Ergogenic aids

• SWWUSH

  Status - legal or illegal

  What it benefits- aerobic or anaerobic?

  Used by -

  Side effects - negatives

  How it benefits - physiological effects
• The different categories of ergogenic aids

  • nutritional aids
  • Pharmacological aids
  • Physiological aids
• Positives of carb loading

  • Up to 50% higher glycogen stores
  • Increased stores of glycogen in muscles and liver
  • Improved endurance capacity
  • This delays fatigue or hitting a wall
  • Increased time to exhaustion by up to 30%
• Negatives of Carb loading

  • limited impact for athletes competing for under 30 mins
  • Hypoglycaemia in the depletion phase
  • Poor recovery and lethargy in depletion phase
• Negatives of Carb loading

  • Gastrointestinal problems
  • Increased risk of injury
  • poor weight gain caused by water retention
  • affects mental preparation pre competition