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    of using them has been widely abused. The use of these substances has steadily increased throughout the years. As popularity of anabolic steroids escalated‚ so has its demand. With the inception of anabolic steroids in the world of professional sports‚ the acceptance of doping amongst athletes was positive. During the 1970s‚ there were no repercussions for taking anabolic steroids‚ and so athletes‚ especially football players and weight-lifters‚ were trying to get that physical advantage over

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    With all the traditions that come with this time of year‚ there is one in particular that my friends and I have not celebrated since we started having kids and the holidays became all about them (thanks for ruining Christmas‚ kids). Every year‚ after the Rockefeller Center tree went up‚ we would gather as many of us as we could and venture into New York City. Some years we had as many as forty people; friends of friends added to the crowd. Our tradition was to first go down to Greenwich Village

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    Are performance enhancing drugs deemed to be good or bad? Some would say yes‚ and some would say no. A performance enhancing drug or PED can be any substance that improves a person’s attributes. This can be Anabolic Steroids‚ HGH‚ stimulants and diuretics. People want more than the skills and attributes they bring to their desired profession. If you can jump high‚ people want to jump higher‚ if you can swim fast‚ of course you would want to be able to swim faster. This topic has been in controversial

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    UNIT 3: SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Sport and Exercise Sciences Yr1 ASSIGNMENT 1: THE EFFECTS OF PERSONALITY‚ MOTIVATION AND AGGRESSION ON SPORTS PERFORMANCE Sophie House Personality Personality is all of our characteristics added together to make each person unique. The effect personality has on sports performance has interested sports psychologists since the 1800’s‚ however conclusive evidence on whether personality directly affects personality has not

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    these negotiations is typically salary increases. 2. Suggest advantages and disadvantages of a pay-for-performance policy for Performance Sports. The advantages of a pay for performance policy is typically that productivity is increased while overall employee compensation costs are decreased because it doesn’t pay poor performers well. The disadvantages are measuring employee performance isn’t always easy. Employees

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    beautiful sunrise. Next to me is Caity and Piper‚ my volleyball buddies. In the aisle beside us sat Ashley‚ my coach‚ and her baby Atlas in the window seat. We are flying to Chicago to play with and lean from a very successful volleyball club called sports performance. It is Monday today and we go home on Friday. I’m slightly nervous making it hard to sleep‚ so I decide to play on my phone for the rest of the ride We made it to Chicago‚ and we are at Rick and Sheryl’s house‚ where we are staying for the

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    Performance enhancing drugs are not good for you and not fair in professional sports. They are not fair because they are pretty much cheating. In the article‚ “Athletes and Drugs”‚ the author states‚ “Some professional athletes use steroids and other drugs to gain a competitive advantage in their sport.”(Sprague) This shows that they are using substances that gives them the upperhand‚ like building muscles‚ in the sport without working hard like everyone else. Also‚ these performance enhancing drugs

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    explain why there are many people who despite using these drugs‚ in the future do not suffer any serious damage to their body so I do not see as bad to use them if the damages will not be so serious in the future. This would come to give you many benefits if used in the right way and so in the future have very minimal damages that you would not realize. This was the part for which I did not feel very convinced that this was something as bad as they said. They only say that if they use these drugs you

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    this drive that results in the vigorous preparation athletes’ go through to become superior among their race. To thrive‚ we must understand that proper nutrition is the basis any athlete must build from in order to achieve peak physical performance. Prior to strenuous activity it is imperative that the body has the required amounts of nutrients to carry out an activity. At the latest reference it is recommended that a person consume an average of 2200 mg of calories‚ 60 g of fat‚ less

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    basketball‚ and baseball players. People assume that dance is not as challenging or aggressive on the body as other sports. But I‚ as a dancer‚ can validate that it is just as hard and uses large groups of muscles to complete certain steps‚ or moves. Dance has potential to be classified as a sport by society‚ when all evidence and support is considered. The training of an athlete is vital in sports. This process requires an abundance

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