How Have Athletes Changed Over The Years

“As we develop better types of technology, including virtual and augmented reality, athletes will continue to improve their abilities and become capable of facts that we were unimaginable decades ago” (Cynthia Bic). Thinking about what Cynthia Bic was talking about we can recognize that athletes have changed tremendously over the years and the big question is how? What has allowed athletes to grow over the years?
In the 1900s sports was nothing like it is today. Although the sport may be very similar, the equipment and the athletes are evolving tremendously. How and what caused all these changes is a question people tend to overlook. Technology and science are the key factors in the evolution of sports. Technology has allowed trainers to
Which leads to the question of how will sports look like in the future? How different will it be compared to today's sports and athletes?
Rather than focusing on one particular sport, the focus will be on athletes. How has athletes dedication changed? What things available to athletes now compared to what athletes had before? To tie together athletes and sports the importance of equipment and injuries should be included as well. Like anything that talks about the good also comes with the bad. The understanding of times in which things did not work, success is reached and the world learns.
All athletes would prefer never getting injured, unfortunately never getting injured is almost impossible. In the 1900 physical therapy was not recognized, but now it is. Studies have discovered that physical therapy is an important source for athletes. Not only does
Athletes recognized that being a competitive athlete they had to be more determined. Athletes began to train more and watch what they ate. Although not all athletes eat great, some have discovered what being a vegetarian can do to their performance. In the 1900s people did not recognize the negative effects that appeared when they either ate poorly or do drugs. Drinking for instance, drinking was not seen as bad. In fact toxicated their bodies without knowing how it would affect and did not even acknowledge the fact that it was a possibility. Being a vegetarian means not eating meat or certain related animal products. Why would anyone want to give up meat? The answer is athletes have discovered that by being vegetarian their performance improves, and they feel at their best. Being a vegetarian is not the only option, Sports Nutrition had professionals explain what they think and understand about the topic of sports nutrition and stated what you should be doing when it comes to training. Professionals stated that consuming carbohydrates, “both before and during exercises”, will affect the athlete’s performance and higher the training level. Before this knowledge athletes would assume that carbohydrates worked best after exercises and by acknowledging this new fact professionals discovered athletes can