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Performance enhancing drugs

Performance enhancing drugs. 8 th Grade Lesson 4. Warm-UP #4. Create this chart in your notebooks and fill it in. Most common performance enhancing drugs. Creatine : Over the counter supplement used to enhance recovery after a workout and increase muscle mass and strength.

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Performance enhancing drugs

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  1. Performance enhancing drugs 8th Grade Lesson 4

  2. Warm-UP #4 • Create this chart in your notebooks and fill it in.

  3. Most common performance enhancing drugs • Creatine: • Over the counter supplement used to enhance recovery after a workout and increase muscle mass and strength. • Football, gymnastics, hockey, wrestling • Side Effects: weight gain, nausea, muscle cramps, kidney damage • Anabolic Steroids • Synthetic versions of testosterone used to build muscle and increase strength • Football players and wrestlers • Side Effects: heart and liver damage, hault bone growth, stunt growth • Steroid Precursors • “Andro”, “DHEA”- substances the body converts into anabolic steroids • Used to increase muscle mass • Most are illegal without a prescription, however DHEA is available OTC. • Side effects are similar to steroids

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