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Term Side Effects Creatine Supplementation
1,278 wordsCreatine is an amino acid that is produced in the pancreas, liver, and kidneys. The natural creatine that is produced in the body replenishes adenosine triphosphate, which fuels muscle use. Creatine helps to add in extra repetitions during a lifting program. When adding in extra repetitions there are better chances of building muscle bulk. Many people feel creatine should be banned just like anabolic steroids because of long-term side effects. However, creatine is not as dangerous as some think ...
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Long Term Effects Short Term Effects
843 wordsSt. Louis Cardinals Mark Mcgwire and the Chicago Cubs Sammy Sosa stated: Creatine gives us more strength in our workouts, and has helped us produce a more powerful homerun swing. (Williams 1) Creatine is an all-natural nutrient found in the bodies of all humans and most animals. 95 % of the bodys Creatine supply is found in the skeletal muscles. The other 5 % is spread throughout the body. People take this substance because it will increase your muscle mass and make you stronger by an intense wo...
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Anabolic Steroids Mark Mcgwire
628 wordsSteroids. It is a familiar word with typically negative connotations. No doubt, most have heard about athletes who abuse steroids and are looked upon as superhero types. On the other hand, some may be all too aware of the bad side effects associated with steroid medications, including heart and liver damage. Steroids should be banned from athletic usage because of the negative long-term effects and influence on teens. More than a million people in the U. S. are thought to have used steroids, 48 ...
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Nicomachean Ethics Mother Theresa
1,911 wordsIn Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle starts by explaining why people do what they do. Every action is the means to a greater end. Each end in turn can be seen as a means to an even greater end. A man makes horse shoes, the means, so he can shoe his horse, the end. He shoes his horse, the means, so he can ride into town, the end. So it goes until the ultimate end is reached, happiness. He is careful to explain that not all of these acts are good and just, saying we must examine them. To fall short of...
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Hall Of Fame Pete Rose
1,480 wordsPeter Edward Rose was born in Cincinnati in 1941. He said that when he was growing up he rooted for the Cincinnati Reds just like every other kid in the area. In the summertime of most of his childhood years he played baseball constantly. He also played in high school, however he thinks that he was a better football player than a baseball player in school. He said that he liked to play football more because many people would attend the games, and not many showed up for baseball. "You could throw...
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Major League Baseball Anabolic Steroids
426 wordsThe use of anabolic steroids among athletes has become a controversial topic in the United States. Taking anabolic steroids is illegal, and furthermore these drugs may have harmful and sometimes deadly effects. The results of taking anabolic steroids, gaining weight and building muscle rapidly, are very appealing to many athletes. Over the past decade, the use of these road among teens has increased by an amazing 23 % (Cochran n. p. ). Adolescent boys may feel they need a muscular physique befor...
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The Chase For Roger Maris
422 wordsThe chase for Roger Maris" was the most memorable moments this season in Major League Baseball. However, way back in 1961 Roger Maris was chasing Babe Ruth's record of 60 homerun's in a season. Thirty-seven years later in the 1998 M. L. B. season Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire were on route to break that record, and they did. It began with the chase for Ruth, then the chase for Maris, but what people don't know is what kind of reception did the baseball players received? No one has really talked ab...
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Major League Baseball Testosterone Levels
1,479 wordsMark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals steps to the plate as the Major League season of 1998 is winding down. McGwire, who has been chasing the single season home run record, has sixty home runs. One more will tie him with Roger Maris, the all time single season home run record holder. McGwire awaits the pitch from the opposing pitcher. Its a little outside, ball one. He steps out of the batters box to regain composure. He wipes the sweat from his brow and steps in for pitch number two. This pi...
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Taking Steroids Risks Involved
1,636 wordsIn today's athletics, athletes are getting bigger, stronger, and faster. Whether an athlete plays high school or professional sports, it is getting harder for athletes to compete at a high level with all the competition. When an athlete is not good enough to make the team or is on a team and does not play much the athlete will do just about anything to improve themselves. Many athletes spend numerous hours practicing and lifting weights trying to get better at their sport, and still they lack wh...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Roger Maris
3,191 wordsStatement of the Problem In the passed few years there has been an increase in the popularity of performance-enhancing supplements that are used by athletes. Some of the most popular of these supplements are creatine and androstenedione. They are used by some very famous athletes in professional sports. There are many problems that go along with using these supplements that are not only health-wise, but also the message that is being sent to children involved in youth athletics. Athletes today a...
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Mandatory Drug Testing Mark Mcgwire
603 wordsWith today s million dollar contracts, athletes will go to any length to better themselves. Unfortunately, most of them choose the easy way out. By using performance enhancing drugs, athletes will remain one leg up over the competition. That is why, mandatory drug testing should be enforced on our pro athletes in order to detect such drugs like creatine. Creatine is used almost everyday in sports. This supplement is known all around the word. What is does exactly is that creatine increases body ...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Anabolic Steroids
694 wordsThere are many powerful forces in the world, but few are as powerful in sports as this. It is so powerful that 50 % of athletes would keep using this knowing it would kill them. This force is so powerful that 40 % of professional athletes use them (Bohan 21). This force is performance enhancing drugs. There are many reasons for taking performance enhancing drugs. The first is and most obvious facto is the improved performance. Another is pressure for results. That factor is the leading reason fo...
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Michael Jordan Mark Mcgwire
708 wordsThere is an old saying that history repeats itself. Well if this adage is true, then it means that some of the actions taken by the heroes, leaders, activists, mirror that of their predecessors. There are many fields to choose from if one wants to prove his or her point. Instead of getting extremely complicated by digging into old political or philosophical categories, this proverb can be proven by looking at the sports industry. Three men who have had phenomenal careers are Michael Jordan and M...
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Sammy Sosa Roger Maris
983 wordsA Season for the Ages Hes 65, and roughly 250 lbs, and for the most part he is about as average as you or me. Almost except for one major thing, he is the record holder of the most prestigious record in all of pro sports. His name is Mark McGwire and the record is his 70 homerun's, shattering the old record held by the Minnesota native named Roger Maris. On the Major League Baseballs final day of the season Mark McGwire hit two mammoth homerun's to give him 70 on the year, an astonishing 1 home ...
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Sammy Sosa Mark Mcgwire
531 wordsProbably the best season in baseball history has nearly come to an end. The home run race was, for sure, the highlight of the 1998 season. The two front-runners of this race were Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire. In this essay I will compare their lives. I will tell about how different their childhoods were. I will explain how differently the media treated each player during the season, and I will tell about each players accomplishments, and who I think should win the MVP award. Sammy Sosa grew up in...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Mark Mcgwire
671 wordsFor many years people have wrestled with the issue of performance enhancing drugs. Even though many tests and studies have been done to show the affects of these drugs, athletes still choose to use them. A typical college athlete will spend many long hours working out and some of them believe that that is not enough and they make the choice to use drugs to help them get bigger and stronger. Eventually something will happen to each athlete who uses these drugs and they will learn that using these...
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