Explements In Sports - 1318 Words

You are a student at university in the sport injury assessment and rehabilitation program working with the women’s hockey team. Some of the new athletes were raising concern about drugs as the players were asking about testing procedures and one player in particular had a lot of questions about things that could help her. She wants help for her performance on the ice and is looking into supplements like creatine monohydrate as well as drinks like Redbull but is also concerned as she has had gastrointestinal issues and doesn’t know if it will affect her differently. Concerned as the athletes don’t know much about using these substances you decide to create a file of information about ergogenic aids. Caffeine and taurine are two of the main†¦show more content†¦Tarine is actually known to have health benefits and is well known to reduce cramping caused by fat burners so is not necessarily a harmful ingredient to be afraid of in a can of Redbull.1 Creatine monohydrate is a supplement taken by athletes in hopes to enhance performance. Creatine is a substance that is naturally found in muscles cells, made out of the amino acids glycine and arginine.5 Creatine supplementation has been shown to benefit high intensity exercise performance by increasing the