Ergogenic Aids
With better dope testing methods and hence the possibilities of detection and life ban from the sport, athletes and coaches are looking for legal ways to improve performance and/or hasten recovery.
Creatine: The Ergogenic / Anabolic Supplement
Mesomorphosis Magazine
What is Creatine?
How Does Creatine Work?
Does Creatine Enhance Exercise Performance?
Ergogenic Something that can increase muscular work capacity.
EFA's Essential Fatty Acids Required by the body, however only obtainable from food sources, such as flaxseed oil and safflower oil.
Ergogenic aids- A substance, appliance, or procedure that improves athletic performance.
Ergogenic: Having the ability to increase work.
Essential Fatty Acids or EFA: Essential Fatty Acids are unsaturated fatty acids that are needed for maintaining health ...
Ergogenic - Something that can increase muscular work capacity.
EFA's (Essential Fatty Acids) - Required by the body, however only obtainable from food sources, such as flaxseed oil and safflower oil.
Ergogenic - Work producing; a supplement that increases performance.
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) - Fats our bodies can't make, so we must obtain them through our diets.
Ergogenic aids
Any nutrients that improve athletic performance.
Essential Fatty Acids (EFA)
They include Linoleic Acid, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, and Monounsaturated fats. These are considered the 'good' fats.
Ergogenic
Increasing the capacity for muscular performance.
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAS)
Necessary fats needed for proper growth, maintenance, and functioning of the body.
Chapter 5. Ergogenic Effects of Creatine Supplementation on Anaerobic Power
Laboratory Studies
Field Studies
Chapter Summary ...
ergogenic tending to increase muscular power, endurance, or size essential amino acids amino acids which cannot be synthesized by the body from other amino acids and, thus, must be present in the diet: leucine, isoleucine, lysine, ...
Creatine As an Ergogenic Supplement, Ch. 15. Performance-Enhancing Substances in Sports and Exercise, 1st edition; Human Kinetics: Champaign, Illinois, 2002; 175-209.
2) Vennerstrom, J. L. Production of Creatine Esters Using In Situ Acid Production.
ergogenic aids
sports performance
Definition: Anabolic steroids are derivatives of the male sex hormone, testosterone. They're used in the medical world to help rebuild tissues that have become weak because of serious injury or illness.
Sports supplements (also called ergogenic aids) are products used to enhance athletic performance that may include vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, or botanicals (plants) — or any concentration, extract, or combination of these.
You also must consider the long term consequences of using any "radical" diet, training method or ergogenic aid. The people who had it but lost it are usually the ones who failed to think long term or acknowledge future consequences.
 See also: Exercise, Health, Diet, Fitness, Endurance
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