Nutrition
What is the primary function of protein?
Tissue growth and repair.
Which PED will speed up heart rate?
Stimulants
What is an issue that impact athletes?
Confidence, stress, focus, attention, concentration, distraction, motivation, and communication within a team.
What is ecchymosis?
Bruising or discoloration.
A complete muscle contraction.
Repetition
How many calories per gram do the macronutrients provide?
Carbs 4, Protein 4, Fats 9.
Which PED slows the heart rate down?
Beta Blockers
What does a sports psychologist do?
Help athletes improve mental skills, overcome fears, prepare for competition, and return after injury.
Without blood flow
Avascular
Muscle shortens
Measures how much a specific food increases blood sugar.
Glycemic index.
What is the function of diuretics?
Aid weight loss via urine production.
What techniques do sports psychologist use to help athletes?
Self-talk, cognitive-behavioral therapy, mental practice, and cognitive reconstructing.
Pain that occurs away from the site of injury
Referred pain
What is concentric?
Muscle lengthens
What is the function of fat in our diet?
Aids in absorption of vitamins.
Which PED can increase the risk of infertility?
Anabolic Steroids
Study of behavioral factors that influence sports performance.
Wasting away of muscle girth and weakening of muscle due to lack of use.
Atrophy
Using weights bigger than what the body is used to.
Overload
Which nutrients are macros and which are micros?
Macros- Carbs, protein, fats, and water. Micros-Vitamins, and minerals.
Which hormone do Anabolic Steroids mimic?
Testosterone
Where can you find a sports psychologist?
Private practice, University and College counseling centers and athletic departments, Sports medicine centers, and Elite sports academies.
Break or splinter of the bone into more than two fragments.
Comminuted fracture
A muscle contraction with little or no movement occuring.
Isometric