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Alcohol, Drugs, and Athletic Performance

Alcohol, Drugs, and Athletic Performance. PE 712. Muscle Development:. Alcohol and drug use: C ancels out gains from your workout Diminishes protein synthesis Decreases muscle growth Cause dehydration and slows down the body’s ability to heal

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Alcohol, Drugs, and Athletic Performance

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  1. Alcohol, Drugs, and Athletic Performance PE 712

  2. Muscle Development: • Alcohol and drug use: • Cancels out gains from your workout • Diminishes protein synthesis • Decreases muscle growth • Cause dehydration and slows down the body’s ability to heal • Alcohol and drugs are toxins that affect brain, organs, and tissues

  3. Muscle Recovery: • Alcohol and drug use: • Prevents muscle recovery • Interrupts sleep and HGH. Substances can decrease HGH as much as 70% • Produces substances in the liver that is toxic to testosterone • Depletes your source of energy • Disrupts water balance and ability to produce ATP (energy) • Inhibits gluconeogenesis (glucose is formed from substances other than glucose. Needed for ATP production.)

  4. Ability to Learn New Plays & Strategies: • Alcohol and drug use: • Inhibits the ability to learn new information • Compromises the hippocampus (memories) • Hampers memory and retention • Much of memory formation occurs while sleeping • Sleep cycle is disrupted, reducing the ability to learn and retain info • Even drinking up to 6 hours before you go to sleep will negatively affect your sleep cycle

  5. Consider This: • Consuming 5 or more alcoholic beverages in one night can affect brain and body activities for up to three days. • Two consecutive nights of drinking five or more alcoholic beverages can affect brain and body activities for up to five days.

  6. Nutrition and Endurance • Alcohol and drug use: • Constricts metabolism and endurance • Affects aerobic cycle • Requires increased conditioning to maintain weight • High calories, no nutritional value • 100-150 empty calories (each drink) • Converts alcohol sugars into fatty acids • Slowed metabolism and increased fat retention • Inhibits absorption of nutrients • Thiamin (Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, Zinc

  7. Nutrition (continued) • Nutrients affected: • Thiamin (Vitamin B1): is involved in the metabolism of proteins and fat and the formation of hemoglobin. Plays a role in metabolizing carbohydrates. • Vitamin B12: is essential to good health. It helps maintain healthy red blood and nerve cells. • Folic Acid: is an integral part of a coenzyme involved in the formation of new cells; a lack of it can cause a blood disorder called “megaloblastic anemia.” • Zinc: is also essential to your energy metabolic processes. Since alcohol depletes your zinc resources, the effect is an even greater reduction of your endurance.

  8. References • The office of Alcohol and Drug Education, University Counseling Center, University of Notre Dame, Gina Firth, M.A. and Luis Manzo, Ph.D. • Resources: • School Counselors • Self-Help Meetings (AA, NA, Al-Anon) • Self-Help Books • Self-Help Websites

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