes in body composition, including loss of lean body mass, strength, flexibility, and bone density, along with the increase in bod...

Staying fit and having a good healthy diet is more then just staying away from and sicknesses and illnesses. It is an active procedure many individuals go though to be successful physically, mentally, and emotionally. Being physically fit, and having a good wellness program changes and also reduces ...

Therapeutic Technique - MyotherapyAs society faces and increasing number social and physical stresses, people are turning to myotherapy as an alternative for painkillers and muscle relaxers. Due to the stresses of prolonged sitting in front of computers or working on assembly lines, people are contr...

IOverview of Fitness and ExerciseFitness is defined as the quality or state of being fit (Merriam-Webster). Exercise is defined as physical activity at higher than normal levels of exertion. (Donetelle). These two words are a sort of yin and yang of each other. To be fit, one must exercise and ex...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neruomuscular disease that is characterized by progressive muscle weakness resulting in paralysis. This degenerative disease of the nervous system affects the brain cells (motor neurons) that carry impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles...

Creatine in NCAA Baseball Mark McGwire uses it. Sammy Sosa uses it. The Atlanta Braves have tubs of it in their locker room. Then why does Scott Carnahan, Linfield College's varsity baseball coach and coach of the 1994 U.S.A. Olympic baseball team emphasize, "I will not participate i...