Transcript Ergogenic Aids The ultimate desire to win

Ergogenic Aids
The ultimate desire to win
Saroop kaur*
Manoj Singh**
Vaibhav Rai***
Dept of Phy Edu Punjabi Univ Patiala*
Research Scholar Dept of Phy Edu
Punjabi Univ Patiala**
Diploma Student NSNIS patiala***
Introduction
 The ultimate desire of any sportsman – to beat their
best and be the best.
Ergogenic aids
Ergo
Energy
Genic
Production
Aids
Any means &
method
 Any means and method which enhance the energy
Production
 ERGOGENIC AIDS, the means, method,
substances, drugs or medical practices enhance
performance in sport when taken or
administered. Some ergogenic aids are legal and
some are illegal.
 Any means or method which is legally or illegally
used by athlete for enhancing sports performance
is called Ergogenic Aids.
Why Athletes and
Exercisers Take Drugs
 Physical reasons include:
 enhance performance
 treat injury
 look better
 control appetite and lose weight
 Psychological reasons include:
 escape from unpleasant emotions or stress
 build confidence or enhance self-esteem
 get buzzed/wasted or seek fun/ excitement
 “Winning”
 Social Reasons include:
 emulating athletic heroes
 peer pressure
In this presentation I
am trying to throw
the light on some of
the legal and illegal
Ergogenic aids.
Design an ergogenic aid for a(n)
endurance
athlete
speed athlete
power athlete
How do ergogenic aids
function?

By improving the capacity of the muscles and/or the
oxygen transport and utilization systems to do work
 By removing or reducing inhibitory mechanisms to
allow the use of previously untapped reserves
Types of ergogenic aids
Pharmacological
Agent
Psychological
Agent
Mechanical
Agent
Nutritional
Agent
Physiological
Agent
Pharmacological agents
 Amphetamines
 Anabolic steroids
 Alcohol
 Beta-blockers
 Diuretics
 Growth hormone
 Caffeine
Mechanical agents
 Weight belts
 Knee wraps
 Oversize tennis racket
 Clap skates
 Body suits
 Corked Bats
Psychological agent
 Visualization
 Superstitions
 Relaxation technique
 Pep talk
 Music
 Hypnosis
Physiological agents
 Blood doping
 Bicarbonate buffering
 phosphate loading
 Oxygen supplementation
 Altitude Training
Nutritional agents
 Carbohydrate loading
 Creatine phosphate
 Amino acid supplementation
 Vitamins supplementation
 Glucose polymer drinks
 Sports gel
 Beverages
Names OF some ergogenic aids that
have been banned by the IOC.
Amphetamines
Caffeine (over 12 micrograms/mL)
Anabolic steroids
Growth hormone
Blood doping
Erythropoietin
Diuretics
Beta blockers
 Physiology of sports and exercises (III edition)
Jack H Wilmore, David L costill. Human kinetics
(1994)
 Essential of Exercise of Physiology
L.G Shaver
 Images are abstracted from
Google search engine
 Exercise Physiology Notes
Mr. Lalit M. Tiwari Research Scholar Punjabi
University Patiala
Thank You All
 It is easy to get a thousand
prescriptions but hard
to get one
single remedy. - Chinese Proverb