The Effects of Anabolic Steroids You’ve seen them‚ and you thought you knew what was going on. The muscle-heads at the gym‚ the all-star basketball player‚ the amazing offensive tackle‚ and the lightning fast swimmer. All of them used steroids‚ and you knew it. They were all unnaturally strong‚ and looked like gods. But what you could not see is the terrible side effects which come through the use of anabolic steroids. These powerful drugs have both positive and negative results from their
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drugs like anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are artificial drugs that coincide with male sex hormones like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone.1 After a few years of study in the early 1900s it became apparent that these steroids promote the growth of muscle and develop male sexual characteristics in men and women. The different types of testosterone are formed in the testes whereas the hormone is created mostly in the ovaries and adrenal glands of women. Anabolic Steroids were originally made
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Steroid Abuse Hurts Baseball The abuse of steroids among players in Major League Baseball is corrupting the image of America’s Pastime as well as endangering the health of those who use the illegal substances. The lack of testing and punishment for the use of illegal substances like steroids in the Major Leagues portrays a negative image to aspiring young athletes. They see their role models using steroids and becoming better athletes rather than seeing suspensions for the illegal behavior or
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Sport specialization is the age or time in development of a child’s life where training and competition is focused and limited to one sport. There has been much debate and controversy whether specialization or diversification is the best way to achieve “elite” status. Many famous elite athletes who were specialized to one sport lend credible support to specialization. However‚ in the sports sciences community‚ there has been growing support for diversification. A consensus statement suggests that
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When mentally unstable people interact with the world‚ many tend to put on a mask in order to cover up their true feelings while having an inclination to distance themselves from the stigma that society has constructed and associated with mental illness. Firstly‚ the health of an individual is not limited to the physical aspects which others can interpret and comment on‚ but rather a larger part of an individual’s health is provided by cognitive process derived from one’s mental health. This is reiterated
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“Dance isn’t a sport. It’s not in the olympics!” People constantly say. On the contrary‚ dance is a sport. Competitive dance requires hard work‚ dedication‚ determination‚ perseverance‚ endurance‚ and confidence‚ just like any other sport‚ for example‚ football. Found in the Random House Webster’s College Dictionary‚ its states‚ “sport-an athletic activity requiring skill or physical and often of a competitive nature. Dance takes a lot mentally and physically. Dance is a sport. Dance takes hard
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Psychological Outcomes due to Sport Participation Sport specialization is defined as intense training and focus on one sport while not participating in others (Jayanthi‚ Pinkham‚ Dugas‚ Patrick‚ & LaBella‚ 2012). Early specialization in sports contain numerous aspects that children undergo as they participate in sports‚ such as high levels of training at a younger age‚ minimal rest or time off and participation in multiple sports. Children participating at an early age in one sport can bring positive outcomes
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Over the last few years there has been a lot of arguments about how cheerleading is not a sport. Some people would disagree that cheerleading is not a sport people think this because they have never done cheerleading before. Cheerleading is not easy it takes a lot out of work‚ people have to ready to work because people are not alone you have a team that counts on you. People think that it is easy because you are just in quote “Lifting people in the air.” it is not that easy. Cheerleading is not
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Over the past decade‚ soccer has been becoming an even more popular sport than it once was. With this popularity though‚ comes a greater chance for injury. Most soccer-related injuries include ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) tears or meniscus tears‚ but there is a much more dangerous injury making up “22% of the total injuries in football” (Al-Kashmiri 189). Note‚ that in this instance‚ and many more‚ “football” is referring to the non-American term for soccer. A concussion‚ defined by Monica E
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of golf we think of it as a boring sport that doesn’t have it’s peaks. But in fact golf is a very interesting sport. The science of swing‚ club face‚ alignment‚ etc. is key to being a good player in golf. Of course after this you might still think that golf is still not important. But with a few facts i’m sure I can get you to agree with a few of my statements. Here is why you should think golf is sport. Why isn’t Golf a sport? Golf isn’t considered a sport for many reasons. The first most used
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