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PDHPE Assignment Sports player: Marion Jones Drug used:THG meaning: Tetrahydrogestrinone, an artificial anabolic steroid taken for enhancement of athletic performance. Table of events Disqualified events Gold Medals Won Bronze Medal Won Discussion (Used Wiki facts) Throughout her entire athletic career even in high school Marion Jones had been accused either outright or by implication of taking performance enhancing drugs, Until 2007 Marion Jones routly…

Melnik, B., Jansen, T., & Grabbe, S. (2007). Abuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids and bodybuilding acne: An underestimated health problem. Journal Der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 5(2), 110-117. doi:10.1111/j.1610-0387.2007.06176.x Within this article it is discussed that the Abuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids by members of the fitness world seems to be ever increasing and have reached alarming dimensions. It is stated that the health care system provides the illegal…

Performance enhancing drugs are substances that improve an athlete’s performance. Performance enhancing drugs enlarge muscle size and increase the blood’s oxygen carrying capacity. Although the drug makes a substantial difference in athletic performance, the use of the drug can be medically dangerous. Steroids are outlawed by organizations that govern professional sports. The different substances of PED’s are stimulants, anabolic steroids and erythropoietin. Athletes take these drugs to make…

Steroid is enhance drugs, a drug that change your physique for a short period of time. Steroid are mostly used by bodybuilder or professional athlete. Steroid is dangerous and serious long term health risk. And later on I will talk about how is steroid are helpful and if they are dangerous, also the effects of using steroid, and why do people abuse steroid. Good reason, using steroid is that if you're a professional athlete or actor and you livelihood is directly tied to your physical…

All tennis players have at least once experienced a situation where they had to play under pressure. It might be blowing a 5-4 lead and serve in an important final when all skills suddenly disappear. The athlete freezes and cannot find his way back, cannot find the way to do something right, and his thoughts are shifting between present and future. But why does that really happen? This phenomenon is called choking, which is a name for any situation that athletes start to perform worse than they…

“Crack!” The sound of a baseball flying 400 feet off a bat. “Smack!” The sound of a 103 mph fastball hitting the catcher's mitt. “Whoosh!” The sound of a sprinter breaking the world record. These sounds represent what will happen if doping is legalized. Although these sounds may be more exciting to fans, steroids are not allowed in sports for a reason. Despite the positives of performance enhancing drugs, doping should not be legalized in professional sports because it would ruin the “spirit of…

10-19-15 Brayan Camargo Cholesterol and Steroids What are cholesterol and steroids? Cholesterol is the most common type of steroid, a steroid is a lipid because they are hydrophobic which means that they dissolve in water. They are used for many purposes but these are the main things that we use cholesterol and steroids. "Understanding Cholesterol and Heart Health | NIH MedlinePlus the Magazine." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Web. 20 Oct…

Substance abuse is perilous, but why do so many young athletes do drugs? There are number of reasons: maybe there is a big game coming up and player can not handle and stress or binge drink after a long school day or practice. Substance abuse is a widespread issue in sports that needs solving. Many teens turn to alcohol, performance drugs, and even narcotics to solve their problems in sports, and the harm is unimaginable, more than you might think. Taking enhancing drugs is pure cheating. You…

Performance Enhancing Drugs are taking over all major sport programs. It should be said that some well-known best sport moments have involved performance enhancing drugs. Enhancing drugs can benefit one's life for a brief period, until it wears out and starts giving people negative health problems, and an illegal advantage in the activity their participating in. Enhancing drugs shouldn't be introduced to athletes in sporting events. The use of performance-enhancing drugs, or “doping,” by…

Steroids are similar to hormones in a person’s body. The body produces steroids naturally to support fighting stress and promoting growth and development. Anabolic steroids are artificially produced hormones. When taking these you mess up your hormones and can get side effects such as increase in stress. A good way to handle this is doing a stress realizing activity such as exercising. Anabolic steroids stimulate muscle tissue to grow and get bigger. When taking these it is important to…