Human chorionic gonadotropin hcg growth hormone gh

Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
- Growth hormone (GH)
- Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and androstenedione
- Insulin / insulin like growth factor (IGF-1)
- Beta-agonists (clenbuterol)
- Anabolic steroid side effects:
- Liver damage and tumors
- Premature closure of bone growth centers
- Abnormal blood lipids (increased risk for heart disease)
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Glucose intolerance
- Increased risk for hypertension, BP, and cancers
- Decreased immune function
- Psychological disturbances (roid rage)
- Impaired reproductive health (lower testosterone)
- Breast development (men)
- Masculinization (women and children)
- Thicker blood
Amino Acids / Protein endurance or resistance training
- Research in endurance athletes found that amino acid use (leucine) was not greater than
in sedentary individuals
- Don’t need protein powder
Supplements and Drugs:
- Supplements taken to speed recovery: primary purpose to replenish body fuel supplies
- Create monohydrate (long term effects unknown)
- Chromium picolinate
- Energy drinks (insomnia, increased BP, and heart palpitations
- Substances taken to increase training intensity and overcome fatigue:
- Amphetamines (illegal, depression, fatigue)
- Caffeine (abnormal heart rhythm)
- Substances to increase endurance:
- Erythropoietin-drugs: stimulate RBC growth (O2 carrying)(increased blood
viscosity, and blood clots)
- Darbepoetin
4/17 - Exercise for Children
Children and exercise:
- Provide an opportunity for children to exercise every day

- Minimize sedentary activity (screen time has significantly increased over time, as
well as childhood obesity)
- Aim for 60 mins of moderate activity every day
- Start with 30 mins for less fit children
- < 12 years emphasize skill development and fitness, not competitive sports
- Adolescents: combine participation and training in lifetime sports with
traditional sports
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